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Presentation by Ms Larsen (LRA), on the occasion of the EESC conference on Integrating immigrants in regions and cities - avenues for cooperation between civil society and local and regional authorities Conference in Valencia, Spain on 30.03.2011
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City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of Aarhus
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Valencia 30 March 2011
Background: • Long tradition of involving the citizens – but
increased during the 10 years • Integration policy in 1996 • Law of integration – 1999 – integration council.
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Valencia 30 March 2011
Integration Council
• Since 2000 – election every 4 years. • Direct election by all adults with a non Danish background. • The function of the Integration Council is to advice the
municipality of Aarhus in the integration efforts. • The Integration Council has to be heard in efforts regarding
integration, before discussion in City Council. • The Council has 16 members, 12 elected by ethnic minorities
living in the city of Aarhus and 3 of them are pointed out by organizations, 1 represent from the business sector.
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
The integration policy Foundation:
• Citizenship• Common responsibility• Involvement of citizens• Differentiating of services• Mainstreaming
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Areas:
• Citizenship and antidiscrimination• Education• Employment• Settlement
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Process towards a new integration policy • Think-tank • Seminar of ideas with different actors – users,
practicians and partners in the integration field • International inspiration • Citizen involvement
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Think-tank • Members: Researchers and among others
members of the integration council • Purpose: To give a helicopter perspective on
the integration area in the future
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Seminar of ideas: • 33 participants – invited users, practicians and
partners in the integration field in the city hall for 12 hours in a weekend
• Prepared by interviews of a wide range of users, meetings etc.
• To develop lots of ideas to be published in an inspiration catalogue
• Called user-driven-policy-development
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
International inspiration • Study tour to UK – London. • The municipal directors and high level civil
servants and the chairman of the integration council
• The integration council• Common understanding – common
experiences.
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Citizen involvement Dialogue meetings with different groups:• Citizens in deprived areas with a high degree of ethnic
minorities • Dialogue with citizens in rather prosperous neighbourhood
with a low degree of ethnic minorities• Dialogue in the schools• etc.
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
The Integration Council: • Very active in the process • Think tank, study tour, but also
workshops, dialogue meetings. • In the end of the process: Seminar between the
city council and the integration council.Common agreement of the central elements in the integration policy.
Valencia 30 March 2011
City of A
arhusM
ayors Departm
ent
The integration policy and citizen involvement
Whats the point ? • Pseudo democracy or real influence ? • Common platform, common responsibility The present – the future.• Implementation of the integration policy• New process ahead – evaluating the integration
policy.
Valencia 30 March 2011