In this section you will find publications, events, good practices, learning activities and resource people in relation to mobility, migration and intercultural cities in the EuroMed region.
Due to a recent increase in extremist violence and a series of terrorist attacks in Europe and the West, the issue of radicalization is currently a major subject of concern. As an issue arising primarily from a lack of integration...
In promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue, we contribute to enhancing peace and stability in society, strengthening effective communications, building awareness and acceptance of differences and promoting peace, tolerance and coexistence. It can be argued that collaboration between faith-based organizations in...
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“The Rabat Plan of Action – which considers the distinction between freedom of expression and incitement to hatred – also contains threshold tests and recommendations, which are extremely relevant to social media and many other aspects of the digital universe...
In secularized European societies, religion is making a comeback as a marker of identity, entailing a conflict of values in politics as well as in the courts. In order to guarantee the openness of social space, the universality of human...
A theoretical framework that has been used frequently when understanding immigrants’ adaptation to the new society is Berry’s (1997) conceptual framework of immigrants’ acculturation to the host society and it includes four strategies: assimilation - when individuals do not wish...
During the last decade Europe has experienced a new dramatic increase in migration flows. Populations migrating to European countries may fall into the following general categories: (a) third country citizens, (b) European non-member-country citizens, (c) European member-country citizens. Main causes...
Lebanon’s refugee crisis has highlighted the need for much closer coordination among the various organisations and local authorities involved in the response. This paper analyses existing collaboration mechanisms in relation to the Syrian crisis in Lebanon and provides a series...
This publication highlights the content and exchanges of the first peer learning meet-ing in the “Mediterranean City-to-City Migration” project (MC2CM) on the role of municipal administrations in social cohesion and intercultural and inter-religious dialogue. This meeting was hosted by the...
Social work in Europe is facing numerous challenges in terms of promoting the participation of migrants and their descendants in super-diverse societies. This study investigates collaboration between social workers and intercultural mediators based on international debate and fieldwork in Italy...