E-Newsletter

 You can subscribe to future newsletters by becoming a registered member of www.integration.eu - get the newsletter, get access to special features like the directory of integration practitioners, and get the opportunity to contribute your documents to the official EU collection. Simply click here.

Upcoming Events

07/07/11
(London, United Kingdom)
Immigrant Nations: Achieving consensus on the politics of multiculturalism: MORE

07/07/11 - 08/07/11
(Saint-Etienne, France)
Vieillissement des migrants: MORE

20/07/11
(Online webinar)
Webinar: Race equality and the big society: MORE

29/07/11 - 15/08/11
(Vienna, Austria)
7. Afrika Tage Wien 2011: MORE

Click here for more events

Latest News

  28/06/2011: France: School Failure and Immigration - Heads of the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies correct French Interior Minister: The interior minister, Claude Gueant, had incurred the wrath of the educational world when he said, on May 25, that two-thirds of young people who leave school without diplomas are the children of immigrants: MORE

  26/06/2011: Austria: Integration programme 'StartWien' is successful: 7.520 persons participated in the voluntary integration activities of Vienna since October 2008: MORE

  25/06/2011: Ireland: Government to bring in citizenship ceremony after successful pilot event: The government has said it plans to introduce formal citizenship ceremonies shortly following the first successful pilot event in Dublin yesterday when 73 people took oaths of fidelity to the nation: MORE

  10/06/2011: Acquisitions of citizenship on the rise in 2009: Acquisition of citizenship is often viewed as a key indicator of successful integration in the receiving country, as it usually implies a good knowledge of the country's language, culture and society, together with some level of contribution to economic activity in general: MORE

  04/06/2011: Germany: Migrant Politicians are not for migrant and integration policies only: In the past months, two German politicians with a Turkish migration background became Ministers in their respective Federal State, with their ministerial portfolio covering integration policy: MORE

Click here for more news

Latest funding information

EU call for proposals

DG Education and Culture: Call for Proposals - European Policy Network on the education of children and young people with a migrant background (deadline 14 October 2011): The purpose of this call is to strengthen cross-European collaboration between high level decision makers, academics and practitioners for raising the educational attainment of children and young people with a migrant background

National calls for proposals

Belgium: call for proposals - Stimulating leisure activities to enhance integration of minor newcomers (deadline 8 September 2011): The European Social Fund agency in Flanders has launched a new call for proposals which aims at providing leisure initiatives for newly arrived minors in Belgium. The purpose of the funding scheme is to provide children with more opportunities to interact with others and thereby put into practice what they learn in school (e.g. Dutch language)

Sweden: New call for the integration fund, priorities 1 and 4 (deadline 15 September 2011): The fund supports projects aimed at improving systems for the reception and integration of newly arrived third-country nationals in Sweden

Private calls for proposals

Germany: German Diversity Award: German corporate enterprises WirtschaftsWoche, Henkel and McKinsey & Company will award a Diversity Prize. The award will go to employers, individuals and projects, which have successfully committed themselves to diversity at work in an innovative way, implementing it among its staff and within the board

Germany: Art contest for the 50th Anniversary of the recruitment agreement with Turkey in 2011: Artists of all ages and all countries of origin are invited to create a sign of recognition for all first-generation immigrants in Germany

Latest documents

Fifth meeting of the European Integration Forum "Integration through local action": European Integration Forum - MORE

Prospects For Integration of Migrants From 'Third Countries' and Their Labour Market Situations: Towards Policies and Action: PRIMTS - MORE

Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2010: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - MORE

Ethnic differences in education and diverging prospects for urban youth in an enlarged Europe: Edumigrom - MORE

Click here for more documents

Latest links

Baobab: immigrant communities in Rome: Baobab is a meeting place and a reference for all immigrant communities in Rome and its province - MORE

AFIC (Reception, citizenship and integration training): The AFIC is a non profit association aiming at reconstructing social ties - MORE

The Betweenship: The Betweenship's mission is to examine why many youths who were born and/or raised in Europe by immigrant parents have difficulties identifying themselves as Europeans - MORE

Federation of Latin American Entities in Catalunya: The Federation provides for migrants, returnees and associations representing migrants assistance, coordination and services - MORE

Click here for more links