In 2021, Haifa (Israel), Ioannina (Greece) and Limassol (Cyprus) worked on the topic of youth, sports and inclusion, and carried out sports activities involving youth in the three cities. The policy brief they produced will allow all Intercultural Cities to draw on the experience from the project. It concludes that sports have a great ability to mobilise young people, to break any boundary and organise them towards a common goal. 

Through the “Diversitours” project implemented by Bilbao and Valencia, educational and community-led guided walks were developped, contributing to the generation of new narratives for the targeted neighbourhoods, empowering the local community, while dismantling negative perception and stereotypes. A methodological guide on implementing such initiatives was produced.

Through the project “Inclusive Recruitment”, Amadora, Loures and Oeiras (Portugal) worked on ways and means to encourage Portuguese employers to hire migrants and newcomers. Among others, they developed an inclusive recruitment guide to provide information on labour laws for Portuguese companies, on areas such as migration legislation and workplace inclusion.

In December 2021, the City Council of Bilbao publicly presented its third Intercultural City Plan (ICP), containing 83 specific actions and new tools to reinforce transversality and participation. Resulting from a participatory process, the ICP is divided into 10 transversal areas and 6 sectoral areas of intervention. It is a tool that will provide a framework for interdepartmental action, involving and coordinating all municipal departments and staff of the city.