Salzburg

LAND SALZBURG, Subdepartment 2/06-Youth, Family Affairs, Integration, Generation

  • Presentation of your region and organisation:

With an area of 7,155 square kilometres, the federal state of Salzburg is the sixth largest federal state in Austria. The province of Salzburg is divided into six political districts, of which the provincial capital has its own statute and the five districts of Flachgau, Tennengau, Pinzgau, Pongau and Lungau, 119 local communities, eleven are towns and 24 are markets. The city of Salzburg is the only provincial capital directly on a state border, namely that with Germany. Thanks to its central location, the province of Salzburg is considered the most important transport hub in Central Europe. All inner-Austrian transport routes from the eastern to the two westernmost federal provinces pass through Salzburg. 

Salzburg offers year-round opportunities for sporting and cultural activities. The people of Salzburg are proud of their diverse nature and cultural heritage.

At the beginning of 2021, Salzburg had 560,710 inhabitants. 19.2% are 65 years or older, 19.6% are under 20 years. 51.1% of the inhabitants are women, the proportion of foreigners is 18.2%.

More than half (52.4%) come from another EU member state, every fifth person residing in Salzburg has a German passport. Most residents who do not come from an EU country come from Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.2%), Serbia (7.4%), Turkey (6.3%), Syria (3.7% and Afghanistan (2.3%). About 30% of all foreigners live in the city of Salzburg.

  • Brief description of your department

The department for integration issues was set up in the social department of the province in 2007. The basic care of refugees and the area of integration were thus together in one department. A restructuring of the division in 2014 brought about a separation and the topic of integration was transferred to “Youth, Generations, Integration”. Subdepartment 2/06 – Youth, Family, Integration and Generation – mainly finances and coordinates activities, projects and structures in every of its fields.

Main activities in the field of integration are financing and co-funding of different activities and projects (local, regional, crossborder), being an interface between individual subject areas, stakeholders and politics as well as Lobbying and Networking.

Out target groups are people with migrant background, recognised asylum seekers, organizations and institutions, population of Salzburg and politics. We deal with different topics such as language, living / housing, labour market issues, education, voluntary work, information & networks.

  • Presentation of your ongoing work on integration: 

 

“Integration” is anchored as a cross-sectional issue in the coalition agreement of the Salzburg state government (Koalitionsvertrag2018.pdf (salzburg.gv.at). The intercultural approach can be found in the area of the labor market, but also in the areas of education and culture. There, Integration itself is defined as follows: “We will continue the jointly developed Salzburg path of integration for people with a migration background, and as before, in close cooperation with all departments involved. […]” 

“We intend to consistently implement the measures in accordance with the “Action plan for labor market integration […]”. 

“We speak out against all forms of discrimination and are strengthening counseling and education in this context […].”

 

One of the most sustainable projects was the international project FIER-Fast track integration in european regions. Pilot activities, which could be developed and tested within this project, are still ongoing fe Trainings for social care professions (Zukunft.Pflege) or Path – Values, empowerment, equality (WEG).

  • Your role and expectations for the EU-BELONG project:

Raising awareness by dealing with issues together

Sustainability of impact through joint development and implementation

Positive social impact through training activities of people in public services

  • Contacts for your region 

Yvonne Kirchmauer, Projectcoordination Land Salzburg
[email protected]
+43 662 8042-3674