Resource Library
To support you in your efforts to create more inclusive communities, we have compiled this resource library. It will be updated periodically.
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Welcoming Cities Standard
By: Welcoming Australia
The Welcoming Cities Standard establishes the framework for local councils to benchmark their cultural diversity and inclusion policies and practices across the organisation; identify where and how further efforts could be directed; and assess progress over time.
Welcoming Cities Accreditation
By: Welcoming Australia
Accreditation with Welcoming Cities (Australia) benchmarks councils across the six categories of the Standard.
Welcoming Communities Standard
By: Welcoming Communities, Immigration New Zealand
The communities, councils, and agencies involved in Welcoming Communities (New Zealand) co-designed the Standard together. New Zealanders also had input through a nation-wide consultation in 2017.
Welcoming Communities Accreditation Manual
By: Welcoming Communities, Immigration New Zealand
The communities, councils, and agencies involved in Welcoming Communities (New Zealand) co-designed the Standard together.
Weltoffene Kommune Self-check – in English
By: Bertelsmann Foundation and PHINEO
This self-check provides [cities and communities] in Germany with an instrument that supports them in shaping and developing their integration and diversity work.
Weltoffen Komune Selbstcheck – auf Deutsch
By: Bertelsmann Foundation and PHINEO
Der Selbstcheck gibt Kommunen in Deutschland ein Instrument an die Hand, das sie darin unterstützt, ihre Integrations- und Diversitätsarbeit zu gestalten und weiterzuentwickeln.
Inclusive Cities Framework
By: Welcoming Cities / COMPAS
This framework draws on the learning from [an] action planning process.
Welcoming International Guidelines for Standards/Indicators/Frameworks
By: Welcoming International
A welcoming community is one that actively works to lift up all people, expand the circle of belonging, and create a greater sense of “we.”
LIAT: The Local Inclusion Action Tool (LIAT)
The Local Inclusion Action Tool, developed by OECD, Migration Policy Group (MPG), Welcoming International and Intercultural Cities/Council of Europe, is an attempt to distill the most up-to-date knowledge on what works in terms of migrant and refugee inclusion at the local level.
Available: in English, en español, en français
Putting Out the Welcome Mat
By Welcoming Communities, Immigration New Zealand
This resource is designed to be used alongside the Welcoming Communities Standard to support you to develop a successful Welcoming Plan that meets the outcomes under each of the eight elements in the (New Zealand) standard.