Building an Intercultural & Socially Inclusive Society through Community Development Reginald Okoflex Inya New Communities Partnership 1

Community Development Giving people control over the conditions that impact on their lives. Community development empowers & enables ethnic minorities 2

Intercultural Dialogue Acknowledging difference between individuals & cultures Intercultural dialogue leads to effective dialogue 3

Contribution of Community Development to Creating an Intercultural Dialogue Increasingly mobilised & interdependent world requires respectful dialogue at national, community & individual levels 4

Community Development Creating an Intercultural Society Government cutting back on equality establishments at critical point in building community infrastructure Build capacity & not reduce capacity at local level to encourage cross cultural dialogue 5

Challenges Struggle for identity Lack of recognition by host society 6

Challenges Achieving social inclusion & integration of all Slow pace of roll out of anti racism initiatives Developing local & regional foras Gaps in service provider provision 7

Challenges Immigrants participating in policy making Lack of real Government commitment to empower ethnic led groups Overcoming sense of disempowerment 8

Challenges Resourcing immigrant led organisations Implications at community level of reduction in training budgets 9

Other Challenges One sided immigration debate Gate keeping Burn out amongst community activists 10

A True Reality – The Danger of Lack of Leadership and Transparency!!! New Communities will not be part of any campaign to forget the great work of the elderly which includes migrants!