Anne Bathily works on issues of asylum and social inclusion at national and European levels. She has held senior positions with UNHCR and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles. Her areas of work cover various aspects such as economic, political and civic participation but also resettlement, family reunification or social innovation. Anne Bathily has first-hand experience of refugee situations in various locations and works closely with local and national authorities, NGOs, as well as with grassroots refugee/migrant-led organisations. Together with Dawit Friew, an Ethiopian refugee, she also developed and taught a series of lectures to bring the refugee experience closer to students studying international refugee law at Kent University.
Intercultural cities experts
A range of international experts participate to support the Intercultural cities programme.
Their tasks include, inter alia:
- Drafting analytical reports on cities’ results on the Intercultural cities’ index;
- Participating in monitoring visits and preparing reports such as the Intercultural profiles of member cities;
- Providing advice to cities in the context of the preparation of their intercultural strategies;
- Preparing thematic events and drafting reports and policy briefs based on the results;
- Providing advice and training in specific areas (eg myth-busting, intercultural competence, political communication);
- Providing policy advice in specific areas (education, culture, housing, economic development, social services, urban planning, impact evaluation etc.);
- Managing national intercultural cities networks;
- Designing and managing specific projects (eg. awareness campaigns).
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