Abstract
The MAPS project is conceived to inform policy making and programming on migration and forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa by helping addressing knowledge gaps through research. The MAPS Partnership is intended to improve research and awareness on migration and forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa by:
a. assessing knowledge gaps in relation to migration and forced displacement situations thanks to the MAPS-Laboratory, that will involve researchers, scholars, experts, and students.
b. developing standards to guide the production of knowledge within the action, through the constitution of a Steering Committee of partners and stakeholders that will meet periodically. The Steering Committee will collectively address programs, research modalities and toolkits of the project. Notably, the Steering Committee will propose a concerted methodology for the identification of current research gaps and will define the survey methodology for both on-line and on-site surveys.
c. Carrying out studies and developing knowledge products on migration and forced displacement situations in ten Sub-Saharan African Countries, notably Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, South Sudan and South Africa. Particular attention will be given to the effect of disaster and climate change on migration and displacement and to specific vulnerable groups such as women, children, minorities and persons with disabilities. Migrations and forced displacement will be analysed with reference to the perceptions of first-line practitioner groups and internal migrants and on four thematic areas:
i. Peace: Conflicts, Borders and border policies, Human rights.
ii. People: Gender, Age, Disabilities and Vulnerabilities.
iii. Planet: Climate change, Disasters, Natural hazard stressors, Resilience.
iv. Prosperity: Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Equality, Socio-spatial Inclusion.
Partecipanti
- UNVIERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" (Coordinatore), Italia
- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA, Italia
- AMREF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Kenya
- KABALE UNIVERSITY, Uganda
- UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA, Tanzania
- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA, Italia
- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE, Italia
- UNIVERSITA' IUAV Venezia, Italia
- UNIVERSITA' MEDITERRANEA DI REGGIO CALABRIA, Italia
- UNIVERSITA' DI BARCELLONA, Spagna
Associated partners:
- IOM Regional Data Hub for Central and Western Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)
- University of Eswatini
- Catholic University of Rwanda
Costo totale progetto: € 10.000.000,00
Contributo UE: € 8.000.000,00
Finanziamento UE per UniBS: € 489.079,00