INTEGRES

INTEGRES – SCHAFFHAUSEN REGION SPECIALIST INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT AND CONTACT CENTRE FOR DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION AND INTERCULTURAL CONFLICTS

You live and work in our region and would like to know more about it. We would be pleased to help you integrate into our country and region. Our team will help you with everyday concerns or to choose the right course. A diverse range of German courses and integration courses are available in the canton of Schaffhausen.

Areas for advice

  • Advice on German and integration courses
  • Help with completing forms and dealing with correspondence with government bodies, insurance companies or institutions
  • Advice on everyday issues and dealing with appropriate specialist departments
  • Advice relating to racism, discrimination and intercultural conflicts
  • Initial information for new migrants


Costs

Advice is free.

Opening times

Consultations at the following times, without appointments:

Monday and Wednesday: 9.00 - 11.00/14.00 - 17.00

Tuesday: Closed

Thursday and Friday: 14.00 - 17.00

Outside of opening hours: by appointment

Location

Integres

Integrationsfachstelle für die Region Schaffhausen

Krebsbachstrasse 61

8200 Schaffhausen

Contact

Telephone: 052 624 88 67

E-mail: info@integres.ch

HISTORY

Integres was established in summer 2004 as a centre of expertise for matters relating to integration. The Specialist Integration Department had gained experience long before this though. As early as 1972, a broad coalition of representatives from civil society, business and politics founded the Schaffhausen Swiss-Foreigners Contact Centre with the aim of supporting integration of the foreign population and promoting cultural dialogue. Over the intervening years the contact centre provided one of the most important links between the migrant population and their new home. Help often focused on daily life; those looking for advice were helped to fill out official forms correctly, for example, or to make a doctor’s appointment. Nowadays Integres still provides advice, but acts primarily as a hub and is committed, both structurally and conceptually, to successful integration.