The article examines the experience and analyzes the foundations of European intercultural concept and policy, in particular in the education field, and its impact on local development. It also explores the potential directions for strategizing the city of Sumy development in terms of compliance with these principles and their impact. Preventing radicalization and enhancing economic potential through intercultural education policies is extremely relevant to the border Sumy region in the context of a long-term Eastern military conflict. The accession of the Ukrainian city of Sumy to the Memorandum of the national Intercultural Cities Network of Ukraine in 2016 requires a change in strategic perspectives for the future, in particular, within the framework of a new city development strategy tobe designed in 2019.

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