AND WHAT IF LYON REALLY WAS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY ?
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Some only consider Paris as an international city in France.
It is failing to take the Capital of Gaul into account !
Lyon does intend to be titled for its international opening !
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Indeed, and besides the local authorities ambitions of the City of Lyon concerning its opening to abroad, a new international network is born.
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The original concept ?
The international online community named Internations for people who live and work abroad.
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Here is an appealing idea, born from a German initiative in Munich to facilitate meeting other global minds and staying in touch between world nomads who have to face same difficulties when landing and staying in and to a new city.
Moreover, Internations supports a charity program as well to sponsor students who cannot afford to study abroad.
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The network, online since 2007 and now reaching 120,000 members in 3 years, assures its presence over 230 cities all over the world through events organized by one or two local volunteer and dynamic ambassadors.
Today two Germans organize once a month a get together.
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Julia Noyel, from Munich has been living in an intercultural environment for about 10 years.
She is founder of ZenExpat’, a consulting firm specialized in Global mobility helping companies and expats to handle an assignment in a serene way. www.zenexpat.com
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Peter Scholten, from Düsseldorf, has been living in Lyon for nearly a decade. He is body therapist andpioneer of Senmotic in France. www.senmotic.fr
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The aim ?
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Facilitate socio-cultural integration by the switch from virtual to real, the swap, the sharing of experiences, and the discovery of new locations every month.
Within a year and a half, monthly meetings in Lyon have moved up from 40 to 80 members, for everyone’s happiness !
Relax and intercultural atmosphere being there with an average of 10 to 15 nationalities every time !
Those gatherings are only the start right now but they’ll surely bring a new international and warmful brightness to the city of lights !
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Julia Noyel, Peter Scholten, co-ambassadors of Internations in Lyon.
