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What we do
MigAct is a community-driven organization based in Prague, committed to fostering an inclusive environment where residents—whether of migration backgrounds or Czech-born—can actively participate in civic life. We create collaborative spaces, provide educational activities, and offer multilingual resources to meet the practical needs of individuals and organizations. We engage in reducing barriers to full civic participation, guided by the values of cooperation, equity, responsibility, and active participation. As a diverse community of individuals, organizations, and institutions, we believe in co-creating and actively involving our supporters in our development and programs.
MigAct Meetups
Connect with locals, informal groups, and civic initiatives. Network, share know- how, and support each other.
Learning Hubs
Workshops, events and programs that support Prague residents with migration backgrounds acquire the skills and knowledge they need for civic participation. Ideal for those looking to become civically active, or those looking to level up their engagement.
Mentoring – click for more info
Personalized consultations for people with migration backgrounds on civic and political participation. Community projects, voting rights, volunteering, establishing your own association, etc.
Civic Incubators
We work closely with Prague City Hall on collaborative workshops and assemblies aimed at involving people with migration backgrounds in decision-making.
Our Current Projects and Activities
City for All – Support for Civic Participation in an Intercultural Environment
Socially engaged individuals with migration backgrounds and civic initiatives led by migrants face many obstacles on their path to civic participation. These obstacles include language barriers, lack of information and contextual understanding, experiences of rejection, prejudice, or xenophobia and others. This project aims to mitigate some of these obstacles through awareness-raising and netwroking, counseling and strengthening civic competencies.
Project duration: 01.05.2024-31.12.2024
This project is run in cooperation with Prague City Hall.
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We offer free counselling and mentoring on civic and political participation in Prague – more information here.
MigAct local meetups
As part of the project, we will prepare and implement a crowdfunding campaign focused on raising funds for the training and capacity building of local community leaders – individuals who are active in neighborhood/local activities within the city of Prague. We will primarily target active individuals with a migration background. The selected project participants will undergo training aimed at strengthening their civic competencies and will organize local meetings on selected topics in their areas.
Project duration: 01.09.2024-30.06.2025
The project was supported by the OSF Foundation through the Stronger Roots program, which is funded by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program. The Stronger Roots program strengthens the resilience and stability of nonprofit organizations and enhances their connection with the public.
The opinions and positions expressed, however, are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the OSF Foundation. Neither the European Union nor the OSF Foundation bears any responsibility for them.
MigAct capacity building
This project is implemented in cooperation with AMIGA and EPIM – European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration.
Our focus in this project will be on continually refining the MigAct strategic plan through a series of participatory meetings involving the MigAct core team and MigAct community. These sessions will dive deep into MigAct’s vision, mission, and goals, fostering collaborative dialogue to develop our theory of change and optimize our strategic objectives. Regular participatory meetings with MigAct community will ensure broad stakeholder engagement and input. The activity will culminate in a public presentation of the strategic plan combined with a networking event, demonstrating MigAct’s commitment to transparency and community involvement.
Project duration: 01.06.2024-31.03.2025
Led by Eurocities, UNITES (UrbaN InTEgration Strategies through co-design) trains and accompanies local authorities to co-design integration strategies with other stakeholders and migrants.
MigAct has been a part of the UNITES project from its beginning. In collaboration with Prague City Hall, we strategically devised and executed a number of participatory workshops, each geared towards fostering stronger collaboration between Prague City Hall and residents with migration backgrounds.
International conference Empowering Civic Engagement in a Diverse Society, which took place on 21.09.2023 in Prague was co-financed within the UNITES project. It included a panel discussion – Engaging migrants in local communities and in co-designing integration strategies – perspectives of European partners in the UNITES project.
Our Past Projects
Participating Organizations
Matertera z.s., DoFE – The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Czech Republic, Rehearsal for Reality z.s., AMIGA and others.
Implementation dates:
1. 4. 2022 – 30. 9. 2023
The project was implemented by InBáze z.s.
One of the outcomes of the project was development of the MigAct initiative which later transformed into an independent association.
