Introductory training for Finnish municipalities

23-24 March 2023 Online

Under the EU / CoE joint project "Building an inclusive integration approach in Finland", five Finnish municipalities received an online training on 23-24 March 2023. The well attended training gathered the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland,...

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Five Finnish municipalities will work on building an inclusive integration approach

23 March 2023 Strasbourg, France

The EU/CoE joint project ‘Building an inclusive integration approach in Finland’ aims to provide technical support to the implementation of inclusive integration policies based on the Finnish Good Relations concept and the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Integration model. Project also aims to...

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Support programme for cities to respond to challenges of integrating refugees and migrants launched in Poland

15 March 2023 Warsaw, Poland

With cities often at the forefront of responding to the challenges of integrating refugees and migrants, four major international organisations together with the Union of Polish Metropolises will tomorrow launch the Academy on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees in Polish Cities, a series of...

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Intercultural study visit of Cypriot Mayors to Barcelona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet

15-16 March 2023 Spain

Under the project "Building structures for intercultural integration in Cyprus", five Mayors and Deputy Mayors participated in a study visit to the Intercultural Cities of Barcelona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain) on 15-16 March 2023. The group were accompanied by a representative of the...

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Neuchâtel - A spring season rich in intercultural initiatives

14 March 2023 Strasbourg, France

Two major events will mark the cultural life of Neuchâtel this spring: 28th Neuchâtel Action Week against Racism The Neuchâtel Action Week against Racism will be held from 18 March to 5 April 2023. It is organised by the “Forum tous différents tous égaux” (All different, all equal forum) and the...

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First meeting of Finnish municipal coordinators

The Finnish municipalities of Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa and Vantaa successfully applied to participate in the EU / CoE joint project ‘Building an inclusive integration approach in Finland’ and the first meeting of the municipal coordinators was held online on 23 February 2023. Thorsten...

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Paranhos (Portugal) joins the Portuguese Network of Intercultural Cities

6 March 2023 Strasbourg, France

It is with great pleasure that the ICC programme announces the membership of the Parish of Paranhos to the Portuguese network of Intercultural Cities (RPCI)! Paranhos joins a network of more than fifteen Portuguese cities committed to make diversity an advantage for the whole society by...

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Publication of the report on the ICC annual survey

1 March 2023

From 12 December 2022 to 9 January 2023, the Intercultural Cities (ICC) programme launched a survey among its member cities to collect information about the intercultural work they are currently carrying out or planning for the future. It also aimed at gathering views on some of the...

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Torremolinos (Spain) joins the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities

27 February 2023 Strasbourg, France

It is with great pleasure that the ICC programme announces the membership of the city of Torremolinos to the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities (RECI)! Torremolinos joins a network of more than twenty Spanish cities committed to make diversity an advantage for the whole society by...

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New policy brief on participation in Intercultural cities

20 february 2023

We are pleased to announce the publication of the new policy brief on “Building meaningful public participation in Intercultural cities – A guide to the appreciative inquiry approach”! The Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities (ICC) programme has been promoting citizen participation among its...

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