Who we are
AGABY stands for “Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Ausländer-, Migranten- und Integrationsbeiräte Bayerns”. We are the umbrella organisation of integration councils in Bavaria. We network and support the local councils in their task of representing the interests of migrants in local politics. Foreigners’, migrants’ and integration councils are voluntary bodies democratically elected by the migrant population in the towns and districts. We advise local authorities and state politicians on participatory integration policy processes to achieve equal and non-discriminatory coexistence.
What we offer
In Bavaria there will be a new community-based counselling service for people affected by racism and discrimination from 1 November 2023. AGABY e.V. and ZAM e.V. are opening counselling centres in Nuremberg and Augsburg as part of the “weact: Countering Racism and Shaping a Society Free of Discrimination, a project of the Federal Association of Networks of Migrant*innen Organisations.
Our weact team
Hamado Dipama
As a refugee from Burkina Faso, he lived for nine years with a tolerated status. He is the founder of the Pan-Africanism Working Group and the Network Racism and Discrimination-Free Bavaria e.V. Since 2007, Dipama has been the spokesperson of the Bavarian Refugee Council. He is politically committed to the interests of refugees, migrants and black people in particular. Dipama has been a member of the Bavarian Broadcasting Council for Migrants since 2017. From 2011 to 2019 he was on the board of the umbrella organisation of migration councils in Bavaria and has more than 15 years of experience in the field of anti-racism and anti-racist work.
