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International Parliament of Writers International Network of Cities of Asylum ICORN – International Cities of Refuge Network. The City. Involvement Local governance Network Action/Drive Development. Symbolic - Concrete. Universal signal Safe, but not silent
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International Parliament of Writers International Network of Cities of Asylum ICORN – International Cities of Refuge Network
The City • Involvement • Localgovernance • Network • Action/Drive • Development
Symbolic - Concrete • Universal signal • Safe, but not silent • Long term mutual commitment • Win-winsituations
The Organisation • A networkofmembercities • General Assembly and Executive Board • Cities as actors and ambassadors for human rights
ICORN procedures • Anyone can apply • Criteria: Persecuted and communicating • Novelist, journalist, blogger, publisher, translator, poet, non-fiction writer, cartoonist, singer-song writer, playwright… • External application assessment • PEN International WiPC
Future scenarios • Geographical expansion • Unionists and violinists • Cooperation!