Why LAUTC ? Rationale and background
Current situation:
- Growing problem of social inclusion in marginalised European urban areas knowing high levels of immigration
- Absence of feeling of “community”, lack of positive images of their cultural identities, ICD difficult to achieve
- The intercultural learning needs of second generation migrants and autochthones are not met, their understanding of each other is poor and civic spirit within the communities is low
Difficulties faced by the organisations promoting ICD through cultural events:
- The disjuncture between the cultural events promoting ICD and the target’s intercultural learning needs
- The elitist and inaccessible conception of cultural events
- The fact that their utility as an educative and intercultural tool is not clear or fully grasped
