Coordination of Integration Policies in Austria Federal Ministry of the Interior Department III/8 - Integration May 8th, 2012 FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, 1014 VIENNA, HERRENGASSE 7, TEL.: (0)

Numbers and Definitions  Inhabitants of Austria ( ): 8,  Foreign citizen (person without Austrian citizenship)  ( )  11,0% of population  Population of foreign origin (Persons born abroad)  ( )  17,3% of population  Population with migration background (all persons whose parents were born abroad, regardless of nationality)  ( )  18,6% of population

Regional Dimension: Population with foreign origins ** mostly in the districts 15., 20. and 5.

Prognosis  Prognosis for the next 20 years (2030): Population growth up to 9 Mio. inhabitants (+7,5%)  Prognosis without immigration: population decline to 8,16 Mio. inhabitants (-2,5%)

Country of origin -Most immigrants are from Germany people are from Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo people from Turkey -4. Bosnia and Herzegovina -5. Croatia

Federal Ministry of the Interior Federal Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner Directorate- General I Presidium Directorate- General II General management for the public safety Directorate- General III Legal Affairs Directorate- General IV Services and supervision State Secretary Sebastian Kurz

State Secretariat for Intgration  Established April 2011 State Secretary Sebastian Kurz  Our guiding principles: –Integration based on merit –Integration as a two-way process –Integration primarily takes place at the local level  Integration focus: –German as foundation of successful integration –Children and education –Integration in labour market

Department III/8: Integration Directorate- General III Legal Affairs Directorate III/A Legislative processes and legal affairs Directorate III/B Asylum/Migration /Integration Department III/8 Integration Unit III/8/a Support & Promotion of Integration Unit III/8/b Integration Coordination  Since January 2011 => new Department of Integration (III/8)  Divided into two Units  Assignment:  Support and Promotion of Integration (Unit III/8/a)  Coordination of integration policy in Austria (Unit III/8/b)

National Action Plan for Integration (NAP.I) Evolutionary history  Result of a comprehensive dialogue process between  Over 140 experts  National and federal actors (ministries, states - Bundesländer)  Interest Groups (chamber of commerce, trade union)  Migrant organizations  People with and without a migrant background  Adopted by the Austrian Government on 19 January 2010  Role of the Ministry of the Interior: Co-ordination

National Action Plan for Integration (NAP.I) Structure  7 fields of action  Language and Education  Employment and Occupation  Rule of Law and Values  Health and Social Issues  Intercultural Dialogue  Sport and Leisure  Housing and the Regional Dimension of Integration  Each field of action has its own challenges, principles and goals of integration  Development of 25 Indicators for Integration

Expert Council for Integration  Structure:  Installed by the Ministry of the Interior in June 2010  Independent body  Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Fassmann (University of Vienna)  2 experts in each field of action  Responsibilities:  Recommendations on how to practically implement the NAP.I  Cooperation with more experts in order to identify practical and concrete measures in line with the NAP.I  First Integration Report published in July 2011  Second Integration Report (Implementation Report) July 2012

First Integration Report  Published on 6 July 2011  3 volumes:  Recommendations by the Expert Council for Integration (“20-Points- Programme”)  Statistic Yearbook “migration & integration 2011”  Overview of integration projects implemented by the members of the Integration Advisory Committee

Recommendations by the Expert Council for Integration (20-Points-Programme“)  Language and Education  German Prior to Immigration  German for long-term residents with a migrant background  Strengthening Participation in the Education System  Employment and Occupation  Recognizing/Validating Qualifications  Ensuring a Formal School Graduation through Additional Education Measures  Promoting Employment for Women Migrants  Rule of Law and Values  Creation of Red-White-Red Reader  Raising Interest for Acquiring Citizenship

Recommendations by the Expert Council for Integration (20-Points-Programme“)  Health and Social Issues  Promoting of health Awareness for Health-Impaired Persons  Raising Awareness of Diversity of the Health System and Nursing Care  Intercultural dialogue  Dialogue Forum Islam  Successful Stories of Migrants in Austria (Role-Models)  Glossary and Self-Commitment for the Media  Media Award  Promotion of Young Journalists

Recommendations by the Expert Council for Integration (20-Points-Programme“)  Sport and Leisure  Recreation at school  Integration Perspective for Federal Sport Funding  Housing and the Regional Dimension of Integration  Improvement of Setting-Management in the Living Area  Integration Promoting Housing Administration  Promoting Integration Skills on a Municipal Level

Integration Advisory Committee  Head: CEO Austrian Integration Fund (Alexander Janda)  34 Members:  Federal Ministries  Representatives of the Federal States (Bundesländer)  Interest Groups (Chamber of Commerce, Trade Union, Federation of Austrian Industries, Association of Cities and Towns / Association of Municipalities)  NGOs  Responsibilities:  Discussion and expertise of the recommendations from the Expert Council  Networking and exchange of experiences between all actors  Discussion of ways to implement measures in line with the NAP.I

Statistic Yearbook “migration & integration 2011”  Creation of 25 Indicators for Integration  to enable measuring the integration process in Austria  to establish a long-term integration monitoring system  Taking into account demographic conditions as well as subjective perceptions  Five core indicators:  Educational level of the 25 to 64-year-old population with a migrant background  Employment rates of people from a migrant background  Unemployment rate relating to the nationality  Income level relating to the nationality  The risk of poverty and the acute risk of poverty relating to the nationality

Core Indicators Educational level of the 25 to 64- year-old population with a migrant background Employment rates of people from a migrant background

Core Indicators Unemployment rate relating to the nationality

Core Indicators Income level relating to the nationality Risk of poverty and the acute risk of poverty relating to the nationality

Subjective perspectives on Integration in Austria  9 Questions (excerpt) –How can the integration atmosphere in society be described? –Do you feel like a native or at home in Austria? –Do you have the impression that living together in recent years has changed? –Do you have personal contact with migrants in Austria who are at a disadvantage of treated worse than Austrians from a non-migrant background because of where they came from? –Do you agree with the Austrian way of life?

 Integration process as perceived by immigrants: The vast majority (86%) of immigrants feel at home in Austria.

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