Integration prize of the state capital Wiesbaden
Since 2007, the €2,500 prize has been awarded annually to individuals or clubs, associations and other institutions and initiatives in the city who live in Wiesbaden and have demonstrated outstanding commitment to the integration of people with a migration background. All residents of Wiesbaden who have reached the age of 14 are eligible to nominate candidates. Self-applications are also possible. The Integration Prize can only be awarded once per project or measure. Application criteria include the pioneering function, the innovative approach, sustainability as well as the costs and benefits of the project or measure. A twelve-member, independent jury, consisting of members of the City Council, the respective department head responsible for integration, representatives of the Foreigners' Advisory Council and representatives of the Protestant and Catholic churches as well as the Jewish and Islamic communities, decides on the awarding of the integration prize. The prize is awarded by the Lord Mayor.
Integration award winner of the state capital Wiesbaden
2021
Wiesbaden-based actor, speaker and director Armin Nufer is involved in running German courses for refugees and founding a discussion group for men with a migration background. Other aspects of his commitment include readings, for example at the Weltladen Wiesbaden, as well as other formats such as theater projects at the Schlachthof cultural center and writing workshops. He has repeatedly brought people with different migration histories together and thus ensured intercultural exchange by giving people a voice.
2020
The network for integration partners Gemeinsam-in-Wiesbaden with the project "Network for Integration Mentors" and the project "NeW - Specialist Counselling Centre for Traumatized Refugees" of the Psychosocial Centre South of the Werkgemeinschaft shared the integration prize in the year of the pandemic. The network is an association of different cooperation partners who work with volunteers who accompany and support refugees in their integration process. "NeW" received the award for its advice, stabilization and intercultural understanding. Through innovative services such as trauma counseling and psychoeducation, they help people to arrive in their new home and find their feet.
2019
The "Learning to swim for refugees" project is run by Schwimmverein Delphin Wiesbaden e. V. in cooperation with EVIM's "Be Welcome" project and the Social Service Asylum of the state capital of Wiesbaden. Refugee women, men, children and young people have the opportunity to learn to swim and obtain a swimming badge at the Kleinfeldchen outdoor and indoor swimming pool and the Mainzer Straße leisure pool. Refugees have also been recruited as volunteer instructors.
2018
Wiesbaden residents volunteer in the "Arrived - Perspectives for Refugees" project, which is run by the Wiesbaden Volunteer Center. In addition to language support through literacy and beginners' courses, conversation courses for advanced learners, certification courses to prepare for language exams and support for school pupils and trainees, refugees and migrants are given individual support as part of mentoring programs and offered opportunities for orientation, participation and encounters.
2017
The "Jugend Biebrich kocht" project, which has been run by a joint initiative of various project partners under the direction of the BauHof district office since 2013, is a joint Biebrich production. It offers young people from refugee families, from intensive German classes at the Wilhelm-Heinrich-von-Riehl School as well as physically and mentally disadvantaged young people from the Fluxus School and the Bodelschwing School the opportunity to broaden their personal horizons and learn social skills. In various cooking teams, the participants have the opportunity to plan and cook a three-course meal together with a supervisor from a Biebrich institution and serve it to their guests from the other teams. The shared cooking experience strengthens the young people's team spirit and reliability.
2016
The "Wiesbaden - German lessons for refugees" project run by the "Old Tablers 18" association is dedicated to the linguistic, social and professional integration of refugees in the ongoing asylum process. The focus is on helping people to help themselves and includes integration efforts through support with language courses, professional orientation and information events on healthcare, politics, education, history and geography in Germany.
2015
The "get together" project run by the Verami e. V. association in cooperation with the Helene-Lange-Schule and the Caritasverband Wiesbaden-Rheingau-Taunus e. V. was aimed at ninth and tenth grade students who were committed to helping refugee children and young people aged eleven and over. In this encounter project, pupils meet with children and young people from refugee backgrounds. The meetings are characterized by different activities such as joint visits to the ice rink or bowling alley, climbing hall, cooking activities, baking cookies in the run-up to Christmas or art activities in the Wiesbaden Museum.
2014
The multicultural district newspaper "Mensch!Westend!" is published once a month for residents of the Wiesbaden district and is delivered free of charge to around 13,000 households. The focus is on readers with a migration background, who should also be involved in the creation of the newspaper in order to receive information about the district.
2013
The Lions Club Wiesbaden-Neroberg's "Language builds bridges" project trains young people from Wiesbaden's upper secondary schools to become tutors and promotes cooperation on an equal footing with other children who have difficulties with the German language. Each young tutor is supported by an adult mentor from the Lions Club, who has an advisory role for the tutor and the child or family. This creates an exchange between three generations.
2012
The "Together in Wiesbaden" project of the "Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland e. V." association is primarily committed to the integration of German ethnic German repatriates from Russia. Thanks to the great commitment of volunteers, the association has succeeded in giving an entire population group a home in the life of the city and, through its numerous offers and projects, has increasingly become a point of contact for interested people of all ages and nations.
2011
As part of the "ECHO II - European Children Orchestra" project run by the Goethe School's support association, children learned to play the drums, write poems and practise rhythmic speech. The special feature of the project is the combination of the different languages of the participating children with music.