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The reality is diverse – the policy is intercultural
 based on an article by Anna Mee Allerslev, Mayor of employment and integration in Copenhagen
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published in "Weekendavisen" in Danish. Translation from Danish: Karen
Overgaard
My policy is intercultural, not multicultural, and the difference is essential.
In Copenhagen 1 in 3 pupils and 1 in 4 employees are of a minority background.
Multiculturalism as an ideology contains privileges, special arrangements and special forums for ethnic minorities. Rights and resources are given according to ethnic and religious barriers. Thus these barriers between the groups might strengthen, parallel communities be cemented and the social connection weakened – as we see the UK, e.g.
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Making the Most of Diversity – Profile of Intercultural Innovators
 In her 2006 study looking at key actors who embody the vision of the intercultural approach to diversity management in cities, Jude Bloomfield suggests that they are innovators in their field in virtue of their intercultural background. A key premise of the intercultural cities initiative is that if correctly harnessed, diversity is a key resource for the development of a city. According to the study, such intercultural individuals are said to have successfully managed and utilised their cultural diversity, in order to have become successful at what they do.
The study makes the hypothesis that because intercultural people have crossed cultural boundaries, they are able to absorb important aspects of other cultures, which in turn provides them with a new way of seeing, thinking and creating. This cross-cultural experience is thought to be a direct cause of their success and is what defines them as
"intercultural innovators".
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Comics strips for diversity in Kosovo
 The Joint Programme
"EU/CoE Support to the Promotion of Cultural Diversity in Kosovo*" is promoting diversity using different methods and tools. One of these is a series of comic strips, which via satire and humour combats prejudice and stereotypes and highlights the importance of cultural diversity.
The
comic strips which have tackled issues such as the representation of the other, urban identity and intangible cultural heritage, are one way of promoting PCDK
activities and objectives.
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* All reference to
Kosovo, whether to the territory,
institutions or populations, in this
text shall be understood in full
compliance with United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244 and without
prejudice to the status of Kosovo |
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The Lewisham Conversation
 Bringing communities together to share experiences, break down barriers and find areas of common ground has always been a challenge for local authorities and wider government.
Lewisham Council has been inspired by historian and philosopher Theodore Zeldin to use Conversation Dinners as its latest tool to meet these objectives.
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Photo: Theodore Zeldin
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Travelling around the World without leaving Lisbon
 The third edition of the festival
Todos - Caminhada de Culturas (Everybody, a Walk of Cultures), will take place from the 8th to the 11th of September, brings novelties and adds value to its concept, which pretends to make it a neighbourhood festival but, at the same time, which may be able to cross worlds and unite cultures by the ring of the Arts.
For this Todos, we have worked in the search of a more intense participation, not only from those who live in the neighbourhood but also from other citizens, coming from other city quarters, to be an integrant part of the festival. With this issue of the festival we want people to experience the neighbourhood pulsin.
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Ireland: Health Service Executive Intercultural Guide
A guide