EU-BELONG: An Intercultural Approach to Migrant Integration in Europe's Regions

2026-07-22

The EU-BELONG project builds on the experience of the Assembly of European Regions and on a wide partnership of 10 Regions, 2 technical partners and 33 associate entities (Council of Europe, International Organization for Migration and local/regional stakeholders). The expected impact of the Action is to improve migrants' socio-economic inclusion and sense of belonging through the development of Regional integration strategies based on a strong intercultural approach. In particular, the project will strengthen the capacity of 10 European Regions and their cooperation with public and private stakeholders, thus durably supporting their role as key-players for the successful integration of TCNs. Project outcomes are: - Public and private stakeholders increase their competences to effectively address integration challenges - A regional multi-level and multi-stakeholder framework for intercultural integration strategies is defined - A replicable methodology for the development and implementation of regional integration strategies is designed and tested - Exchange of experiences and transnational cooperation among European Regions and EU stakeholders is improved Target groups and main activities are: a) 10 Regional authorities (short/medium term): Catalonia, Navarra (Spain), Pomerania, Wielkopolska (Poland), Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Donegal (Ireland), Arad, Timis (Romania), Salzburg (Austria), Leipzig (Germany). They will participate in capacity building programmes, assess their integration contexts, co-design their own 3-years intercultural integration strategy and test it through pilot projects. b) 150 local stakeholders (short/medium term) will be formally involved in the co-design process and cooperate with the Regions in the elaboration and implementation of the integration strategies. c) Additional 40 European regions and 15 International organisations (long term) will benefit from project results through transnational knowledge sharing.

France

2025-10-15