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Managing global flows at local level

In September 2015, at what was the height of migration flows witnessed in the Europe since the Second World War, this Action Planning network began its activities. As a result of this global flow, one can observe a rapid change in the population structure and interactions between individuals and social groups: cities of migration are places of inclusion and exclusion. In this sense, Arrival Cities took place against a backcloth of rising discrimination and prejudice against immigrants. The network's cities have had to tackle the new and old challenges to ensure the migrants' integration.
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Migrants
Minorities

Partners

Lead Partner:
Amadora
Portugal
Val-de-Marne
France
Oldenburg
Germany
Dresden
Germany
Riga
Latvia
Vantaa
Finland
Thessaloniki
Greece
Patras
Greece
Messina
Italy
Roquetas de Mar
Spain
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Timeline

2016
Kick-off meeting in September (Dresden).
2017
Transnational meeting in January (Vaanta), May (Thessaloniki) and September (Oldenburg).
2018
Final event in April (Brussels)

Integrated action plans

An Integrated Action Plan (IAP) is a policy instrument that is produced by Action Planning networks within a period of 12 - 14 months after the beginning of their activities. The aim of the IAP is to respond in a concrete way to a urban challenge, which is common to all involved cities. Each partner city develops its own IAP, so all plans are unique in terms of local circumstances, territorial coverage and, most of all, the context in which this tool is proposed to be implemented. The creation and validation of this instrument relies in a collective undertaking, designed to strengthen commitment and to increase the prospect of sustainable delivery. In this sense, every partner city must establish a URBACT Local Group (ULG), in order to gather implicated stakeholders to co-create and participate in this process.Thus, the IAP reflect and integrate all ULG members' knowledge and learning from transnational exchange.