The Certificate Program is part of a program funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) of the European Union and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).

During the three-year project period, four rounds of the study program are planned, each with around 20 participants.

No continuing education tution fee for the defined target group.
The costs for accommodation, travel expenses and meals for the
classroom training days in Krems, Austria, are covered.

Applications for the certificate program are possible until the end of September 2024.

Graduates of the continuing education program are able to:

• Design programs to promote return migration or circular migration and assess their feasibility and potential achievement of objectives;
• Assess and understand the complexity of return migration and circular migration and their effects on migrants and societies of origin as well as the role of international actors in these processes and translate them into concrete practical solutions.

Experts from other areas of activity and regions are also involved as lecturers.

Experts and actors in countries of origin, transit and destination working in the area of return and reintegration:

• Policy and administration
• International Organizations
• International and local Civil Society Organizations, including Diaspora Organizations

• Students who have an Austrian or equivalent foreign university degree, or
• Students with a general university entrance qualification and a minimum of two years of study-relevant, qualified professional experience, or
• Students without a general university entrance qualification and a minimum of at least five years of relevant professional experience

and

• Fluency in English to understand complex texts and topics

The entry qualifications will be assessed within the framework of the admission procedure.

Selection process

Participants are selected by the cooperation partner –  University for Continuing Education Krems and Munich Forum for Dialogue gGmbH.

Registration for the continuing education program is possible after approval of the program by the Senate of the University for Continuing Education Krems. However, you can already make a non-binding note.

Online

• Participation via Zoom
• Internet availability and stability is required

On-site in Krems, Austria

• Travel to the University of Krems, Austria is required
• Detailed information will be communicated separately after successful course enrollment

General

• Students will have to perform small tasks in the preparatory phase of each course
• At the end of the training program, each participant will write a case study that covers the content of the four courses and ensures transfer to the working environment.

• Travel and accommodation will be organized and financed by the Munich Forum for Dialogue (MFD)
• The accommodation is located near the University Campus at the following facility:
  
  Kolping Campus Krems GmbH
  Alauntalstraße 95 & 97
  3500 Krems a. d. Donau
  https://krems.kolping.at