Intercultural cities

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Joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission

• Christina BAGLAI, Programme Officer (christina.baglai@coe.int)

• Ms Irena GUIDIKOVA, Programme Manager:) (irena.guidikova@coe.int)

• Council of Europe• Directorate II Democratic Governance,

Culture and Diversity

Diversity is the metaphor

for anxiety about change

TO MANAGE DIVERSITY TODAY WE

NEED A CHANGE IN MINDSET

AND CITIES ARE THE ACTORS OF THIS

CHANGE

THINKING OF

DIVERSITY

as an advantage

Diversity Policies (COMEDIA)

• No policy• Guest-worker policy• Assimilation policy• Multicultural policy

• INTERCULTURAL POLICY = diversity as an advantage, since migrants enhance the city through:

• Complementary skills• Access to markets and capital• Aspiration & entrepreneurship• Mixing = creativity & innovation• Cosmopolitan brand

Member Cities

Amadora, Arezzo, Barcelona, Duisburg, Bari, Campi Bisenzio, Capannori, Cartagena, Castelvetro di Modena, Erlangen, Fermo, Fucecchio, Fuenlabrada, Genova, Gexto, Lodi, Mexico city, Milan, Montréal, Munich, Parla, Pompei, Rijeka, Sabadell, San Giuliano Terme, San Sebastian, Savignano sul Rubicone, Sechenkivsky, Senigallia, Turin, Turnhout, Unione dei Comuni-Savignano sul Rubicone, Västeras and Zurich…

Associated Cities

Intercultural City (ICC) Policy Areas

THE INTERCULTURAL CITIES METHOD

Diagnostic & profiling

Learning and mentoring

Strategy development

Indicators and evaluation

The Intercultural Cities Toolkit

•Conceptual tool – the Intercultural Lens

•Methodological tool – Step-by-Step Guide

•Benchmarking tool – the Intercultural City Index

•Developmental tool – the Intercultural City Network

ICC Index(ex. ICC Index Assessment

for Copenhagen, 2012)Intercultural City Index (ICC) - City sample (inhabitants > 200'000)

Intercultural City Index (ICC) - City sample (non-nationals/foreign borns < 15%)

125Commitment

Intercultural lens

Mediation

Language

MediaInternational outlook

Intelligence/Competence

Welcoming

Governance

Copenhagen2011 City sample

Copenhagen2012

Hot topics 2012-2013

• Goal: Consolidate the intercultural integration model of urban diversity management, broaden its impact and prepare tools for a large-scale implementation

• Methods: research, enlargement of the expert pool but also conception of new projects

Intercultural cities in statistics

Presentation delivered in 30 conferences40 meetings organised330 experts commissioned42 thematic events and study visits carried out1.000 people involved in the project 2000 mailing list135 friends on Facebook213 Tweeter followersGrowing number of national networks (Italy,

Spain, Ukraine)

Advantages

• Members: 45 cities in the ICC network, EU and non-EU; with above / below 200,000 inhabitants

• Access to information in English and French;

• Evaluation of progress;• Outreach;• On-the-spot visits;• International learning…

• Make people more demanding;

• Foster policy implementation in the cities;

• Reach out to more cities (European neighbourhood);

• Access funds; • Develop long-standing

synergies…

Challenges

THANK YOU!

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