The impact of Integreat, which is now being unfolded in 60 cities and counties in Germany, does not remain hidden. Therefore Integreat was invited in February to the ChangeNOW Summit in Paris to speak about the 4-year development and its future plans. The fact that this discussion took place on the largest stage in the […]
After months of development the new Integreat app is coming to the stores this week. In both the AppStore (iOS) and the PlayStore (Android) users will find he probably biggest update since the beginning of our project. From now on, the Integreat app will be based on the React framework, which will not only make […]
At the beginning of the month, we gave a presentation to labour directors and IT experts from the Tunisian employment agency on our project and on the role of digitisation in public authorities and social structures in general. At the invitation of the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) we were guests in Nuremberg and […]
Integreat expands internationally. Fairfield, a suburb of Sydney, is planning to launch Integreat in 2020 and together with the team from CORE Community Services and the local university UNSW, we have already spent two weeks on site setting up Integreat. The Fairfield Champion reports in detail and has spoken to all stakeholders: https://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/6489470/inaccessible-confusing-or-inaccurate-new-digital-platform-to-help-refugees/?cs=1448
At the invitation of the Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia we are in Dortmund since yesterday. We are one of 33 exhibitors at the Digital Summit of the Federal Government and have already exchanged ideas with exciting organisations. In addition to many federal ministers, representatives from business […]
Last weekend the 16th Integreat Conference took place in the new project room in Augsburg. On Friday the conference was opened with a small opening ceremony for the office, which was renovated at the beginning of the year. As at each of our quarterly conferences, the focus was on status updates on technical developments, important […]
The Integreat team is organised according to the “Community Engagement” approach, where a few employees coordinate a large number of volunteers. Due to the increasing transfer of volunteers into full-time positions and greater professionalisation, some structures have changed in 2018 and 2019, but this still applies. The different areas of work are covered by larger […]
Many thanks to Techfugees and Expedia. About a month ago a team of experienced Expedia developers helped us improve Integreat and solve problems and bugs for 3 days. From China, Singapore, Australia and Germany, employees of the online travel agency have helped us to advance our development by many weeks. The Expedia team was prepared […]
Last weekend the 15th Integreat Conference took place at the TU Munich! With 18 volunteer and full-time team members from all over Germany we discussed new features, upcoming changes and feedback from users. The conclusion after 4 years: 52 municipalities use Integreat in their integration work – also thanks to continuous support from Tür an […]
At the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2016 and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2017, the foundation was laid for the paper “ICT-enabled Refugee Integration: A Research Agenda”. Several authors, who have set their own research priorities in the field of integration through digital media/platforms/tools, jointly point to the central research topics where […]