Resource Library
To support you in your efforts to create more inclusive communities, we have compiled this resource library. It will be updated periodically. For more tools and resources, consider becoming a member to access member-only resources.
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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.
Planning for Welcoming & Inclusive Communities: Guidelines for Regional Growth
By: Welcoming Cities, Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC), and the Queensland Government
Regional councils looking to attract, retain and support migrants and refugees to thrive in their communities now have a resource to help them plan and assess their readiness with the launch of Planning for Welcoming and Inclusive Communities: Guidelines for Regional Growth.