The integration programme of the City of Nuremberg
Nuremberg is a super-diverse city characterised by immigration from abroad: around 546,400 people currently live in Nuremberg as their main place of residence, 51.6% of whom have a personal or family history of immigration and come from more than 170 countries (as at 31 December 2024).
The city of Nuremberg sees cultural diversity as an enrichment and economic location factor and integration as a reciprocal process that affects everyone. This also applies in particular to the city administration: integration has therefore been established as a cross-sectional task for all business areas and is a ‘top priority’ for Lord Mayor Marcus König.
The ‘Integration Coordination Group’, in which employees from all areas of the city are represented and who are responsible for implementing the City of Nuremberg's integration programme, acts as a ‘collective integration officer’.
In addition to the coordination group at administrative level, the underlying structure consists of the Integration Council as the elected municipal representative of the interests of Nuremberg's migrants at political level and the Commission for Integration as the responsible expert committee, which consists of City Council members and members of the Integration Council as well as experts. The Board of Trustees for Diversity and Cohesion, convened by the Lord Mayor, advises the city administration and the City Council. The integration conference as a public specialist event provides a platform for social discourse and reflection.
The ‘Integration Policy Guidelines of the City of Nuremberg’ guide the implementation of the integration programme. The integration policy objective of the City of Nuremberg is the equal participation of all citizens in all social, political, economic, social and other areas.
The Office for Culture and Leisure is responsible for coordinating the integration programme. Together with the Mayor's Office, the implementation of the integration policy guidelines and the integration programme of the City of Nuremberg is coordinated.
Further information on the integration programme and focal points such as the City of Nuremberg's integration policy committees or the integration conference can be found in the menu.