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Scalabrini International Migration Network, Inc.

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Education Extreme poverty Family Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Migration Population Refugees Religion Social Development Values Violence Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Research Trafficking in women and girls Population: International migration Population distribution and internal migration Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Social Development: Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Statistics: Demographic and social surveys International migration Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Demographics Education Human settlements Information for decision-making and participation
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Belgium Austria Argentina Chile Philippines Spain Canada South Africa Colombia Mexico Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Germany China United States of America Switzerland Holy See Viet Nam Peru Paraguay Mozambique Guatemala Italy Luxembourg Portugal Uruguay Brazil Dominican Republic Indonesia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland France Haiti Japan
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) is a not for profit organization established as an international network comprising over 270 organizations that promote programs, activities and services in the field of development and care of the people on the move worldwide. The mission of the SIMN is to safeguard the dignity and the rights of migrants, refugees, seafarers, itinerants and people on the move. The objectives of the SIMN are the following: • To sensitize individuals, groups and societies to understand human mobility as a resource, an opportunity of meeting and dialogue among people, societies, cultures and different religions • To foster cultural and social promotion of migrants, refugees and itinerant people • To protect their rights and those of their families • To promote participative citizenship and develop cooperation and training; • To coordinate the Scalabrinian associations and institutions operating in the world of human mobility • To develop projects through research of funds available from public and private entities. The main activities of the SIMN are the following: • Research, study, documentation, scientific and journalistic information on the human mobility and training of academic and field professionals; • Advocacy in favor of people on the move at national and international level; • Support of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field of human mobility; sensitization of public opinion; • Coordination of socio-cultural services offered through migrants service centers, welcome and assistance centers, houses for the elders, orphanages, clinics, crèches, schools, vocational centers; • Promotion of solidarity with people and organizations committed against every form of racism and/or discrimination; • Defense and promotion of all human rights. More information: www.simn-cs.net
Year established:	2006
Year of registration:	2006
Organizational structure:	The organizational structure of SIMN is as follows: -The Assembly General is the sovereign entity of the organization. -The Administrative Council is the administrative sector of SIMN. -The Board of Directors are responsible for the coordination of programs and activities of SIMN's members. -The Director General and Executive Directors are responsible for the implementation of programs and projects defined by the entities of the the organization.
Number and type of members:	The number of organization members totals fourteen (14) consisting of institutional members and individual members. Institutional members are the following: 1) Center for Migration Studies of New York, 2) Scalabrini Migration Center, Inc., Manila, Phillippines 3) Scalabrini Non Governmental Organization for Development, Santiago, Chile 4)Scalabrini Center of Cape Town, South Africa SCCT 5) Agenzia Scalabriniana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo-ASCS, Bassano del Grappa, Italy 6) Associacao Scalabrini a Servico dos Migrantes, Porto Alegre, Brazil Individual Members of SIMN are as follows: 7) Sergio Olivo Geremia 8) Rui Manuel da Silva Pedro 9) Livio Stella 10) Jose Carmen AHernandez Angulo 11) Gabriele Bentoglio 12) Livio Pegoraro 13) Leonir Mario Chiarello 14) Beniamino Rossi
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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