The Welcome Region Northern Emsvalley welcomes people from all over the world, refugees, migrant workers, but also migrants within Germany, who want to live and work in the region. In a social transformation process, responsible mayors, the emsländischer Heimatbund association and actors of civil society have initiated systemic and structural changes in four fields of action: politics/administration, art/culture, economy/work, civil society/participation/digitalisation. In these fields projects and processes are developed and implemented in six areas relevant to social inclusion: legal issues, e.g. the right to work and housing, language, labour market integration, families, social cohesion, public relations and methods necessary for transformation.