Young Migrants and Cities – Event for the European Week of Regions and Cities 2022

You can rewatch the event here.

As part of the 2022 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, MILE, in collaboration with the UNITES project, UNITEE, INTEGRIM Lab and Eurocities, hosted an online workshop titled “Young migrants and cities – new pathways for local participation and inclusion” on 11 October 2022. The online workshop explored different narratives around the movement, local inclusion and participation of young newcomers in Europe and showcased stories of migration and participation told by Razan Ismail (Asociación Kudwa), JuanFra Alvarado Valenzuela (University of Amsterdam of Applied Sciences) and Bohdan Yeromenko (Promote Ukraine). Together with Elisabeth Ries (City Councillor for Youth, Family and Social Affairs at the City of Nuremberg in Germany) and the workshop participants, they exchanged their visions of diverse and inclusive cities. Moreover, they discussed the potential of young migrants and agents of change, innovation and social cohesion. Read more here.

The session was illustrated by Blanche Ellis. You can download her graphic recording here.