Despite sunny weekend weather, around 70 committed and interested people met on June 27 and July 3 2021 for the participation events "Gemeinsam. Verantwortung. Leben.“ to update the (previous) Dresden Integration Concept. Among them were numerous people from Dresden - whether born here or immigrants - as well as various institutions and local political actors.
In the future, the new Dresden Integration Concept will consist of an "Analysis of Municipal Spheres of Activity" and the "Dresden Action Plan on Integration 2021 to 2026“. All committed people were welcomed by Ms. Winkler at the beginning and introduced to the topic. We were very pleased about the greetings of the board of the Dachverband Sächsischer migrantenorganisationen e. V. The Dachverband has actively participated in the update of the integration concept, through the creation of its own position paper. Finally, in the first part of the events, the Analysis was discussed in three different working groups, each with a speaker, and comments could be made.
During the lunch break, in addition to delicious soups from the catering company "Zafran", there were information displays and pin boards for all participants to contribute further ideas and comments. Afterwards, proposals for goals and measures of the new Action Plan were developed and discussed in the three working groups. After a short conclusion and outlook in the plenum, the participation events ended at 4 pm.
The event on the update of the (previous) Dresden Integration Concept was a complete success in terms of content. Proposals regarding the increase of diversity among the employees of the city administration, the stronger consideration of homeless EU citizens in the integration work and the improvement of parental work in daycare centers and schools for immigrant children and adolescents and their families, and other numerous ideas for the Analysis and the Action Plan could be formulated.
We would like to take this opportunity to once again thank everyone who was actively involved in the participation events, the speakers, helpers from Besht Yeshiva, "Zafran" Catering Dresden and the staff of the Office of the Commissioner for Integration and Foreigners.
To get an impression of the events, you can find some pictures as well as presentations of the participation events here.