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North Belfast Partnership
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BELFAST
BT15 2GG

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Urban Diversity and Inclusion Exchange - an Action-Learning Programme

UDIEX ALEP is co-ordinated in Belfast by Quartiers en Crise and funded by Belfast Regeneration Office. The programme proposes to establish a thematic network of 24 EU partners and 3 partners from new member states which view the issues of diversity, integration and inclusion as core issues in relation to exchanging good practice and increasing the capacity of 300-400 key participants from a multi-sector, multi-discipline, multi-agency back-ground.

The main objectives of this programme are:

Create a network of over 24 cities who are actively engaged in addressing the issues of Diversity, Integration and Inclusion.
Creating an on line Mentoring and Coaching Service to cascade knowledge and good practice.
Establish a broad platform of cities which have Diversity and Inclusion as key needs in their urban regeneration programmes.
Generate discussion and influence policy in tackling the issues of Diversity, Integration and inclusion at EU, National and local levels.

The programme involves eight topic-based exchanges reflecting the subjects that the partner cities have identified. The table below provides an overview of this element of the programme:

TOPIC	SCOPE	VENUE and DATE
Children and young people at the margins	This workshop had looked at a number of issues relating to this theme e.g., children at risk within their family; teaching of host country language to the children of immigrants; dealing with young school drop-outs; youth unemployment.	Vantaa (Finland) 25/28 March 2004
Participation and Empowerment	The topic of the workshop has been “The management and participation model in the regeneration of underprivileged areas of the city”.	Bilbao (Spain) 20/23 May 2004
Long- term unemployment and Discrimination in the labour market	This workshop has examined the nature of Long-term unemployment and strategies for assisting re-integration into the labour market/social economy. The issue of discrimination in the labour market and strategies to counter this has been also a feature	Nottingham (UK) 4/7 November 2004
Enterprise Development	This workshop has shared ways of assisting targeted groups to develop their own businesses/social enterprises	Amsterdam/ Rotterdam (Netherland) 25/28 November 2004
Integration of Ethnic Minorities	This workshop will focus on strategies to assist immigrant communities to integrate into the social, cultural and economic life of host countries	Sheffield (UK) 10/13 March 2005
The role of culture for social inclusion	The workshop will focus on the role of culture as a tool to combat social exclusion.	Turin (Italy) 16/19 June 2005
Cultural Diversity, Tourism and Urban Regeneration	The workshop proposes to analyse the results and most advanced experiences of tourism strategies relating to the issue of cultural diversity and urban regeneration, which will be the central theme of this meeting.	Sevilla (Spain) 6/9October 2005
The role of ICT for the promotion of Social Inclusion	More and more technology is seen as the organizing principle of modern society. The workshop will show the way which Crotone and the other case studies have used the new technologies to promote progressive social changes and create a more egalitarian and democratic society.	Crotone (Italy) 8/10 June 2006

Belfast were offered 20 "vouchers" to be used between the eight workshops, which the Belfast URBACT Steering Group split between each of the URBAN areas. Participants were chosen who have been previously, or are currently, involved in the URBAN Programme, have relevant skills and experience and be supported by an organisation which will facilitate involvement and dissemination.

The programme also includes 6 Venice Sessions. These sessions, together with the 8 topic based workshops, are fundamental actions of the Action Learning Programme. The Venice Management Team undertakes the co-ordination and all sessions are held in Venice.

The Venice Sessions objectives are:

To create cross-topic group working with a focus on key national and European trends in relation to the core themes of inclusion; integration and diversity
To deepen the capitalisation process
To provide participants with a broader contextual European policy and programmes input
To create on-line mentoring and coaching network

Only those who have participated in topic-based workshop can attend a Venice session.

This programme has now closed.

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