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INTERREG IIIC – SUSTAINING SMALL EXPANDING TOWNS (SusSET)
: PROJECT ‘BEST PRACTICE’ proforma
Theme: Tourism Town & Country: Åmål, Sweden
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Project Title: Multicultural Festival (Gränslös Kultur festival), A two-day festival in the town centre. Last weekend in May.
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Description: Its a festival against racism and violence
We want to build bridges between other cultures and our own.
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Objectives:
q Immigrants show their countries different cultures
q To teach our citizens about other countries cultures
q To get the immigrants and the citizens of Åmål to meet and do something together
q Create a network for the immigrants
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Process/Stages:
q Mixed group of immigrants and people from Åmål have meetings every 14:th day. Beginning in January.
q Split the working tasks before the festival. Food, music, dance, craft. -Jan
q Contact with the twin towns of Åmål for exchanging artists- may
q Marketing and promotion of the festival – Jan- May
q The immigrants try to get sponsors from different companies Jan – May
q The preliminary programme needs to be finished - April
q Building up the festival area. Middle of May
q Multicultural festival last weekend in May
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Outcomes/Results:
- Bigger understanding between different cultures
- Easier to get immigrants into the labour market.
- Less antagonism between different cultures
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Learning Points:
- Show other cultures
- Activate immigrants in our municipality
- Youths Culture exchanges
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Contact Information:
Gränslös Kulturförening att. Jan Sagle
granslos@telia.com
www.granslos.net
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Notes:
- Describe the project in one or two sentences (including costs and whether EU funding)
- List the key aim and/or objectives in no more than 30 words
- Describe the key stages of the process, including timescale and if drawing upon best practice from elsewhere
- Summarise the key results and learning points in one to three bullets
- Give contact details, e.g. person, website, organisation, link to others
- Keep to a single page
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