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Return and Reintegration

About the course

Return and Reintegration

This e-course on Return and Reintegration represents an edited version of the online training carried out in 2021. The course is of intermediate level, covering all stages of the return process. It aims to provide knowledge on return and reintegration programs and thereby strengthen the capacities of state actors to understand, manage and put essential elements into practice. The course raises awareness on information, decision-making and preparation for return. Course participants will gain insight into multi-level collaboration and an overview of existing policies and persisting challenges. Moreover, the e-course addresses some important aspects for the day-to-day work of return advisors.

This course features two trainers with year-long experience in this area - Glen Swan and Joris Kennis. First, Glen Swan introduces the topic and explains why assisting return and reintegration is important. He then outlines the difference between voluntary and forced return before addressing long-term reintegration assistance. Meanwhile, Joris Kennis addresses return counselling, its stages and tools, while also focusing on the profiles of returning migrants. He further explains the complexity of return decision-making and introduces components of sustainable return and reintegration. Finally, the course addressed the issue of monitoring and evaluation of reintegration efforts. 

 

What you will learn

  • What is return and reintegration and why is it important to assist them?
  • Examples of return assistance and programmes supporting return and reintegration
  • Return counselling as a process: return migrant profiles, pre-departure counselling, return trajectory and counselling tools
  • The many faces of return: Assisting voluntary and forced returns
  • The complexity of return decision-making
  • Sustainable Return and Reintegration: definition, model, components
  • Longer-term Reintegration Assistance: traditional and non-traditional programs, service partners and success indicators
  • Monitoring and evaluation of reintegration

What is included

  1. Course quizzes
  2. Useful Links and sources
  3. Certificate of completion

Instructors

Joris Kennis

Joris Kennis

Trainer on Return and Reintegration

Joris Kennis is a former director of refugee centres and coordinator of voluntary return for migrants in Belgium. He helped develop guidelines for migrants towards sustainable reintegration in their country of origin. His focus is on aligning counselling interactions with migration management processes. In recent years, he has organized training courses in various countries and facilitated EU round tables and workshops.

Glen Swan

Glen Swan

Trainer on Return and Reintegration

Glen Swan is an independent advisor on return and reintegration. He has extensive experience with return and reintegration programs, having worked on national programmes, policy development, and capacity building initiatives. His strengths are sourcing reintegration solutions in third countries, developing operational capacity with service partners, and building customized programs for host governments.