Managing Diversity, Integration and Inclusion in OPENCities

As the urbanist Jane Jacobs said, ‘cities are,
by definition, full of strangers’ (1961). Cities
host many different types of people, who
come together from different places to work in
diverse sectors and to build new relationships
across a plethora of different interest groups. An
OPEN City is particularly effective at absorbing
newcomers, not just from within countries, but
from across the world. Open cities can thus
harness the particular skills, innovation and
global connections that international migrants
and firms bring to city economies. Being open
to international migration and trade remains
a key attribute, even following the economic
crisis.