Today the Commission launched two new tools for integration of third country nationals living in the European Union: The European Integration Forum, organised in cooperation with the European Economic and Social Committee, where EU institutions, stakeholders and civil society organisations will exchange views on integration issues. Furthermore, the European Web Site on Integration, which will soon become 'Integration at your fingertips' – providing high-quality content from across Europe and building an online community of integration practitioners.
As already stated in the Hague Programme, the Commission's Communication 'A Common Agenda
for Integration: Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union'
of September 2005 (COM (2005) 389) reaffirmed that a comprehensive approach, involving
stakeholders at all levels, is essential for the success of integration policies. It further stated that the
Commission would bring together a range of stakeholders active in the area of integration at EU
level, setting up European Integration Forum and a Web Site on Integration.
Fact sheet on the European integration Forum and the European web site on integration
The inaugural meeting of the European Integration Forum took place on 20-21 April
2009. More than fifty civil society organisations attended alongside representatives of
the European Commission, of the European Economic and Social Committee, of the
Committee of the Regions, of the Fundamental Rights Agency, of the European
Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Workin
Actions taken on Opinions adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee at its plenary sessions in the third quarter of 2009. Quarterly review presented by the European Commission
