The Ignaz-Glaser-Symposium has been carried out since 2006 in Bürmoos near Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

 by the Salzburger Bildungswerk.

Bürmoos was founded by the Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 Entrepreneur Ignaz Glaser

Ignaz Glaser

Ignaz Glaser was an Austrian businessman from Prague and the founder of one of the biggest sheet glass factories in the k.u.k. monarchy.-Biography:...

 in the 1880s. Therefore the town of Bürmoos is a relatively young town compared to the other establishments in the neighbourhood.
As Bürmoos has emerged through immigration and has consistently grown, the integration of new Citizens is positively perceived.

Inspired by this circumstance, the organisers of the 1. Ignaz-Glaser-Symposions searched for towns with a similar background and initiated an exchange of experiences.

Therefore, representatives from Braunau/Inn, Freilassing, Hallein, Mauthausen

Mauthausen

Mauthausen is a small market town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is located at about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz, and has a population of 4,850 .During World War II, it became the site of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex....

, Telfs, Traunreut and Waldkraiburg will meet for this exchange of experiences in the community centre of Bürmoos between 21-23 April 2006.

This Symposium, led by Andreas Maislinger

Andreas Maislinger

Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...

, will annually take place at the end of April and be devoted to the issue of integration

Racial integration

Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...

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UNITED for Intercultural Action

UNITED for Intercultural Action

UNITED for Intercultural Action is the biggest European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees, in which over 560 organisations from 46 European countries cooperate...

 included the 1. Ignaz-Glaser-Symposium as 'good practice' in its 'Calendar of Internationalism', a project which publishes information about important events, seminars, training courses conferences, demonstrations, exhibitions, festivals etc. in the field of anti-racism, anti-nationalism

Anti-nationalism

Anti-nationalism denotes the sentiments associated with the opposition to nationalism, arguing that it is undesirable or dangerous. Some anti-nationalists are humanitarians or humanists who pursue an idealist form of world community, and self-identify as world citizens. They reject chauvinism,...

, anti-fascism, support of migrants and refugees and human rights.