Migrant Cities is a regional research project under the “Living Together” initiative of the British Council and which targets developing intercultural dialogue between the Southeastern Europe and the United Kingdom. The cities included within the scope of the project are as follows: Athens, Bucharest, Cardiff, Glasgow, Istanbul, North Nicosia, South Nicosia, Nottingham and Tirana.
The research project tries to explore
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the experiences of the migrants in Istanbul, |
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the impacts of the migration and the interaction between the migrants and the people living in the city |
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role of intercultural dialogue |
This project was expected to create local debates not only in Turkey, but also in the South East European cities, in making contributions to all stakeholders.
The research project in Turkey has been performed by Prof. Dr. Ahmet İçdugu and Kristen Sarah Biehl, who together form the team of Migration Research Program (MiReKoç) at Koç University. IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) in UK has also provided coordination and consultancy services for the regional research, which encompasses 8 cities including Istanbul.
In the regional Conference held by the British Council on the dates of November 24th and 25th, 2008 in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, the research presentations as regards with all the cities have been made, and the findings belonging to the research reports and the best practices have been discussed with the participation of the researchers interested in the subject of international migration and integration, the non governmental organizations and the policy makers.
To access the reports of the researches conducted in Istanbul, as well as in other cities, and the presentations please click here
For further information about Living Together Program and Regional Work please visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org/livingtogether-projects-working-across-borders-multilateral-projects-migrant-cities.htm
If you would like to obtain more information about the migration in Europe, you can visit the web pages on which the other two programs of the British Council are broadcast.
Migrant Integration Policy Index - www.integrationindex.eu/
Open Cities- http://opencities.britishcouncil.org
It is expected that approximately 40 participants from the Universities, Governmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Municipalities, etc, and from the media will attend the Launch workshop that will take place in Kazlıçeşme Kültür Merkezi(*) with the contribution of Istanbul Zeytinburnu Municipality on February 11th, 2009.
Programme for the workshop
Language of the Launch/Workshop will be in Turkish.
(*) Kazlıçeşme Kültür Merkezi has disable access.
Please click here to see the results from the workshop
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