Two months after its first meeting, the Working Group on Intercultural Integration (GT-ADI-INT) is gearing up for its Second session next 1-2 December. These last weeks have seen its members busy reviewing the Draft Guidelines and Model Policy Framework for Intercultural Integration as a preliminary step to prepare the first Draft Recommendation on Intercultural Integration at the National Level in accordance with GT-ADI-INT’s objectives.

The group will discuss a Draft Report on the Review of the Implementation of CM/Rec(2015)1 on Intercultural Integration at the National Level. It’s based on the answers of Member States representatives from GT-ADI-INT’s parent Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI) to a questionnaire to that effect.

The group will equally hear about the pioneering work on Community Sponsorship by the Canadian Government, a model that has been successfully replicated in several countries across the globe, including the United Kingdom’s Sponsorship Programme, which will be presented by a representative of the UK Home Office.