What is the Integration Committee?

The Integration Committee of the City of Bottrop is an elected body responsible for all matters relating to migration and integration as an advisory committee. It meets several times a year, depending on the council meetings. The meetings are open to the public.

Together with the city council, the committee deals with integration issues in Bottrop. As it can only be elected by people with an international family history, many of whom do not otherwise have the right to vote in Germany, it promotes the political participation of people with a migration background.

Its jurisdiction is broad and aims to achieve cultural, political, legal and social equality for Bottrop residents with an international family history. It can draw up suggestions or opinions and submit them to the relevant committees for consultation. On the other hand, it is tasked with taking a stand on issues submitted to it by the council, a committee, a district council or the Mayor.

The Integration Committee also provides funds to support the work of associations and organisations that carry out projects to promote integration.

You can find more information on this, as well as on a large number of local associations that work with and for people with a migration background, here:

The Integration Committee has 25 voting members. Seventeen of these members are elected by Bottrop residents with an international family history. The other eight members are delegated to the Integration Committee by the Bottrop City Council. 

Who can vote for the Integration Committee?

All Bottrop residents who

• are at least 16 years old
• have lived in Germany for at least one year at the time of the election
• have their main place of residence in Bottrop - at least since the sixteenth day before the election

and

1. do not have German citizenship within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law, or
2. have a foreign nationality, or
3. have obtained German citizenship through naturalisation, or
4. have acquired German citizenship by birth as a child of foreign parents.

How can I vote for the Integration Committee?

You will receive an election notification by post. If you are eligible to vote but are not on the electoral roll, you can register up to 12 days before the election. You must be able to prove that you are authorised to vote.

You can vote by post or at the polling station indicated in your election notification. The election of the Integration Committee will take place at the same time as the municipal elections in Bottrop 2025. 

Office of the Integration Committee

Ramada by Wyndham
Paßstraße 6 l 46236 Bottrop
Room 102
Phone: 02041 704755
Fax: 02041 7053764
Email: referat-migrationbottropde

The management of the Integration Committee and the meeting dates as well as the meeting documents and minutes of each meeting are published in the Council information system: 

https://ratsinfo-bottrop.de (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab)

Under ‘Committees and advisory boards of the Council’ (Ausschüsse und Beiräte des Rates), the committees are listed one after the other and can be accessed.