Project Evaluation and Outreach – Re:Match Publications
Re:Match takes a pioneering role in data-driven matching of cities and refugees and has successfully applied algorithm-based matching to the relocation of refugees within the EU. The project is being continuously evaluated and closely monitored through advocacy work on the local, national and European level. Our reports, all displayed on this page, capture our learnings and provide you with valuable insights and recommendations.
For a progressive and effective migration and asylum policy, we need more solidarity in the European Union– with the people seeking protection as well as with the Member States where they first arrive. To make this solidarity work in practice, the Berlin Governance Platform has piloted the “Re:Match – Relocation via Matching” project.
Through an innovative, algorithm-based process, protection seekers in EU external border states are matched with welcoming European cities on a needs-oriented and individualized basis. With this unique municipal and participatory approach, Re:Match contributes to strengthening relocations through tailor-made solutions with better integration results. Re:Match demonstrates how, in close cooperation with cities, sustainable paths of solidarity can be created.
Re:Match holds considerable potential for a more equitable and effective migration policy. Relocation via Matching is the tool with which political commitments and obligations of international treaties can be realized in an innovative way. Additionally, the participatory nature of matching procedures grants cities more agency in the admission of protection seekers, potentially fostering municipal support for relocation schemes decided by EU member states.
