The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised the IV Ministerial Conference on integration in Zaragoza on the 15th and 16th of April 2010.

This dossier was presented at the Conference and shows the situation regarding the integration of immigrants in the majority of Member States within the European Union. It specifies the different policies regarding human capital: language acquisition, training and bridging programmes, qualifications recognition, diverse districts and civil society inclusion, including the information on 18 Member States.

Taking into account the shortage of time during presidencies and the interest Member states had shown on the publication of a more completed dossier, we have decided as it was consulted at the National Contact Points on Integration meeting, to elaborate the dossier with all the information that was delivered.

The chosen topics for discussion within the IV Ministerial Conference on Integration were: The development of human Capital, social cohesion within areas with high immigrant population, the role of civil society in the process of mutual adaptation and the evaluation of integration policies.