Insights from the INTEgreat Mid-term Conference
“Building Local Communities to Enhance the Integration and Housing of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe” Written by Social Hackers Academy The mid-term conference, was held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, on June 8, 2023, and was jointly organized...
Cultural Diversity, a New Experience for Ireland
In-migration of people from different cultural backgrounds is a new experience for Ireland. Up to the early 2000’s culturally, Ireland was a relatively homogenous society. Over generations – post the great famine (1845-1847) into the 1980’s and early 1990’s - Ireland...
Integration through capacity building in Greece
Written by Social Hackers Academy The social and Cultural Integration of displaced people can be characterised as a dynamic and multifaceted two-way process which requires efforts by all the relevant stakeholders. One key factor of Integration is accessibility to...
Limerick’s Integration Working Group
Written by Limerick City and County Council The Integration Working Group (IWG) brings together public agencies and voluntary and community organisations in Limerick to focus on the needs of people with a migration background and promote integration with host...
Integration Policies in Ireland
Written by Doras Ireland as a country has undergone profound social change over the past three decades. What was largely a relatively monocultural state, has become much more open and diverse, something that can be understood in part through the vast demographic...
Integration Policies in Spain
Written by Open Cultural Center Spain’s current policies are slightly more inclusive than those of other EU countries, as the 2020 Migrant Integration Policy Index points out. Under the INTEgreat project, Open Cultural Center conducted research on integration in Spain...
Integration Policies in Italy
Written by Samantha Caccamo and Giulia Colombo - Ballafon Social Cooperative Italy shows a significant delay in the development of a model of immigrant integration, compared to other European countries. Although policies to facilitate integration and provide equal...
Integration Policies in Cyprus
Written by Andri Kyriacou - SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education This article reflects only the author’s views and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Cyprus is among the European countries that...
Integration status of countries in INTEgreat’s consortium
Written by Emanuela Dal Zotto - University of Bologna Bologna To reach the general objective of developing a novel Integration Strategy Framework (ISF) to foster the social inclusion of adult TCNs, in particular asylum seekers, refugees and migrants with...