Social Development And Inclusion

Inclusion of immigrant population in Ravenna

Immigrant population in Ravenna

• 13% of total population

• 16% of age 0-14

• 2001: 5.000 2010: 18.000

• 30% UE

• Countries of origin are almost 100

• Mostly from: Romania, Poland, Albania, FYRM(Macedonia),Morocco,Tunisia, Nigeria,Senegal

Main Migration Strategies

• Economic migration (Men as workers in industry ,building and agriculture. Women as care givers for old people)

• Family Joining (wife and children)

• Forced migration (refugees and humanitarian protection holders, victims of sexual trafficking, victims of work trafficking)

Inclusion patterns

In UE different inclusion patterns:

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism

• Interculturalism

In Ravenna we are working within the frame of the interculturalism pattern , with specific local policies

Inclusion Local Policies

• Social Inclusion

• Educational Inclusion

• Cultural Inclusion

• Civic Inclusion

Different targets requires different inclusion strategies: special programs for people suffering forced migration, special programs for care givers of old people…

Social Inclusion

Strategies to promote welfare (social and health services, housing,employement)

• information, orientation and consuelling • legal and administrative assistence• cultural and conflict mediation • multilingual informativ brochures• Organization of services for specific

targets (es. pregnat women,conflict mediation in social housing…)

Educational Inclusion

Strategies to promote growing of human capital (education, instruction, training)

• Cultural mediation in preschool, primary and secondary school for students and parents

• Training of teachers• Guidance services for schools, vocational

training and employment• Italian courses for adults• Basic informatic courses• Implementation of daily life competence for

women (italian food…)

Cultural Inclusion

Strategies to promote intercultural knowledgment and cultural exchange

• “House of Culture” with library, hemeroteca, and multimediateca

• Mother language courses • Multilanguage (seven) newspaper • Journalism courses for young immigrants• Recitals, concerts, sport events involving

different migrants communities• “Festival of the Cultures (yearly)

Civic Inclusion

Strategies to promote citizenship• Partecipation on local governement decision at

city and neighbourhods levels (by specific elections reserved to non UE citizens)

• Promotion and empowerment of migrants associationism and NGO

• Antidiscrimination observatory • Conflict and community mediation • Voluntary Civil Service for young immigrants