The site milano.italianostranieri.org comes from a need to clearly present all the Italian language courses available to foreigners in Milan, so as to allow the foreign resident to find the most suitable course. This initiative has been supported by the City Council of Milan through its project “Integration access and its management at local level”, financed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies – General Directorate for Immigration and Integration Policies.

Recent rule changes (in particular the Integration Agreement) created a very tight link between the level of knowledge of the Italian language and the renewal and issue of stay permits very tight. Hence, the need to create an online map that allows the foreign resident to orientate him/herself within the environment of Italian courses.

The site will be filled directly by Italian schools, who will be able to update their offers, upload their own materials, videos and photographs of their activities inside their profiles.
Italianostranieri.org is part of a larger project aims to bluid a dedicated service for foreign residents who have just arrived in Milan in order to help them orientate themselves simply and adequately within the public services, facilitating their process of settlement in Milan.