Implementation of the Sello Migrante programme. Characterisation of the emerging institutional framework and the circulation of knowledge in certified municipalities in Chile (2015-2022)

Abstract

The main focus of this article is to analyse and characterise the evaluation guidelines requested by the Sello Migrante (Migrant Stamp) programme of Chile’s National Migration Service for the communes that have been recognised with the Sello Migrante certificate. For this purpose, all the municipalities that have participated in the initiative, from its inception in December 2015 until December 2022, will be assessed. In the case of revalidated municipalities, the evaluation of the last report submitted has been taken into consideration. The evaluation criteria for the public policy under observation consist of five major dimensions; however, this proposal focuses on characterising the emerging institutional framework in local governments in the following points: (i) institutional framework and (ii) capacity building. In effect, the aim is to analyse the behaviour associated with the implementation of an unprecedented public policy in the treatment of the current international migration phenomena, particularly the type of articulation between the central structure of the State, certified local governments and foreign nationals residing in these territories. It also observes the management difficulties and ideas that emerge from some municipalities to further deepen the new form of public migration management existing in the country.