Regulation on Competencies and Procedures for the Use of the Amount Allocated by the Confederation to the Canton for the Integration of Provisionally Admitted Persons and Recognized Refugees

This Regulation governs the responsibilities and procedures for the use of the amount allocated by the Confederation to the Canton for the integration of provisionally admitted persons and recognized refugees.

The beneficiaries of integration measures are persons provisionally admitted and recognized refugees residing in the Canton.

[1] Integration is pursued through accompaniment in individualized pathways comprising the following phases

a) assessment of potential and shortcomings;

b) orientation towards suitable integration and educational or professional insertion measures;

c) accompaniment during the measures;

d) educational insertion or job placement if not already carried out through the measures referred to in letter b).

[1] Art. modified by R 10.7.2012; in force since 13.7.2012 - BU 2012, 347.

[2] 1 For the measures referred to in Art. 3, the attribution of a mandate to an external body is foreseen.

2 The designated body may draw upon the existing offer of integration and training or professional insertion measures or provide for new ones.

3 The designated body may avail itself of the collaboration of the services of the Labour Section and the Division of Professional Training.

[2] Art. amended by R 10.7.2012; in force from 13.7.2012 - BU 2012, 347.

[3] The following are established

a) an operational project coordinator;

b) an interdepartmental project management, composed as follows

- the Director of the Division of Social Action and Families (president)

- the operational project coordinator (secretary)

- the Head of the Office for Social Support and Integration

- the Cantonal Delegate for the Integration of Foreigners and the Fight Against Racism

- the Head of the Population Section

- the Head of the Labour Section

- the Deputy Director of the Division of Vocational Education and Training.

[3] Art. amended by R 20.10.2009; in force since 1.11.2009 - BU 2009, 463.

The operational project coordinator is competent to

a) coordinate the execution of the project and ensure information regarding its progress and results;

b) authorize applicants to benefit from the individual integration measures referred to in Art. 3 lett. c);

c) assist and inform the project management;

d) draw up the reports referred to in Art. 11.

[4] The project steering committee is responsible for

a) deciding the strategic orientations of the project;

b) defining the mandate referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1;

c) defining the mandates, and selecting the mandataries, for the offer of new integration and educational or professional insertion measures referred to in Article 4, paragraph 2, for amounts up to CHF 50,000.--; offers for higher amounts shall be decided by the State Council through a government resolution.

[4] Art. amended by R 10.7.2012; in force since 13.7.2012 - BU 2012, 347; previous amendment: BU 2011, 51.

The Social Support and Integration Office is responsible for the financial management of the amount, via the specially established deposit account.

[5] The Division is responsible for

a) designating the operational project coordinator;

b) concluding the service agreement with the entity to which the mandate referred to in Art. 4 para. 1 is attributed.

[5] Art. modified by R 10.7.2012; in force since 13.7.2012 - BU 2012, 347.

[6] The Department is responsible for the application of these Regulations, availing itself of the Social Action and Families Division and its Office for Social Support and Integration, the project management, and the operational coordinator.

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[6] Art. amended by R 18.1.2011; in force since 21.1.2011 - BU 2011, 51.

[7] Annually, by the end of May, the Project Directorate transmits a report on the project's outcomes to the State Council and the Federal Office for Migration, through the Cantonal Delegate for the Integration of Foreigners.

[7] Art. modified by R 10.7.2012; in force since 13.7.2012 - BU 2012, 347.

The present regulation is published in the Official Bulletin of Laws and Executive Acts and enters into force immediately. [8]

Published in OB 2009, 192.

[8] Entry into force: May 5, 2009 - OB 2009, 192.