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Managing Integration: The European Union's Responsibilities Towards Immigrants

Edited by Rita Süssmuth and Werner Weidenfeld
Published by MPI and the Bertelsmann Foundation, Fall 2005

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Managing immigration and integration is one of the most vital and challenging tasks that the European Union is facing today. Since the Union's enlargement to include 25 members, the issue has become
even more pressing. This book analyzes approaches, strategies, and best practices from EU Member States that could contribute to a sustainable integration policy. It thus provides European, national, regional, and local decision-makers with instruments they can draw on in establishing a European framework for integration.

Werner Weidenfeld is director of the Center for Applied Policy Research, Munich. He was former Chancellor Kohl’s coordinator for German-American cooperation.

Rita Süssmuth is commissioner of the Global Commission on International Migration. From 1988 to 1998, she was president of the German Bundestag and previously served as federal minister for family affairs, women, youth, and health.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
The European Union's Role in Immigration and Integration Policy
By Antonio Vitorino

INTRODUCTION
The Integration Challenge: Living Together in a Europe of Diversity
By Rita Süssmuth and Werner Weidenfeld

PART 1. THE CONCEPTUAL AND POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARDS INTEGRATION:
FROM AN INTERNATIONAL TO A EUROPEAN CODE OF CONDUCT

The Challenge of Integration: A Global Perspective
By Bimal Ghosh

Integration: Perception and Reality
By Michael Bommes and Holger Kolb

A German Perspective
By Dieter Oberndorfer

An Anglo-American Perspective
By Anja Rudiger

A Central European Perspective
By Krystyna Iglicka and Marek Okolski

A Mediterranean Perspective
By Anna Terron i Cusi

A Scandanavian Perspective
By Ulf Hedetoft

A French Perspective
By Catherine de Wenden

PART 2. STATUS QUO OF INTEGRATION IN AN ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION: MODELS AND INDICATORS FOR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION

Draft Synthesis Report on Policies Concerning the Integration of Immigrants
By Helene Urth

Synthesis Report on National Integration Policies
By Helene Urth

PART 3. BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR A COMMON POLICY APPROACH

Elements for an EU Framework for Integration Policies for Immigrants
By Rinus Penninx

Identification of a Framework for Common Principles, Guidelines, and Objectives for Integration
By Rinus Penninx

Integration as an Integral Part of the European Societal Model
By Dietrich Thranhardt

PART 4. A CONCEPT FOR A COMPETITIVE INTEGRATION POLICY

A Concept for a Competitive Integration Policy
The Bertelsmann Foundation

Benchmarking in Immigrant Integration
By Han Entzinger and Renske Biezeveld

The Open Method of Coordination as a Political Strategy in the Field of Immigrant Integration Policy
By Bernd Schulte

Civic Citizenship: A New Concept for the New Europe
By Rainer Baubock

PART 5. BEST PRACTICES

Introduction

Belgium
By Thierry Timmermans

England
By Audrey Adams and Haven Lutaaya

France
By Catherine de Wenden

Germany
By Katrin Uhl

Italy
By Giulia Henry

The Netherlands
By Ingrid Sijlbing

Poland
By Krystyna Iglicka and Marek Okolski

Scotland
By Sally Daghlian

Spain
By Maria Helena Bedoya

Sweden
By Cecilia Englund

APPENDIX
Who Is Who in Integration in Europe

LINKS TO RELEVANT EUROPEAN UNION DOCUMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

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