This document discusses intercultural cities and diversity management. It provides contact information for program officers at the Council of Europe working on these issues. It outlines different diversity policy approaches and promotes an intercultural policy that views diversity as an advantage. The document lists member cities of the Intercultural Cities program and describes the program's policy areas, methodology, benchmarking and networking tools. It discusses hot topics, statistics on the program's activities and impact, and advantages and challenges of the Intercultural Cities approach.

1. Intercultural cities
Joint action of the Council of Europe
and the European Commission

2. • 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

3. Diversity is the
metaphor for
anxiety about
change

4. TO MANAGE DIVERSITY
TODAY WE NEED A
CHANGE
IN MINDSET
AND CITIES ARE THE
ACTORS OF THIS CHANGE

5. THINKING OF
DIVERSITY
as an
advantage

6. 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

7. Member Cities

8. Associated 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…

9. Intercultural City (ICC)
Policy Areas

10. THE INTERCULTURAL
CITIES METHOD
Diagnostic & profiling
Learning and
mentoring
Strategy development
Indicators and
evaluation

11. 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

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13. 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

14. Intercultural cities
in statistics
 Presentation delivered in 30 conferences
 40 meetings organised
 330 experts commissioned
 42 thematic events and study visits carried out
 1.000 people involved in the project
 2000 mailing list
 135 friends on Facebook
 213 Tweeter followers
 Growing number of national networks (Italy,
Spain, Ukraine)

15. Advantages
• Members: 45 cities in the Challenges
ICC network, EU and non- • Make people more
EU; with above / below demanding;
200,000 inhabitants • Foster policy
• Access to information in implementation in the
English and French; cities;
• Evaluation of progress; • Reach out to more cities
(European neighbourhood);
• Outreach;
• Access funds;
• On-the-spot visits;
• Develop long-standing
• International learning…
synergies…

16. THANK YOU!
www.coe.int/interculturalcities
www.facebook.com/interculturalcities