National Action Plan Integration (Austria)

The National Action Plan Integration (NAP.I) is the Austrian National Action Plan for Integration. It includes measures to promote the integration of migrants , EU citizens or people who are not native speakers of German, as well as those entitled to asylum and subsidiary protection . It was decided on January 19, 2010 in the Council of Ministers.

Definition and fields of action

According to NAP.I, "Integration is a two-way process that is characterized by mutual appreciation and respect , with clear rules ensuring social cohesion and social peace ".

NAP.I contains general integration policy guidelines as well as challenges, principles and goals in the following seven areas of integration:

• Language and education ,
• Work and profession ,
• Rule of law and values,
• Health and social,
• intercultural dialogue ,
• Sport and leisure ,
• Housing and the regional dimension of integration.

NAP.I comprises measures by the federal states, municipalities, cities, social partners and the federal government.

As part of NAP.I, Heinz Fassmann provided 25 integration indicators to monitor the integration process and the status of integration in Austria. There are 24 statistically measurable indicators as well as a subjective indicator that can be collected using surveys.

50 points - plan for integration

Since the beginning of 2016, Austria's nationwide integration strategy has been defined by the 50-point plan for the integration of persons entitled to asylum and persons entitled to subsidiary protection in Austria . This plan, drawn up by the Ministry of Integration and the Expert Council for Integration, contains 50 measures for the integration of recognized refugees and persons entitled to subsidiary protection. There are measures in the seven NAP.I fields of action as well as general structural measures.

See also

Portal: Integration  - Articles, categories and more on intercultural dialogue and integration

Web links

• National integration promotion ( Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Brünner, Bernd et al .: From the National Action Plan for Integration to the Integration Report 2011 . In: SIAK -Journal - journal for police science and police practice . tape 4 , March 2013, p. 20–27 , doi : 10.7396 / 2011_4_B .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Fact Sheet 27th Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF), May 2017, accessed on June 3, 2017 .  P. 14.