INTI Cities: Final city peer review completed, analysis starts now

The sixth and final peer review took place in the city of Lyon on 26 June 2008.  This marks the completion of the peer reviews of the six European cities involved in the INTI-Cities: Benchmarking Integration Governance in European Cities" project. 

The selected cities have been measured against specific benchmarks on integration policy by teams of city representatives and expert partners.  The city visits, which bring together actors at local, national and European levels, will lead to city reports compiled into a comparative report on local practices.

Now that the data has been collected, the analysis will begin in earnest to assess, compile and compare the results. The 3^rd phase of the project, which lasts from July 2008 to January 2009, will be devoted to:

1. Writing individual reports for each of the reviewed cities
2. Producing the comparative analysis of the 6 reviewed cities
3. Revisiting the four benchmarks developed by MPG (General Governance, Individual Empowerment, Administrative Cooperation and Working in Partnership) in the light of its testing in the reviewed cities.