Decentralising integration. A new act on integration in the Netherlands: The solution to integration problems or merely a shifting of responsibilities?
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2022-11-11
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This paper compares the implementation of the new act on integration [WI] 2021 in the municipality of Tilburg with the framework of successful integration. The WI 2021 has been active since January 1st 2022. The new act mainly aims improve efficiency and effectiveness of the integration process by decentralising the responsibility for integration to the Dutch municipalities. However, the reactions to the implementation of the WI 2021 were not as hopeful. In order to determine how integration in the municipality of Tilburg functions, its implementation is compared to the scientific criteria of twelve key aspects for successful integration.
With the use of semi-structured interviews with six stakeholders in the network on integration, the implementation of the WI 2021 in the municipality of Tilburg has been clarified. The comparison shows that the municipality of Tilburg includes all twelve key aspects within their implementation of the WI 2021. It can be concluded that the decentralised, customised approach improved the integration system in the Netherlands. However, the implementation of each of the key aspects can, to an extent, be criticised. Its success is dependent on its practicability and the results suggest it would benefit from adjustments on both a local level as well as a national level.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen