Aachen is a cosmopolitan city, characterized by people from over 160 nations. For centuries, arriving, settling in and feeling at home have been part of everyday life in our urban society. Today, every third person in the city of Aachen has a history of immigration - a diversity that offers opportunities, but also requires joint efforts. Diversity-sensitive openness and successful integration are essential building blocks for a modern, vibrant and inclusive urban society.
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Dialogue of religions
Aachen is multi-religious. All world religions, but also other faith communities, have their place in the imperial city. What all religions have in common is the pursuit of peace and understanding. This ethical commonality is the focus of all attempts to promote the peaceful coexistence of cultures and religions in Aachen.
Program Guide
Wegweiser in the Aachen region is an advice center for young people and young adults, parents and relatives, people seeking advice and professionals who need advice and help. The aim is to identify the radicalization of predominantly young people at an early stage and prevent them from joining Islamism.
Integration officer
© City of Aachen/Andreas HermannNenja Ziesen (born 1987) has been the city's new integration officer and head of the "Integration and Needle Factory" department in the Department of Housing, Social Affairs and Integration since July 1, 2019. She studied sociology and political science at RWTH Aachen University and worked there as a research assistant at the Institute of Sociology. The first major event that Nenja Ziesen will face as the newly appointed Integration Officer is the "Weekend of Integration" with the Integration Conference and the traditional Integration Day in Aachen's Eurogress at the end of August/beginning of September 2019.
The responsibilities of the Integration Officer include
- project management for the implementation of the integration concept,
- Central coordination of planning and implementation of measures to promote integration
- as well as cooperation and networking between different institutions, authorities, universities, associations, people with and without a migrant background.
The Integration Officer moderates the "Dialogue of Religions" working group and is co-organizer of the "Integration Day" and the naturalization ceremony.
Ms. Ziesen is head of the following departments:
Andreas Herrmann, © City of Aachen / Andreas Herrmann
Municipal Integration Center
The municipal integration center has the task of sensitizing and qualifying institutions of the regular system in the municipality with regard to the integration of people with a history of immigration by providing coordination, advice and support services.
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Integration Council
The Integration Council is a democratically elected body. It is part of city politics. Members of the City Council*, naturalized citizens and representatives of people with a migration background work together in the Integration Council. The aim is good cooperation.
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Podcast: Aachen's diversity to your ears
"Aachen's diversity on your ears" - this is the name of the new podcast from the Municipal Integration Center of the City of Aachen. With this new digital offering, the Municipal Integration Center (KI) aims to provide information about its work and integration-related topics, offers and events
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