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The preamble to the National Action Plan on Integration contains the following definition:

Integration is a reciprocal process, based on mutual appreciation and respect, with clear rules ensuring societal cohesion and social peace. Successful integration is obtained when there is a sufficient German knowledge for work, further training as well as for the contact with public institutions, when migrants economically can take care of themselves and when there is appreciation of and compliance with the Austrian and European system of rule of law and values.

An integrated society is characterized by its permeability and oppenness. It enables the individual person to autonomously organize his/her life without being discriminated on grounds of origin, language or colour of skin.

Integration aims at the participation in economic, social, political and cultural processes as well as the compliance with the duties associated with these processes. Integration is an individual as well as a societal process, which is created by individual engagement as well as governmental conditions. The creation of a "We-feeling" which is mutually supported by the majority and the migrants, is a crucial objective of integration policies. In this context measures against racism and discrimination are vital."

Source: http://www.integration.at/fileadmin/Staatssekretariat/4-Download/Bericht_zum_Nationalen_Aktionsplan.pdf