City networks and migration in times of crisis: municipal mobilisation since 2015 to the Ukraine war On Tuesday May 24 at 21:00 CET, for the sixth episode of Tesserae Dialogues we will meet Thomas Lacroix, research fellow at CNRS (Paris, FR)& Filippo Furri, Migreurop Association, (Paris, FR) and MiMetis (Siena, IT). Topic of this online […]
Since the 21st of October, the MOVING CITIES platform is online. The platform consists of mapping local practices of cities who defined themselves “solidarity cities” towards migrants and refugees. Moving Cities website was born in the frame of a civil society initiative called Palermo Charter Platform created around the Charter for freedom of movement promoted […]
On November 29th, 2021, URBACT, together with EUROCITIES, organised the Culture and Social Inclusion in Cities webinar, bringing together cities and European networks and programmes to discuss and promote inclusive approaches to cultural policies in cities. The webinar showcased the results of the work carried out by URBACT and EUROCITIES within the framework of the […]
A different migration policy is possible Conference – Thursday, 21 October 2021, 10 a.m. (CEST) Together with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and the Seebrücke, Tesserae invites you to join our online conference “A different migration policy is possible”. Register for the conference The conference will focus on exploring individual examples of […]
Sign the letter here Tesserae is proud to support the campaign to free Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Lucano by republishing here the open letter calling for steps to be taken against the injustice that has been served against him. We invite you to sign the and to join the solidarity movement in support of the former Mayor […]
As European cities and communities that firmly believe in defending human rights, we have offered a new home to refugees and migrants for decades. We are unconditionally committed to humanitarian values, universal human rights, and the right to asylum, even in difficult times. Today, we see a wave of solidarity with refugees in our cities […]
The upcoming Cities for a Welcoming Europe Conference will take place on 25-26 June 2021. The event, which is co-organised by Tesserae, is an initiative of the From the Sea to the City consortium and will be the first step in a larger process of creating a network of cities and civil groups with the goal of helping […]
English Version Below WAS? Wir möchten eine Gruppe von Bewohner*innen in den Dialog zu bringen, die in der selben Nachbarschaft wohnen, aber unterschiedliche Erfahrungen mitbringen. Durch persönliche und kollektive Erinnerungen bietet dieses Projekt die Möglichkeit, Nachbarn*innen besser kennen zu lernen und durch sie Neues zu entdecken. WARUM? Während unseres letzten Projekts in Hohenschönhausen zum Thema […]
Launched today, the first publication of From Sea to the City, a consortium of which Tesserae is proud to be part, details key recommendations and best practices in the field of European migration and refugee integration into EU cities and civil society. Together with the new publication, we are also pleased to announce the upcoming ‘Conference of Cities’ […]
Our new project in the Berlin district of Hohenschönhausen “Zeig mir dein Hohenschönhausen: Aus Erinnerungen Zukunft bauen” (Show me your Hohenschönhausen: Building a future from past memories) has been awarded funding and we are looking forward to starting it this spring! During our community history project in Hohenschönhausen last year we noticed the significant impact of the GDR’s […]
