The project was built to address the following objectives: 1. Ameliorate the operational capacities of youth NGOs with migrants and refugees; 2. Strengthen the links between policymakers and youth-focused NGOs that work with migrants and refugees; 3. Improve connectivity between NGOs in the field of youth; 4. Enhance the democratic civic engagement of youth NGOs working with refugees and migrants in local policymaking processes.
Much of the EU is currently witnessing a disconnect between local developments, national policies, and regionalized EU frameworks. This disconnect maintains a sense of distance between civil society, the EU, and the positive impact enhanced EU engagement could have on local communities. As a result, the success of such initiatives remains underdeveloped. EMPIRIC seeks to effectively fill some of these gaps by closing the gap between policy, research, and practice, and enhance the connectivity between governmental stakeholders and local communities. In a time of recurring humanitarian crises and migrations, CSOs and NGOs working with migrants and refugees cover an essential role in managing the needs of recently arrived migrants. However, these CSOs and NGOs often lack the operational capacities to efficiently deal with increasing numbers of migrants/refugees. EMPIRIC was cenceived to improve the work of such NGOs.