Overview

The Culture Initiative's goal is to encourage local cultural organizations (music, dans, art, literature) and spirited individuals to create initiatives around the country in an effort to welcome all foreign-born, not least young people, to participate in cultural activities. If we help, newly arrived people may otherwise be left outside our society; which for Sweden would mean an enormous waste of human resources and, at worst, a social threat. For the individual, a failed integration may mean anything from a slow adjustment to personal tragedy. Throughout Sweden there are cultural organizations, some brand new, others with longer history in their respective towns. They are open & inclusive, and can give the new arrivals an insight into the culture of their city, and of Sweden as a whole. They can also present both locals and newly arrivals opportunities to meet and get to know each other in the positive spirit these associations stand for. Do you work in a cultural association that works with integration, or are you interested in doing so? We would like to hear from you!