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Intercultural cities: governance and policies for diverse
communities
As communities across Europe grow increasingly diverse, the way they manage
diversity becomes a key challenge for the future. Successful cities and
societies of the future will be intercultural: they will be capable of managing
and exploring the potential of their cultural diversity to stimulate creativity
and innovation and thus generate economic prosperity and a better quality of
life. Diversity can be a resource for the development of a city if the public
discourse, the city's institutions and processes, and the behaviour of people,
take diversity positively into account.
Interculturalism -
what it is about
The origins of the intercultural
city concept
Normative basis -
European standards
Research evidence supporting the Intercultural cities
approach
The Outcomes and Impact of the
Intercultural Cities Programme
2008-2013
Interactive map of participating cities
Click on the name of the cities to discover their intercultural
profiles and activities.
Associated cities
Cities participating in the Intercultural cities Index
and national Intercultural cities networks:
Amadora,
Arezzo,
Barcelona,
Bilbao, Dortmund,
Duisburg,
Bari,
Campi Bisenzio,
Capannori,
Cartagena,
Casalecchio di Reno, Castelvetro di Modena,
Constanta,
Erlangen,
Fermo,
Fucecchio,
Fuenlabrada,
Genova,
Gexto, Jerez de la Frontera,
Lodi,
Mexico city,
Montréal,
Munich,
Offenburg,
Parla, Pompei,
Ravenna,
Rijeka,
San Giuliano Terme,
Sabadell,
Sechenkivsky,
Senigallia,
Tenerife,
Turin,
Turnhout,
Unione dei Comuni-Savignano sul Rubicone,
Västeras,
Venice and
Zurich.
The Intercultural Cities Strategy
The genuine intercultural city cannot emerge from
disconnected initiatives or small-scale policy changes.
It can only be the result of a shared vision and the
concerted efforts of a range of institutional and civil
society stakeholders. Therefore the Intercultural City
Strategy includes a wide range of actors in the city:
local authorities, professionals, social services, civil
society organisations, and the media. Focusing on the
sustainability and effectiveness of the results, the
Intercultural City Strategy includes the establishment
of partnerships and alliances within each city but also
on national and international levels. The latter ensures
that participating cities are closely linked with key
international actors working in the field of integration
and diversity at the local level.
Intercultural cities: examples of good practices
National Networks
Italy
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Ukraine
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