Vienna's Integration and Diversity Policy Guidelines

Integration is one of the most fundamental processes for a society and requires effort from everybody. For the City of Vienna, integration means equal opportunities and rights as well as participation in city's everyday life.

The diversity of the residents and employees of the City of Vienna is both a resource and a challenge. Diversity competencies are therefore essential for the City of Vienna to meet the varied needs of its population.

Goals

The Integration and Diversity Department has the following goals:

• Increasing the knowledge and understanding of new residents of Vienna about the city's society, institutions, everyday culture and human rights
• Improving language skills and qualifications as well as facilitating the recognition of skills acquired in the country of origin
• Broadening knowledge and developing principles for migration and integration
• Reducing prejudice by promoting encounters and dialogue on the topics of origin, religion, culture and worldview
• Involving new residents of Vienna in shaping life in the city
• Increasing the diversity competency of the City of Vienna's employees and supporting the expansion of target-group-oriented services
• Increasing the diversity of the City of Vienna's employees by supporting the city's departments and institutions

Fields of action

• Start in Vienna
• Education and qualification
• Principles of integration and diversity
• Knowledge transfer, awareness raising and networking
• Living together and getting involved
• Diversity Management

Download

• Guidelines of Vienna's integration and diversity policies: 102 KB PDF (German)