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On the basis of this observation, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders), through the Library Bridges project, has brought together a consortium of organizations engaged on the themes of libraries and reception. This innovative two-year project, co-financed by the European Union, aims to create a strong European network of welcoming libraries for third-country nationals, particularly multilingual, vulnerable, and displaced audiences. Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF), together with ANVITA in France, the Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI) in Poland, Kulturas Informacijas Sistemu Centrs (CIS) in Latvia, Asociatia Comunitatile Viitorului (ACV) in Romania, Biblioteche Senza Frontiere in Italy, and finally the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), will work together to map initiatives already undertaken by libraries in these five countries and to support 50 libraries in working in partnership with reception actors to design actions that foster the integration of people in situations of migration.
Library Bridges will also develop tools such as thematic mediation toolkits and a handbook on building synergies between local stakeholders, based on the consortium’s experience.
The project consists in 5 Work packages:
- WP1: Project Management & Coordination
- WP2: Mobilization of 50 cities in Europe & documentary research
- WP3: Creation of 50 local partnerships (Local Authorities + Library + Associations) to support them in the creation of 50 local integration strategies
- WP4: Creation of toolkits on the inclusion of migrant users in Libraries and training of the 50 participating libraries
- WP5: Communication and Capitalization – Events, communication campaign, community of practice, digital ressource hub,
Targeted Beneficiaries:
Direct beneficiaries:
- 50 Libraries and their staff (from 2 to around 15 librarians involved per city)
- 50 cities and their local authorities (usually the people responsible for culture and integration)
- 50 associations led by TCN or working in the field of integration
- TCN participating in the WP3 process: About 500
- Additional libraries and associations to which the tool developed in the project will be shared.
Indirect beneficiaries:
- TCN living in the cities where the integration strategies have been developed (currently being assessed)
2. Evaluation
Expectations and objectives
The study consists in the final evaluation of the project and will help BSF and the implementing partners to:
- Evaluate the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and relevance of the action
- Measure the value of EU-contractual specific objectives indicators.
The evaluation will bring a specific focus on:
- Librarians & Libraries and any possible support or change bring to their programming and practice by the project
- Local authorities and any possible change and support bring to their mission of integration and strategies by the project
- TCN and the impact the project had on them (perception of libraries, feeling of integration…)
- TCN led association & associations working in the integration field and if the project has supported them in their mission and strategy.
Planned process
At this stage, the methodology envisaged for this evaluation is the following:
- Analysis of the existing data in the five countries of the project
- Quantitative survey covering the five countries of the project
- Semi-directed interviews with all partners and project teams involved in project implementation
- Case studies in 2-3 countries to collect qualitative data – France, Poland and Romania
Language, interpretation and translation tasks should rely on BSF & partners’ support as little as possible.
Local partners will support the evaluation team by providing contacts & insights.
Expected deliverables
The expected deliverables for this evaluation are the following (in English):
- A scoping report highlighting the evaluation methodology
- Data collection and analysis tools
- Raw and cleaned collected data, with a data cleaning log (showing how, what and why data transformations occurred)
- Draft evaluation report
- Final evaluation report
- PowerPoint presentation of the results
On BSF side, the evaluation will be coordinated by the LiBri European project coordinator, supported by BSF MEAL Manager. Regular follow-up points will be organized between the evaluation team and BSF team throughout the evaluation, especially after field missions.
