A range of international experts participate to support the Intercultural cities programme.

Their tasks include, inter alia:

  • Drafting analytical reports on cities’ results on the Intercultural cities’ index;
  • Participating in monitoring visits and preparing reports such as the Intercultural profiles of member cities;
  • Providing advice to cities in the context of the preparation of their intercultural strategies;
  • Preparing thematic events and drafting reports and policy briefs based on the results;
  • Providing advice and training in specific areas (eg myth-busting, intercultural competence, political communication);
  • Providing policy advice in specific areas (education, culture, housing, economic development, social services, urban planning, impact evaluation etc.);
  • Managing national intercultural cities networks;
  • Designing and managing specific projects (eg. awareness campaigns).

Επιστροφή DE TORRES Dani

Director of the Spanish network of intercultural cities (RECI)
DE TORRES Dani

Dani de Torres is an expert of the Intercultural Cities programme of the Council of Europe and director of the Spanish network of intercultural cities (RECI). He is also founder of Antirumours Global, focusing on the international expansion of the antirumours strategy as a methodology to dismantle prejudices and stereotypes and make the most of diversity.

He has advised several cities and organisations on diversity policies and has been in more than 25 countries giving lectures and workshops on intercultural policies and competences and on the antirumours approach. Among others, in 2021, he has advised the city of Barcelona on the design of its new Intercultural City Plan 2021-2031 together with the Diversit team. Currently he is also lecturing at the MA in Migration Studies of the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona).

During the period 2007-2011 he was Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue of Barcelona city when he led the work for the adoption of the Barcelona Intercultural strategy (2010-2020) and of innovative policies like the antirumours strategy. Previously, he was policy advisor at Barcelona’s Mayor Cabinet and consultant specialising on European projects to promote inclusive cities through innovative policies.

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