Making integration work in Europe’s cities Amsterdam 8-9 March 2012

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Integrating Cities V Conference on 8-9 March 2012. The conference will take place in Felix Meritis, European Centre for Arts, Culture and Science in Amsterdam.

This event, co-hosted by the city of Amsterdam and EUROCITIES, will bring together politicians, senior officials from Europe’s major cities, representatives from EU institutions, service providers, academics, refugee and migrant communities and the private sector to contribute to the current agenda of diversity and integration policies and practices in Europe.

Integrating Cities V will offer various opportunities for dialogue between local politicians and representatives of the national and European level. The role of cities as an area for intercultural dialogue and social cohesion, will be further discussed and investigated. The conference will address the strategic partnership between Europe’s cities and the European Union to implement the integration agenda in Europe. It will also take stock of developments in the cities that have signed the Integrating Cities Charter two years after its launch at the London conference in 2010.

Integrating Cities V is part of the ”Making integration work in Europe’s cities (MIXITIES)” project co-financed by the European Commission, DG Home through the European Integration Fund.

Please register for the conference by clicking on this link. Further information about the conference is available via the website www.integratingcities2012.eu.

We hope you will also join our discussion at the LinkedIn group ‘Integrating cities 2012’. We will use this platform to inform our planning, select timely topics and build momentum for the discussions to take place at our conference in March – your comments are most welcome!