Integration Coordinators in Saxony-Anhalt
About this good practice
The Integration Coordinators are central contact points for local and supraregional coordination to strength integration, bringing relevant stakeholder together
Resources needed
The region of Saxony-Anhalt spends up to 1.54 million euro per year for a total of 14 municipalities, which allows each one to get up to 110,000 euros per year for a maximum of 4 coordinators per district.
Evidence of success
The Integration Coordinators deal with all kind of challenges, easing and enabling quick solutions, take care of the short communication paths within the administration and thus build bridges for a successful integration work: what was discussed in crisis teams were implemented by the players and their managers the very same day, which enables implementing approaches quickly. Coordinators also support new project ideas and are interested in making processes easier.
Potential for learning or transfer
The more suitable target group of a transfer would be other national or regional authority, since this would enable a broader networking and cooperation – but this depends on the EU member state. A very important aspect to consider is the political and structural framework conditions, since this fact has a high influence in in the possibility for transfer of this good practice.
Experience also shows the importance of regular meetings among the Integration Coordinators within the region in order to exchange information, processes and approaches and also to actively network. The effect of this model approach is that cross-divisional cooperation is strengthened. These are levels, that didn't exist before the creation of the Integration Coordination, in order to be able to support each other.