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Pre-Integration and Transition management
 Ensuring a successful migration process

We support people who wish to migrate to Germany on a permanent basis for professional or personal reasons by preparing them for day-to-day living and the workplace. We offer a range of services to help them in their origin country before they depart and during the early days in Germany. Over the longer term, the goal is to encourage migrants to integrate with society in Germany.

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locations at which pre-integration services are provided

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Infohaus locations across Germany for initial orientation and networking

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Welcome Coaches as points of contact for new migrants

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languages on the “Mein Weg nach Deutschland” website

Forum: Prepare. Support. Arrive.


We invite you to our Forum: Prepare. Support. Arrive at the Schankhalle Pfefferberg in Berlin to conclude the three-year project phase of the project ‘Pre-integration and transition management - successfully shaping the migration process’, to present the evaluation and to discuss the results with politicians, academics, companies, businesses and migrant self-organisations.

12 1PM – 13 May 2:30PM 2025
Berlin, Schankhalle Pfefferberg

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The Bridge

Pre-Integration

The Goethe-Institut offers migrants a qualified preparation service for day-to-day living and the workplace in Germany, which they can access before leaving their origin country. Programmes include in particular targeted regional and intercultural content, as well as advice and learning support services. Migrant workers are an increasingly important target group, as well as joining spouses.

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Transition Management

New migrants are supported during the transition phase, starting immediately before departure and covering their initial orientation in Germany, and they are shown how to navigate the official integration pathway. This is achieved with a programme of information and advice offered in digital format and through in-person sessions.

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Insights into the Project

Ensuring a successful migration process

Good preparation is important to ensure a successful experience for new migrants in Germany. The Goethe-Institut is improving the diverse and long-standing services provided in the origin countries as well as in Germany to make arrival in Germany easier for people from different countries, with the project “Pre-integration and transition management – ensuring a successful migration process”, which has been running since mid-2023.

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Building bridges together

The Goethe-Institut has always supported people during their migration to Germany. What form does this support take? What works well? What else needs to be done? These were the focuses of an event entitled “Discover. Explore. Arrive. Outcomes of preparatory and early integration projects run by the Goethe-Institut, and immigration potential for qualified professionals”.
 

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From Albania to Montenegro – Pre-integration in the Western Balkans

In 2015, a law came into force that made it easier for people from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Serbia to work in Germany. How has immigration in the region developed during this time? And what distinguishes the pre-integration work here now?  

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