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The vision of Le Monde des Possibles

Supporting the fundamental rights of people of foreign origin in Liège.

Le Monde des Possibles is an intercultural association based in Liège, committed to defending fundamental rights. Depuis sa création en 2001, The association works to empower people of foreign origin by providing support tailored to their specific needs.

Every week, more than 200 people representing over fifty nationalities place their trust in us, in a spirit of unconditional welcome.

To structure this mission, Le Monde des Possibles has developed a diverse range of services, supported by five key accreditations, all of which are complementary: the Centre d’Insertion Socioprofessionnelle (CISP), l’Éducation Permanente (EP), l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS), l’Initiative Locale d’Intégration volet FLE et citoyenneté (ILI-FLE and l’Initiative Locale d’Intégration volet juridique (ILI-Legal) as well as Digistart.

“Aware of the structural and systemic nature of inequalities, the association works on socially useful practices by supporting collective alternatives to political and institutional violence. The association is pluralistic, secular, feminist, anti-racist, and anti-colonialist.”

Excerpt from the articles of association of the non-profit organization (ASBL)

Each accreditation contributes in its own way to the advocacy work carried out by the Socio-Legal Service on behalf of foreign nationals and people of foreign origin (PEOE):

• Ensuring a high-quality welcome
• Promoting access to healthcare
• Promoting access to decent housing
• Promoting access to permanent residence permits
• Promoting access to quality employment
• Contribute to the fight against discrimination/racism
• Defending women’s rights
• Defending LGBTQIA+ rights
• Promoting multilingualism
• Combating the digital divide
• Fighting in a unified manner against different systems of oppression

For a more detailed description of Le Monde des Possibles vision, please visit the page Histoire of Le Monde des Possibles.

1. CISP – Center for Social and Professional Integration

Le Centre d’Insertion Socioprofessionnelle (CISP) Le Monde des Possibles, located on Rue des Champs, supports people who are distant from the job market in their efforts to integrate into society and the workforce. Through channels such as Hospi’jobs and Redem’Arts, Participants can take practical training courses in catering, cleaning, hospital logistics, and digital arts. These courses, supported by partners such as the CHU and the CHC MontLégia, enable participants to develop skills that are in demand on the job market while benefiting from individualized coaching, including in companies.

“Each stage of the training program is designed to support quality employment for participants, with personalized support in the learning company.”

The CISP’s activities are reinforced by its coordination with our other accreditations. For example, the language skills acquired in français langue étrangère facilitate participants integration into vocational training programs, while the soutien juridique helps overcome administrative barriers to employment.

2. Local Integration Initiative (ILI) – Legal and citizenship components

The Local Integration Initiative (ILI) of Le Monde des Possibles, located in Potiérue, is being rolled out through two complementary components: the soutien juridique and the formation citoyenne.

The legal component offers specialized support in immigration law, helping participants navigate administrative and legal complexities, enabling them to better understand and defend their rights.

At the same time, the citizenship component focuses on learning French and citizenship training, which are key elements for inclusion. The courses Français Langue Étrangère (FLE) are designed to equip participants with the language skills needed to function in Belgian society, both socially and professionally. In addition, the outre, ateliers d’orientation citoyenne (AOC), as well as modules for Formation à l’Intégration Citoyenne (FIC), provide a framework for better understanding citizens rights and responsibilities.

Together, these two components of the ILI create a comprehensive and coherent support program. While legal support helps to remove administrative and legal barriers, civic and language training prepares participants to participate in social, cultural, and economic life in Liège.

3. ESS – Social and Solidarity Economy

L’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS) supports entrepreneurial projects such as Univerbal, our community interpretation service. Univerbal helps both to facilitate the social and professional integration of interpreters and to improve access to public services for people who do not yet speak French. Univerbal offers continuing education for interpreters and helps them advance their professional skills, particularly through the University of Mons.

“These social economy initiatives also help to respond to a highly protectionist labor market in Wallonia by supporting the development of entrepreneurial projects by people of foreign origin.”

The social and solidarity economy is closely linked to our other activities : l’Éducation Permanente (EP) helps identify discrimination in the labor market, while the soutien juridique and the compétences linguistiques take place upstream of the entrepreneurial projects themselves. The projects Univerbal, Atemos or even Coopér’Actives are fine examples of this.

4. Digistart – Reducing the digital divide

Digistart, located on Rue des Champs, is a program at the heart of Le Monde des Possibles dedicated to bridging the digital divide with practical training courses such as “Basic Computing” and “Canva.”

“Digistart enables many MDP (Monde des Possibles) interns to learn and improve their digital skills and meet their specific training needs.”

These training courses contribute to the empowerment of participants in their daily lives, whether it be in finding employment, accessing public services, or participating in civic and cultural life. In conjunction with other Le Monde des Possibles programs, notably the Centre d’Insertion Socioprofessionnelle (CISP) and l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS).

5. EP – Continuing Education

L’Éducation Permanente (EP), Located on Rue Potiérue and Rue des Champs, the organization is characterized by a cross-cutting and critical approach aimed at empowering participants. By helping them understand power structures and identify the systemic discrimination that affects their daily lives, the EP fosters collective awareness. Through participatory teaching methods, she collaboratively develops both knowledge and practices with the participants.

“Beyond learning, Continuing Education is a space for critical reflection where the tools for understanding and transforming the world around us are forged.”

Continuing Education plays a central role in complementing the various MDP (Monde des Possibles) accreditations, providing a framework for participants and colleagues to explore and affirm the association’s values and its vision for society. It supports cross-disciplinary collaboration between accreditations, each operating according to its own standards, while enriching the association’s social integration and inclusion practices CISP, the l’ILI, and the l’ESS through continuous critical reflection.

Example of coordination between approvals: decent work

Access to decent employment is one of the priorities of Le Monde des Possibles, as it is an essential lever for the socioeconomic inclusion of people of foreign origin. The path to quality employment is often fraught with obstacles, particularly for those who face challenges related to language, technical skills, or legal status. To meet these specific needs, we have developed an integrated approach in which each accreditation plays a complementary role. Example:

• French as a foreign language (ILI) courses address crucial topics such as access to quality employment, employment contracts, and professional integration programs. They help participants develop the language skills necessary to enter the job market while enabling them to identify and overcome the specific obstacles they may encounter in their search for decent employment.
• The Center for Socio-Professional Integration (CISP) collaborates with “learning” companies that are sensitive to the specific challenges faced by migrants. Together with Le Monde des Possibles and the Institute for Research, Training, and Action on Migration (IRFAM), these companies work together to develop tailored solutions to facilitate internships and access to employment for participants. These partnerships, particularly with institutions such as the CHU and the CHC MontLégia, open up concrete opportunities in the logistics, cleaning, and catering sectors in hospitals.
• The Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) enables the development of meaningful economic activities that meet the specific needs of participants. These activities, which are true sources of social innovation, generate income that is redistributed through shared governance mechanisms. A concrete example is the interpreting service. Univerbal, where social interpreters have identified, thanks to l’Éducation Permanente (EP), discrimination in the labor market. Since 2016, they have implemented a specific solution to address this issue: an interpreting service designed to facilitate communication between professionals and non-native speakers in areas such as health, mental health, law, and the social sector.

A collective commitment

“The relevance of our approach lies in the interconnection of our actions, where each accreditation reinforces the other to meet the different needs of participants at different stages of their inclusion in Liège.”

By promoting coordination between our various accreditations and with the association’s many partners, we are striving to strengthen a support ecosystem in Liège that responds to the many difficulties and challenges faced by migrants.