PLACE accelerates and leverages the innovation newcomers bring to Europe
European societies need more and stronger voices with a recent history of migration to bring their perspectives and make their contributions to key economic sectors
We accelerate talent and match it with opportunities for new talent in 4 sectors. Find out what role you can play!
Business
Upskilling for meaningful employment
in a shifting economy
PLACE creates a pipeline that is win-win for both newcomers and the private sector: newcomers master new skills and opportunities to access meaningful work and companies get matched with the diverse talent they seek.
Entrepreneurship
From a choice by default to a self-defined life project, entrepreneurship can be a way to find a place in a new society.
PLACE offers a pathway to start and test entrepreneurial projects which takes newcomers further on their empowerment journey: successfully integrating a business incubator or starting their own business.
Public
Leadership
We need new voices of influence on the complex challenges our societies are facing. We need newcomer voices in the public sphere.
PLACE runs the first of its kind public leadership incubator, to create capacity and room for new voices on key topics and invent new leadership models. We create the conditions for eye-level interactions for emerging leaders, and provide new talent to established leadership networks for new conversations that need to happen.
Media &
the Arts
Our complex societies need new conversations and forms of dialogue that only new voices can catalyze.
PLACE develops bold proposals with diverse voices who speak for themselves, to challenge mainstream views of migration, leadership and other conversations wanting to be born.
By unlocking this new talent and matching it with organisations looking for new players in the areas of business, entrepreneurship, public leadership, and media & arts, we are shifting the perspective of migration from a burden to a unique asset for the development and growth of Europe.
PLACE champions migrant-led innovation: since 2016, we offer transformative and innovative learning experiences to newcomers and host societies, while also giving newcomers space for self-determination to find their version of power.
We do this through designing and running programs and events, from our flagship pop-up innovation labs in European capitals to 9-month fellowships online, from public events to retreats, hackathons, training of trainers, exhibitions and more. Our formats are migrant-led, apply next-generation learning methodologies and ed-tech, and involve groups from 10 to 100 people. They all share one aim: create the link in practice between migration and innovation in the sectors concerned.
Facilitation services
Knowing how to facilitate a group and lead collaboration online and offline, is a form of power. PLACE trains past learners of its programs to be Facilitators for online and offline learning, experiences and events. All PLACE events are migrant-led, and we also facilitate external events.
Interested in facilitation services?
Become a coach or an expert
PLACE monitors all learning outcomes through external experts, who assess the participants’ learning journey. We also provide a personal coach to all our participants, to help them to reach their goals.
Interested in being a PLACE expert or coach?
%
of PLACE program participants are refugees or asylum seekers
%
of learners have gained innovation skills exceeding industry standards for the future of work
learners in PLACE programs since 2017
%
of learners receive training-of-trainers and train on average 30 more people through PLACE
PLACE is working towards 5 Sustainable Development Goals
The place team
8 nationalities, 4 continents and 14 languages… we come from all walks of life, but here are a few points we have in common:
We care above all about people
We are perfectionists, self-motivated and relentless until we get results
We communicate openly and honestly
We need playfulness and challenges
We breathe through feedback
We put results and the team first
We excel at working across locations and cultures
The place team
8 nationalities, 4 continents and 14 languages… we come from all walks of life, but here are a few points we have in common:
We care above all about people
We are perfectionists, self-motivated and relentless until we get results
We communicate openly and honestly
We need playfulness and challenges
We breathe through feedback
We put results and the team first
We excel at working across locations and cultures
PARTNER WITH US
PLACE gets its strength and impact from the power of community. Our work is heightened by the collaborative efforts of our partners: forward-thinking actors from different sectors and countries, who push the boundaries so new embodiments of power can arise. Together, we’re changing the narrative of migration and transforming it into a vision of innovation. Join us today: work with us to change the game on a sector-level as a strategic partner.
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Want to feel inspired? We're here to bring you six powerful conversations with migrant women who launched their own project and turned digital marketing into a tool for growth, freedom and independence.
Each episode dives into:
✨ Their entrepreneurial journey
💡The digital strategies that helped them grow
🔥The challenges they faced, and how they overcame them
📲 Practical advice any woman can apply to start or scale their business
This podcast is designed for adult women aged 30+ with a migration background, who want to learn, be inspired and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey. Whether you're building your first project, dreaming of launching something new, or looking to strengthen your skills, these stories will show you that it's never too late to learn, adapt and transform your future.
🎙️ Stay tuned, we'll be announcing the dates and guest very soon!
🌍 Led by PLACE (France), Speak Kaunas (Lithuania), and Danaker Diaspora @danaker.community (Poland), WODIGI is reimagining adult education for a digital era: inclusive, practical, and empowering.
This project is funded by the Erasmus+ program as a Small-scale partnership in adult education (KA210-ADU).
#Erasmusplusproject #entrepreneurship #equalopportunities #futureleaders #empowerement #womeninbusiness #Wodigi
#inclusion #worldphilosophyday #philosophy #belonging #systemchange
Un week-end intense, créatif et porteur d'espoir, qui pose les bases d'un engagement citoyen plus actif, et rapproche les jeunes des espaces de décision européens. ✍️
👉 Prochaine étape : la formation "Coming Across Challenge", qui aura lieu en décembre !
🌍 Le programme ParticipACTION est cofinancé par l'Union européenne et mis en œuvre en collaboration avec International Rescue Committee Italy, Glocal Factory, G.F.C. Generation for Change CY et Mano Europa
#CivicParticipation #EUYouth #Inclusion #Migration #DiasporaVoices #YouthPower #FutureOfEurope
Last september, PLACE hosted the RES-MOVE meeting in Paris, where partners from across Europe shared how they foster inclusion and belonging for people with a migration background.
During the discussions, one idea emerged: inclusion isn't just about bringing people with a migration background into a new place. It's about interaction. About creating opportunities to connect, exchange and be seen.
Whether through training, workshops, exchanges, each initiative creates opportunities for people to empower themselves, learn from each other, grow and feel part of a community.
The RES-MOVE project, co-funded by the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), explores these dynamics across 11 European cities – from Athens and Berlin to Amsterdam, Valencia, and Paris. Research shows that coworking spaces can be powerful tools for integration, especially in rural areas and for marginalised groups like women and LGBTQ+ communities.
Coworking is no longer just about shared offices, it’s about shared futures.
See the findings of the RES-MOVE project here: https://www.resmove.eu/outputs-2/
#Inclusion #Coworking #RESMOVE #Paris #InnovationSociale #AppelÀProjets
This week, we’re sharing a thoughtful piece by Sedera Ranaivoarinosy, journalist, facilitator of creative workshops and translator, who has spent 2025 exploring how listening can transform the way we understand stories of migration, belonging, and change. Through her work with PLACE, Sedera experiments with dialogue, silence, and storytelling as tools for opening space and shifting perspectives.
Her reflection offers a glimpse into what she has learned from a year of deep conversations and community-building, revealing how attentive listening can expand understanding and reshape the stories we hold about ourselves and one another.
Read her reflection to discover how these experiences shape her work at PLACE and how listening can open pathways to new forms of connection and shared meaning
https://place-network.org/migration-transformation-lessons-from-2025-sedera-ranaivoarinosy/
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