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Intercultural issues, migration, displacement of persons, integration
Where
Germany
Germany
When
2016
2016
Who
Art department of the ministry of science, research and the arts baden-w眉rttemberg, independent jury decision, lower saxony ministry for science and culture in cooperation with specialist partners; the 鈥渇irst intercultural barometer鈥 was developed in 2012
Art department of the ministry of science, research and the arts baden-w眉rttemberg, independent jury decision, lower saxony ministry for science and culture in cooperation with specialist partners; the 鈥渇irst intercultural barometer鈥 was developed in 2012
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Description of the policy/measure
1- baden-wurttemberg: in the innovationsfonds kunst (innovation fund for the arts), among othersa)聽interkultur funding line (intercultural issues) since 2012, andb)聽new project funding line for kulturprojekte zur integration und partizipation von fluchtlingen (cultural projects for the integration and participation of refugees) since 20142- lower saxony: 2015 to 2016 participatory development of inter- and transcultural funding recommendations as part of the cultural development concept on the basis of the study 1. interkulturbarometer: migration als einflussfaktor auf kunst und kultur (first intercultural barometer: migration as a factor influencing art and culture), 20123-a)聽musik macht heimat (music makes a home): interactive knowledge platform about musical projects by, with, and for refugees (since october 2015),b) volunteer initiative welcomegrooves 鈥 refugees learn german with music (since 2015)4 - heimatklange 鈥 musikalische weltreise (sounds of home 鈥 touring the world with music) in the district and city of marburg-biedenkopf, 2014 to 2015.this example from hesse represents numerous comparable local refugee projects in many locations.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
1- baden-wurttemberg: july 2015, interkultur fur alle (intercultural life for all) practical guide: hand-out for creative artists, municipalities, multipliers and migrant organisations2- lower saxony (north rhine-westphalia, nationwide): first regional intercultural forum, 2015. 鈥渇irst intercultural barometer鈥, 2012 http://www.mwk.niedersachsen.de/themen/kultur/kulturentwicklungskonzept_niedersachsen_kek/kekprozess/der-kek-prozess-bezieht-die-akteure-aktiv-ein-118561.html3- a)聽german music information centre: 150 projects identified in 3 months (october to december 2015), 30 per cent of which were projects to sing and make music together, 30 per cent concerts and musical theatre, 25 per cent pro bono musical instruction, instrument donations, music therapy, etc.b) welcomegrooves: 6 musical language lessons, translated into 28 languages4- heimatklange: noticeably bolstering participants鈥 joie de vivre and confidence, reviving energy 鈥 positive change in overall behaviour, challenge: very poor language skills
Financial resources allocated to the policy
1- baden-wurttemberg:a) 400,000 eur in annual funding, maximum of 50,000 eur per projectb)聽250,000 eur in annual funding, maximum of 15,000 eur per project2-聽lower saxony: 2011 to 2015 80,000 eur for the study and four regional intercultural forums3-聽german music information centre: from institutional resources4- 22,000 eur in federal funding (鈥渃ulture is strength鈥 programme of the federal ministry of education and research), distributed by the bundesvereinigung soziokultureller zentren (federal association of sociocultural centres)