{"id":11194,"date":"2016-06-21T08:47:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T08:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/world-refugee-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:56:06","slug":"world-refugee-day","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-refugee-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local governments are at the forefront of managing integration and diversity, as they are laboratories of policy innovation and they make an important contribution to social cohesion through the most diverse and multidisciplinary initiatives.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We offer you a sample of experiences and reference documents contained in the Association\u2019s databank which can be of inspiration for setting up local policies fostering integration.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could consult the good practices <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubTemesAc.do?idtem=1121&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">here<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Art. 16 of the Charter of Educating Cities<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe city must be aware of the mechanisms of exclusion and marginalization that affect it and of their various forms, and develop the affirmative action policies needed. Special concern is needed for newly arrived persons, whether immigrants or refugees, who have the right to freely feel that their adoptive city is their own. The city shall strive to foster social cohesion amongst its neighbourhoods and inhabitants of all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11195,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[800],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11194","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Refugee Day - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-refugee-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Refugee Day - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local governments are at the forefront of managing integration and diversity, as they are laboratories of policy innovation and they make an important contribution to social cohesion through the most diverse and multidisciplinary initiatives. 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