ACI - Centro InterCulturaCidade

Centro InterCulturaCidade is an independent not-for-profit association working on the valuing of arts and cultural diversity as a tool for social an economic inclusion and for intercultural citizenhip. Other topics covered by its works are on community cohesion, local development, non-formal education, community media, social entrepreneurship and international cooperation. It is located in the historical district of Poço dos Negros / S. Bento (a referenc e area for the Cape-Verdean migrant community in Lisbon) and opened its doors in 2004 as a key-element of an EU-funded project (EQUAL Initiative) focussing on preventing discrimination and ethnic and racial discrimination and managed by a development partnership of public and private organizations. In 2010 it was established as an association due to the initiative of people from various nationalities and backgrounds who joined forces to keep it running after the end of the EU funded project.   In the period 2014 /2018 ACI took part in the launching and development of the Informal Network of European Intercultural Centres (a project inspired and supported by the Council of Europe through its Intercultural Cities Programme). More recently, it was one of the initiators of the networking initiative “European Hub for Civic Engagement” coordinated bt the Berlin-based Progressive Zentrum and  took part in the project “Diários de Migrantes” (Migrants´Diaries) coordinated by  Arquivos dos Diários Association in Lisbon. Today, Centro InterCulturaCidade is a member of relevant networks in Portugal and internationally: CNJ-Portuguese Confederation of Young Farmers and Rural Development, ALDA (Association for Local Democracy in Europe) Rede DLBC Lisboa (Lisbon network for community-led local development), Citizens for Europe, and works also in co-operation with other networks and structures, namely Junta de Freguesia da Misericórdia (Local authority in Lisbon), Sebrae,Casa Grande Foundation and Sertão Pop Produções(Brazil), Centro Cultural Mugica (Argentina). Since 2023,  it has a cooperation agreement with Ribeira Grande de Santiago Local Authority and Criatura Association,  in Cape Verde. further info: Centro InterCulturacidade (eng) by Mario ALVES - Issuu