Background information

Tent France, a national NGO, and the Interministerial Delegation for the Reception and Integration of Refugees (Délégation interministérielle à l’accueil et à l’intégration des réfugiés – DIAIR) signed, in 2016, the Tent Partnership for Refugees, a partnership agreement to better support the economic integration of refugees by assisting companies given that 22% of refugees in France remain unemployed after receiving their residence permits.

Content of measure

The Tent Partnership for Refugees, created in 2016, aims to mobilize employers to improve refugees' access to the labour market by involving stakeholders in social dialogue. Tent France currently has a network of more than 30 large companies participating in the partnership. The partnership seeks to enhance coordination between the NGO and the Interministerial Delegation for the Reception and Integration of Refugees in order to increase the effectiveness of their programs. It also facilitates the exchange of information among companies in the Tent network regarding refugees. These measures aim to strengthen economic integration, a key pillar of successful integration into a country. Indeed, the unemployment rate among refugees in France remains too high.

Use of measure

The Tent Network has 45 large entreprises in it's network. No current information are yet available on the partnership's implementation or effectiveness.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Other businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)	Companies National funds Other

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No social partners seem to have been involved in the measure.

Views and reactions

There do not seem to be any views or reactions from trade unions and employer organisations on the matter.

Sources

• 16 September 2024: DIAIR and Tent France formalise their partnership to help refugees (accueil-integration-refugies.fr)