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July 2022

July 2022

  • Creating sustainable intercultural cities: opening of registrations for the ICC Study visit to the 5th Placemaking Week Europe in Pontevedra
  • The city of Valladolid (Spain) joins the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities
  • Manlleu joins the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities
  • The cycle of webinars "Gender and Interculturalism" has started!
  • Consultation on Entrepreneurship by Migrant Women takes place in Patras
  • Cypriot intercultural study visit to Italy
  • Proud Cities Summit 2022 in Vilnius
  • An eventful month of June at Beit HaGefen (Haifa, Israel)
  • Watch films from intercultural cities for World Refugee Day
  • Webinar “Identifying and preventing systemic discrimination: the importance of data and evidence”
  • How intercultural is your project?
  • Looking for an online training?
  • Forthcoming events
  • Latest publications
  • Multilevel governance
  • Index reports
  • Good practices from
April 2022

April 2022

  • The Committee of Ministers adopts a landmark legal standard on multilevel policies and governance for intercultural integration
  • The city of Vila Verde (Portugal) joins Intercultural Cities
  • The city of Famalicão joins the Portuguese Network of Intercultural Cities
  • Cities4Cities: a new matchmaking platform to support Ukrainian local and regional authorities
  • Webinar on an Intercultural approach to Roma and Travellers inclusion
  • Launch of an independent evaluation of the ICC programme’s services and tools
  • Progress report on the work of the municipal administration of Montreal to fight against systemic racism and systemic discrimination
  • Snapshot of diversity in the administration of the Canton of Neuchâtel
  • Monuments and racist heritage in the public space: study by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and perspectives
  • Check the latest updates to our page #StandWithUkraine
  • Latest publications
  • Index reports
  • Good practices from
  • Publications in other Languages
February 2022

February 2022

  • Publication of the Annual report of the Intercultural Cities programme
  • Learn how to work with Inclusion Influencers!
  • Lublin, Krakow and Wrocław together against hate speech
  • Focus on youth, sports and inclusion in Haifa, Ioannina and Limassol
  • Sustainable and inclusive tourism to foster participation and sense of belonging
  • Fostering inclusive recruitment: project report and Guidebook for Employers
  • Want to make your workplace more inclusive?
  • Bilbao adopts its third Intercultural City Strategy
  • Units for Homeless - an inspiring action from Patras, Greece
  • Latest publications
  • Index reports
  • Good practices from
  • A journey with Mila and Melo - awareness video
  • Annual reports
  • Publications in other Languages
December 2021

December 2021

  • Call for tenders to be part of the Intercultural Cities Pool of experts
  • The Intercultural Cities programme welcomes Salisbury !
  • A Growing Coalition of Intercultural Cities in Quebec
  • A new draft Recommendation on intercultural integration soon to be assessed by the Committee of Ministers
  • Play the Escape Roomours !
  • New checklists to discover if your project is intercultural
  • New online training: The Intercultural City Step-by-step
  • A comprehensive policy approach for intercultural integration at the national level
  • LIREA: a project fostering the integration of Third Country Nationals victims of trafficking in Italy, Austria, Malta, Cyprus and Greece
  • International Migrants Day
  • Latest publications
  • Index reports
  • Good practices 
  • Publications in other Languages
October 2021

October 2021

  • Meeting of International ICC coordinators
  • The Intercultural Cities programme welcomes Montesilvano!
  • Join ICC to celebrate International Migrants Day 2021!
  • Online training courses for ICC member cities
  • Opportunities of regional intercultural networks in Cyprus
  • Bilbao citizens ready to enjoy the first intercultural guided tours "Diversitours"
  • Barcelona launches a new Intercultural Action Plan
  • 5th edition of NEUCHATOI
  • Roundtable on “The Law on Indigenous Peoples as a Guarantee of Sustainable Development of the State” in Melitopol
  • Check out updates on the Sustainable cities page!
  • Save the dates!
  • Latest publications
  • Index reports
  • Good practices 
  • Publications in other Languages
July 2021

July 2021

  • Sustainable cities - how to make them more inclusive?
  • Launch of the ICC facts and figures page
  • Publication of a new guide: Which alternative narratives work and why?
  • What does “diversity, identity and equality” mean to you? – A new ICC video
  • Intercultural integration in Cyprus
  • Our Intercultural City - Our Home
  • Bringing all inclusion services in Bergen under one roof
  • “Inclusive Recruitment”: a joint project from Oeiras, Loures and Amadora
  • Limassol, Haifa and Ioannina engaged in the development of a Mediterranean Intercultural Cities Community through sport and youth
  • Ready to take a DiversiTour in Bilbao and Valencia?
  • Lublin, Krakow and Wrocław join forces in the project “Together against hate speech”
  • Webinar on “Interculturalism and Anti-Racism in Cities: From Theory to Practice”
  • CDADI adopted a Framework for intercultural integration strategy
  • Intercultural Cities and Refugees
  • Save the dates!
  • Latest publications
  • Good practices from
  • Joint communication campaigns
  • Publications in other Languages
April 2021

April 2021

  • Ready to campaign with the ICC on the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development?
  • Etterbeek, Belgium, joins the Intercultural Cities programme!
  • Ephesus Selçuk (Turkey) joins the Intercultural Cities Network!
  • Turin confirms itself as the Capital of Rights and anti-racism
  • Stavanger ’s Dialogue Forum for Diversity and Inclusion starts the participatory design of the city’s new intercultural strategy
  • Thinking and acting differently: Neuchâtel takes action against racism
  • Braga and Cascais: Portuguese cities celebrating their diversity on new websites
  • ICC-UA Network commemorates the International Roma Day
  • Roma people at the lens (Patras, Greece)
  • New page on thematic papers
  • Save the dates!
  • Latest publications
  • Publications in other Languages
February 2021

February 2021

  • Report of the Annual Survey of the ICC Network
  • Webinar on "Interculturalism and Anti-Racism in Cities"
  • A very successful meeting on Campaigning Together!
  • The ICC programme welcomes Sherbrooke (Canada)!
  • The ICC programme is happy to welcome Kraków in the ICC family!
  • The ICC International network welcomes Jonava (Lithuania)!
  • Intercultural Regions: Active Participation & Social Inclusion
  • An active network of intercultural cities in Portugal
  • ICC-Ukraine Network starts the new year with the adoption of Vinnytsia’s ICC City Strategy
  • Can a research project change a city? The Born in Bradford study
  • Launch of the Guide and video tutorial on “Intercultural Competencies applied to the development of public administration projects”
  • A letter from an ICC friend
  • Save the dates!
  • Latest publications
  • Publications in other Languages
December 2020

December 2020

  • International Migrants Day: Follow #ICCities on Facebook and Twitter!
  • The 3rd issue of Voice Over "Borders" is online !
  • Take the new Intercultural Citizenship Test now!
  • Launch of the ICC Index Charts!
  • New ICC videos online
  • Bradford for Everyone or how to create a more inclusive city for all
  • A handbook addressed to public administrations on interreligious dialogue actions
  • ITACA: Italian Cities against discrimination
  • The City of Montreal creates an Office of the Commissioner for Combating Racism and Systemic Discrimination
  • Melitopol and Ballarat release the Impact Study of their ICC Competence Project
  • Launch of the ICC Guide on Intercultural Competence
  • Latest publications
October 2020

October 2020

  • First meeting of the Working Group on Intercultural Integration
  • Systemic Discrimination – New Thematic Page Addresses How to Identify and Prevent
  • International Migrant Day: join the ICC campaign!
  • Launch of the Anti-rumour Guide in the Educational field
  • Webinar on “Preventing the potential discriminatory effects of the use of artificial intelligence in local services”
  • Melitopol University Releases the Results of its First International Survey on Intercultural Competence
  • Welcoming Cities: a new project of the Portuguese Network of Intercultural Cities
  • Guro (South Korea) joins the Intercultural Cities Network
  • Kobe City Government (Japan) organises a study meeting to prepare for ICC membership
  • Latest publications
  • Events
July 2020

July 2020

  • Webinar on instruments and tools to fight systemic racism: registrations opened!
  • Welcome to the Intercultural Cities Programme Welcome and brand Packages!
  • Gentrification
  • A policy brief on “LGBTI Inclusion and Equality Initiatives for the Intercultural City” to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
  • The ICC Special Covid-19 page is updated with new promising practices
  • World Refugee Day 2020: “Everyone Can Make a Difference, Every Action Counts”
  • Three Intercultural Cities among the 26 municipalities awarded a distinction by the Europe Prize Sub-Committee
  • The ICC Anti-rumours manual now available in Japanese
  • ICC Manual on Community Policing now available in Spanish, Italian and Ukrainian
  • Amadora launches a Guide on the welcoming of migrants
  • 21st May, World Day on Cultural Diversity
  • ICC Cities Melitopol and Ballarat awarded an ICC City Grant for developing a training module on intercultural competence
  • Bilbao, Castellò de la Plana, Tenerife Island and Donostia/San Sebastiàn awarded an ICC grant for the development of a pioneering joint project on Intercultural competences
  • The cities of Reggio Emilia and Novellara (Italy) awarded an inter-city ICC grant for project on interfaith actions
  • Connecting Cities During the COVID Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for ICC
  • Guro - Seoul (South Korea) organised the first Intercultural Festival Online!
  • ICC Call for tenders-> Creation of a tool to create online ICC charts and ensure their maintenance and updating
  • Latest publications
April 2020

April 2020

  • Intercultural Cities: COVID-19 Special page
  • Online meeting: “Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities for intercultural local authorities”
  • The ICC programme will support the member cities that will join their forces
  • Report of the Intercultural Integration Academy in Morocco 
  • The City of Reggio Emilia struggling with the Coronavirus health emergency
  • ICC Good practice database updated: check it for new inspirational ideas!
  • ECRI calls on Switzerland to improve support for victims of racism, and praises the policies adopted at the local level by the cantons of Neuchâtel and Geneva 
  • The first meeting of the Intercultural Regions’ network took place online
  • Welcome to the city of Neumarkt into the International Intercultural Cities Network !
  • Latest publications
March 2020

March 2020

  • Welcome to the city of Ansan (Republic of Korea) into the Intercultural Cities Network !
  • Welcome to the city of Valencia into the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities (RECI) !
  • Welcome to the city of Camden into the ICC Network !
  • Kick-off meeting of the project “European Pact for Integration”
  • Registrations open for the Study visit to Kirklees
  • The City of Sumy adopts its 2020-2025 ICC Strategy
  • Integrating migrants in the job market: Launch of the Closed Doors Day campaign
  • 2019 – A very fruitful year for the ICC Programme
  • Latest publications
December 2019

December 2019

  • European regions to launch the Intercultural Regions Network
  • 4th Meeting of the Policy Lab on inclusive integration – Publication of the Report
  • Publication of the report of the ICC meeting of coordinators
  • International Migrants Day - Reggio Emilia welcomes new Italians with a citizenship kit
  • Results of the “Diversity Advantage Challenge” launched by the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities (RECI)
  • Intercultural Week – X Edition
  • Hamamatsu International Summit on Intercity Collaboration 2019
  • Human rights aspects of immigrant and refugee integration policies
  • ICC main events in 2020
  • Latest publications
October 2019

October 2019

  • Launch of the ICC Step-by-step guide: updated edition
  • Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain): another Intercultural city awarded the 2019 Europe Prize
  • ICC Study visit to Haifa, Israel
  • Conference on religious diversity in Fuenlabrada
  • How can the challenges of increasingly complex societies be managed?
  • ICC information meeting for Québec region: publication of the conclusions
  • Information and Communication technology (ICT) supports the provision of services for migrants’ integration (Patras, Greece)
  • Rijeka participates in the Croatian Cities for Equality project
  • Montreal launches a policy of non-discriminatory access to all municipal services
  • Launch of the new Intercultural Cities information flyer
  • Latest publications
  • Upcoming events
July 2019

July 2019

  • Launch of the Intercultural Cities didactic videos
  • 3rd Inclusive Integration Policy Lab meeting
  • ICC Expert visit to Dudelange
  • New Group on Diversity in the Workplace Formed in Kirklees
  • Reykjavik discusses measures towards a more intercultural society
  • 16th Coordination meeting of the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities
  • Outcomes of the ICC experts’ visit to Oeiras (Portugal)
  • ProfilPASS – a tool for the assessment of migrants competences
  • Cities publish guidance on irregular migrants
  • Latest publications
  • Upcoming events
April 2019

April 2019

  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Launch of the ICC Manual on community policing
  • The city of Modena (Italy) joins the Intercultural Cities Network
  • Intercultural integration academy in Iceland
  • Including migrants in emergency management: a course for local-level practitioners
  • Meeting of the Italian Network of Intercultural Cities
  • Intercultural Cities presented at the Seminar on “Migration and inclusion in the European Union”
  • The role of education in supporting refugees’ integration - joint event in Strasbourg
  • Intercultural experts visited the cities of Izhevsk and Kepez
  • Upcoming events
  • Latest publications
February 2019

February 2019

  • The ICC network welcomes 6 new members
  • The new ICC Index is now online!
  • More than 2000 residents of Ukrainian ICC cities answer the ICC Citizenship Test
  • Intercultural City Seminar in Tokyo attracted 40 local government officials
  • Neukölln publishes "Normalising Integration - Living together in an intercultural metropolis"
  • Montreal unveils its first immigration action plan to help newcomers integrate
  • International Migrants Day: mayors of intercultural cities programme join voices for inclusion and diversity
  • Upcoming events
  • Latest publications
April 2018

April 2018

  • Living together in inclusive democracies: how can the intercultural approach promote participation in diverse societies?
  • Open window / Youngest intercultural ambassadors: children in kindergartens discover intercultural interaction
  • An intercultural citizenship test to assess citizens’ competences
  • Anti rumours training in Montreal
  • International Day Against Racial Discrimination
  • After 8 years of engagement with Intercultural cities, México includes interculturalism in the National Development Plan
  • A Path to build a United and Inclusive Society: The City of Turin adopts its “Guidelines for interculturality and participation”
  • New on the ICC website
  • Upcoming events
February 2018

February 2018

  • The cities of Oeiras (Portugal) and Salt (Spain) have just joined the ICC network
  • ICC annual report 2017, Policy Lab Conclusions, and Report of the meeting of coordinators now online!
  • Study finds that intercultural cities have higher well-being and citizen satisfaction
  • Guidelines for Diversity Connectors for startups now online
  • Anti-rumours handbook 2018
  • The 2017 compilation of Good practices from Intercultural Cities is now online
  • Declaration of the Intercultural cities’ Milestone event
  • Upcoming events
October 2017

October 2017

  • Intercultural Cities held a side event at PACE Summer Session
  • Where do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home
  • Expert’s visit to Hamamatsu: 1st Asian city to join the ICC network
  • Recognising refugee qualifications – a new initiative by the Council of Europe
  • Intercultural Hospitality Enterprise Workshop
  • A knowledge sharing session to keep on dismantling rumours and stereotypes
  • Developing Intercultural Competence through Education
  • Upcoming events
June 2017

June 2017

  • Intercultural cities: good practice now online
  • Italian cities met in Rome for a Policy Lab with National authorities
  • Heritage for diversity inclusiveness - first training on participatory mapping of diverse cultural heritage
  • 47 European States agreed on an Action Plan on how to protect children in migration
  • Paris city council adopts a major report on "Paris - Intercultural city"
  • The Island Council of Tenerife starts an awareness-raising campaign against cyber racism and intolerance on the social media
  • Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Interreligious Council of Rijeka 2020 has just been signed
  • Intercultural Cities in Ukraine: top quality of life ranking
  • Welcome to our three new member cities!
  • Upcoming events
  • Recent events
April 2017

April 2017

  • The Intercultural Cities Programme launches the Inclusive Integration Policy Lab
  • The ICC Programme welcomes a new member from the Faroe Islands
  • Is Japan turning intercultural?
  • Conference on Building diverse communities based on shared values – the Intercultural cities approach
  • Lisbon and Rijeka selected to implement the pilot project on Cultural Heritage and diverse societies (STEPS)
  • Mexico City : from "melting pot" to an intercultural and welcoming city
  • Div-A project presented at the International Festival of Journalism
  • European Anti-Racism Week 2017: Actions in Patras - "No child is foreign to us!"             
  • Cantonal Action Week against Racism: a very positive outcome
  • Upcoming events
February 2017

February 2017

  • Ballarat (Australia) joins the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities Network
  • A promising start of the year for the Moroccan network of Intercultural cities
  • Launch of STEPS: heritage resources for inclusive diversity
  • Engaging with Religious Minorities through an Intercultural Approach: the role of cities
  • Council of Europe Secretary General pays tribute to Intercultural cities on the International Migrants’ Day
  • Launch of a video guide on Anti-rumours strategy
  • New documents online
  • Upcoming events
November 2016

November 2016

  • Urban play as a means for activating intercultural cities
  • Erlangen-Nürnberg: University enables access to education for refugees
  • NeuchàToi 2016: “Secularism and religious pluralism: how are they perceived?”
  • Rating Diversity in Business: ICC kick-off meeting in Santa Maria da Feira
  • Santa Maria da Feira - "Open Window" for the exchange of knowledge and expertise
  • The Municipality of Patras supports refugees at Myrsini centre in Elia prefecture
  • Lisbon: Launch of a new web portal to showcase migrant entrepreneurs
  • The Complex Instruction Programme: a tool to embrace diversity
  • Further steps in the cooperation between the ICC programme and the city of Hamamatsu
  • Upcoming events
September 2016

September 2016

  • Annual meeting of the Intercultural Cities coordinators
  • Social innovation for refugee inclusion
  • Lisbon - the Festival “TODOS” to celebrate interculturality
  • Erlangen is the 100th Intercultural City
  • Erlangen - Lyrical Bridge Building
  • Mexico City works towards embedding Interculturality in its new Constitution
  • Turkey: Migrant children and refugees living precariously outside camps
  • Better insights on asylum seekers with participatory research
  • Upcoming events
July 2016

July 2016

  • World Refugee Day: "Share our cities – Share the future"
  • Towards a new Inclusive Integration Policy Lab
  • European and Jordanian cities join forces to enhance the Diversity advantage
  • Report on the integration of immigrants in Catalonia 2015
  • Limassol shapes its future by investing in integration
  • New media entrepreneurs with diversity inclusiveness ethos wanted
  • What does it mean to be an intercultural competent city?
  • Learning on the spot with the ICC Programme
  • Patras as one of the “ARRIVAL CITIES” of URBACT III EU programme
  • Time for Europe to get migrant integration right
  • Upcoming events
June 2016

June 2016

  • Don’t rumour, be open !
  • Lyon: the power of public debate for a serene approach to migration
  • Can the migration crisis become the focus of positive political messages?
  • Interculturality: a value for citizens
  • Reggio Emilia and newcomers
  • Migrants and Refugees: at the core of the Portuguese ICC Network Strategy
  • Launch of the Intercultural Cities promotional video
  • Neuchâtel: a law to promote “integration secularism”
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