intercultural cities
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Workshop 2: Intercultural citiesTRANSCRIPT
Intercultural cities
Joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission
• Christina BAGLAI, Programme Officer ([email protected])
• Ms Irena GUIDIKOVA, Programme Manager:) ([email protected])
• 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)
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Intercultural City Index (ICC) - City sample (non-nationals/foreign borns < 15%)
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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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