SINGA is a community for refugee and migrant integration started in 2012 in Paris by Guillaume Capelle and Nathanael Molle (later joined by Alice Barbe). The starting point is a simple observation—the biggest barrier to integration is not paperwork but a lack of connection. In France, it takes newcomers nearly ten years on average to reach a job equivalent to what they had at home. Degrees aren't recognized, hiring is discriminatory, and there's a language barrier. SINGA connects 'newcomers' and 'locals' through shared interests and projects, so opportunities for work, housing, culture and friendship emerge. It runs J'accueille (opening a spare room to a refugee for months), the free Maison des Réfugiés (Paris, co-run with Emmaüs), and its flagship, one of Europe's earliest entrepreneurship incubators for refugees and migrants—accompanying them free from pre-incubation to acceleration, reframing the newcomer's very migration experience (resilience, creativity, adaptability) as an entrepreneur's asset. It has supported over 1,400 projects (18 cities in 7 countries, over half of participants women), spawning diverse businesses and nonprofits from restaurants to tech to media by exiled journalists (Voix en Exil, partnering with Reporters Without Borders and others).
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
SINGA: Connecting newcomers and locals through shared interests. The letter is B; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
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In France it takes newcomers nearly ten years on average to reach a job equivalent to what they had at home—degree non-recognition, discrimination, the language barrier. Musicians Stas, Iryna and Ruslan, who fled Ukraine, launched the ensemble 'Anticello' as a business with support from SINGA's incubator (Strasbourg), reaching a label and performing widely. 'They create businesses and jobs, socially useful activities, and their success changes the story around migration' (SINGA global director).
Source nature: The Human Safety Net / P2 Independent (third-party). Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- Founded in 2012. It connects newcomers and locals through shared interests and projects, creating opportunities for work, housing and culture. Its free entrepreneurship incubator (pre → incubation → acceleration), one of Europe's earliest for refugees/migrants, has supported over 1,400 projects, 18 cities in 7 countries, with a majority of participants women and, in some cohorts, about 90% newcomers. Spare-room hosting J'accueille, Maison des Réfugiés, exiled-journalist support Voix en Exil.P1 First-party / independent (third-party) / SINGA／OECD Better Entrepreneurship
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- Long-term tracking of founded businesses' survival/income; reaching non-entrepreneurial newcomers; safety and quality of hosting like J'accueille; sustaining under an anti-migrant political environment; quality of replication in other countries.
A second look
The plus is an effect on refugees and migrants (People)—connection, dignified work and entrepreneurship, housing—and changing the story from 'migrant = problem' to 'migrant = opportunity,' with the inclusiveness of 1,400+ projects, spread to 7 countries, and a majority of women. Caveats: outcome metrics center on number of businesses and participants, with thin long-term independent data on income or retention; benefit tends to skew toward the entrepreneurially inclined; and figures are self-reported. Recognizing the genuine integration plus that treats people's strengths as assets, B/medium.
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How to read this assessment
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
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Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the narrative an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q3 | Back to top