
The Project
DiverCities involves 8 cities and 3 national networks of intercultural cities of 4 European countries.
With the aim of creating the conditions for a more inclusive decision-making process, it strengthen
the skills and methodologies of local authorities and support the active engagement of citizens from
different backgrounds to concretely contribute to the development of local intercultural policies,
through Intercultural Citizens ‘Assemblies, knowledge sharing and awareness raising events.


The project aims at promoting a bottom-up approach, which stimulates citizens’ participation in the elaboration of local intercultural policies in European cities, through:
Creation of a Community of Practice to share skills and experiences.
Organization of Intercultural Citizens ‘Assemblies in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece.
Development of the communication campaign “Building bridges: citizens for interculture”.
Implementation of knowledge-sharing events in all the countries involved.

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How to participate?
To join the photo pride you will need to take a photo of your city that represents a symbolic place of diversity and inclusion, then you will have to post it on your social networks using the hashtag #wearedivercities.
Divercities
The divercities project is promoted by a transnational partnership of municipalities civil society organisations (CSOs), built on the experience of the Programme Intercultural Cities (ICC) of the Council of Europe, funded by the European Commission (CERV 2022) to support active participation and citizenship in policies local intercultural.



Cities and Partners
Italy
Montesilvano
Movimentazioni and Formula
The City of Montesilvano, with ICEI supervision, is coordinating the preparation and implementation in its own territory of all the project work packages implementation. It is supported by two local civil society organizations selected by public procedure: Movimentazioni and Formula.
Each of them is encharged of specific project WP according to the signed agreement. The main aim is to stimulate participatory processes among citizens.




Italy
Modena
Carta viva per la Modena Interculturale
Starting from main ITA.C.A. project, that brought to the elaboration of the “Carta viva per la Modena Interculturale” and to the introduction of an Intercultural Table gathering different Departments and Offices of the Municipality, within DiverCities, the City of Modena played the role of promoting and enhancing interculture mainly through 5 assemblies gathering 141 participants to discuss the Carta Viva and by promoting idioms and mother tongues as a tool of intercultural dialogue.
Italy
Pontedera
CO-PROGRAMMING WITH THIRD SECTOR
Pontedera has been acting for a long time in a network with administration, municipal offices and educational services that relate with third sector entities that manage services aimed at citizens of foreign origin, cultural and sports associations, counseling and social services, associations, social housing agencies and other entities.




Portugal
Loures
RPCI- Rede Portuguesa de Cidades Interculturais
Loures municipality and RPCI are working on the implementation of the Divercities’ multiple work packages. The partners are working with two local and experienced grassroots / CSOs (AMRT and AMUA). These partners are based in the neighborhood of Apelação, whose community participate and benefits of the project and where the final project takes place. Both cooperate to engage citizens in the intercultural participatory assemblies. The assemblies have generated a conversation about housing conditions and the lack of Spaces for intercultural interaction . Thus, the requalification of a local Garden was planned togheter and inaugurated on the 15th June along with awareness raising activities. A final seminar will also be held on the 19th June for local partners and other cities, to share the results and learnings.




Spain
CASTELLÓ DE LA PLANA
Social Coexistence and Interculturality Department
The process generated through the Divercities Project has been relevant Castellòn because it has allowed to work for planning the process to be developed, promoting the creation of an own method that responds to the specific needs of the administration and the real demands of the social fabric and existing citizenship in the city.




Spain
Logroño
Intercultural Coexistence
In Logroño, a participatory process has been carried out with the objective of knowing citizens’ perceptions of intercultural coexistence. For this purpose, intercultural assemblies have been held by diverse discussion groups. The Assemblies debate the reality of interculturality and diversity management in various areas, providing valuable information on the possibilities, difficulties and needs for intervention in the city’s intercultural strategy.




Spain
Zaragoza
Zaragoza Diversa
The City of Zaragoza have organizated participatory events to collect opinions and discuss topics related to interculturalism in three suburbs where there are higher immigrant population. The City of Zaragozas have organizated a meeting of de Spanish Intercultural Cities Network and, also, an activity called “Zaragoza Diversa”, where different groups of immigrants asociations, and non-profit Social Entities participate and show the diversity of the city in order to raise values of tolerance.




Greece
Ioannina
Intercultural Assemblies
Ioannina has a diverse cross-cultural background, shaped by the presence of various cultures and ethnicities over the years. The city’s unique history has led to a mix of cultural influences that have left a lasting impact on its identity. DIVERCITIES mobilized the City of Ioannina in organizing 4 Intercultural Assemblies, each with a different topic (Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Social Inclusion and Welfare, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability).

Partner
DIVERSIT-ACI
RECI – Red de Ciudades Interculturales
Diversit – ACI main role is to provide support, knowledge and expertise to the participating cities in the planning and implementation of activities. In addition, Diversit ensures a wide national knowledge sharing and dissemination of results and lessons learnt through the Spanish Network of Intercultural Cities.


Next events
Strasbourg (France) – European Youth Centre
European
Exchange
Transnational Exchange and Dissemination

5/06/24 →
Apelação – Jardim da Paz
Inauguration “Jardim da Paz”
2h of informal celebration at the garden

15/06/24



















