Intercultural development of European cities: educational and financial and economic challenges

Abstract

The article studies how European cities solving the problems of migration, refugees and internally displaced people, have coordinated the development vector towards interculturalism. The Intercultural Urban Development Program has become a leading initiative of the Council of Europe. The article deals with the concept of the intercultural city. The main prerequisites for cities to be included in the network of intercultural cities are identified. This work studies the Intercultural Index as a comparative analysis tool. The main preconditions regarding the cities inclusion to the intercultural cities network are defined.The geographical distribution of the intercultural cities network is investigated. The functions of two Ukrainian cities are evaluated, using the intercultural lens toolkit, and the priorities of their intercultural strategies are determined. The interconnection between the educational and economic component of urban intercultural development is presented