Intercultural competence development: introducing and engaging diversity globally project impact analysis

This document offers an impact analysis of the intercity cooperation project "Introducing and
Engaging Diversity Globally" (IEDG) implemented by the intercultural partner cities Melitopol
(Ukraine) and Ballarat (Australia) with the support of the Intercultural Cities Programme of the
Council of Europe in July - November 2020.
Overall, the project aimed to contribute to the advancement of intercultural (ICC) competence
skills of city administrators, police, media, minority and religious groups representatives,
internally displaced persons and other residents of the partner cities by offering a series of
workshops conducted by local trainers who were formed through a series of online ICC
competence seminars – or "trainings for trainers" - offered by an international ICC expert. The
"Introducing and Engaging Diversity Globally" project also sought to devise and deliver applicable
intercultural competence tools for local trainers and to carry out an impact assessment of the
action to ensure added value creation for the participating cities and the global ICC community in
general.