Diversity Charter Cyprus autumn activities and events (19/12/2022)
Autumn has been a delightfully busy period for the Diversity Charter Cyprus. We have had the honour and pleasure to take part in a number of activities and events dedicated to Diversity, both locally, as well as abroad and these were just the start!
Diversity and Gender Equality in Football. International Experiences of Diversity and Inclusion Management (19/12/2022)
October 24, Fundación Diversidad –Diversity Charter of Spain-, organized a free webinar together with Leadership Woman Football, named “Diversity and gender equality in football. International experiences of diversity and inclusion management”.
4th Diversity in Business Conference 2022. The next day on diversity and inclusion. (19/12/2022)
The 4th Diversity in Business Conference was held with great success and distinguished speakers, who addressed key issues for the promotion and advocacy of equal opportunities and healthy inclusion of personnel in Greek businesses.
HBLF Women Campaign (19/12/2022)
The Board of Hungarian Busines Leaders Forum (HBLF) has invited the CEOs of Hungarian companies to stand together and make commitment on the occasion of International Women's Day, so that more and more women have the opportunity to prove their talents and competence as leaders.
Gender equality in the workplace (19/12/2022)
Italy lags far behind on the gender equality both at European (at 14th place according to Gender Equality Index) and world level (at 63rd according to Global Gender Gap Index).
Support needs of employers identified (20/12/2022)
The Dutch Diversity Charter investigates over 6.000 helpdesk questions on diversity and inclusion. How do I create awareness and support for diversity and inclusion in my organisation, and how can I adjust personnel policy accordingly? These are the hot topics the Dutch employers most often submitted to the SER Diversity at Work helpdesk. This reveals an analysis of 6.000 helpdesk questions over the period of 2019-2021.
Here’s a glimpse of APPDI activities in the last months (20/12/2022)
APPDI continued to provide training and workshops on topics such as Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity, unconscious biases and discrimination, inclusive and neutral language, and inclusive recruitment, to organizations, including public institutes. Since the beginning of the year, we already trained more than 880 people.
Diversity Charter Sweden November 2022 (20/12/2022)
These have been busy times for Diversity Charter Sweden.
What's on the table for the Slovak Diversity Charter? (20/12/2022)
Roma people inclusion, Czech-Slovak cooperation, LGBTI+ people and neurodiversity at workplace among topics in Slovak Diversity Charter
Funding opportunities available (20/12/2022)
The European Commission has opened a new call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination (CERV-2023-EQUAL)
Applications opened for the 2023 European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Awards (15/02/2023)
Does your town, city or region have what it takes to be one of Europe's #DiversityCapitals? Are you taking concrete steps towards equality?
EU ministers adopt recommendations on early childhood and long term care (08/12/2022)
The Council adopted two recommendations: 1. on early childhood education and care and 2. on affordable high-quality long-term care.
The European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award 2022 (28/04/2022)
Commissioner Dalli launched the first European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award on 22 November 2021. This award is one of the deliverables of the EU anti-racism action plan and LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and it shows how action at all levels is essential if we want to turn the tide and build a Union of Equality.
European Diversity Month 2022: building bridges for a more inclusive society (29/04/2022)
The EU Diversity Month honours efforts by organisations to help build equal and inclusive environments for the benefit of all. The theme of this year’s Diversity Month is building bridges.
Welcome to the 17th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (11/08/2022)
This edition of our Newsletter is dedicated to the celebrations of the European Diversity Month 2022 and the first edition of the European Capitals of Diversity and Inclusion Award in the first half of 2022. Here you can find all information about these initiatives, official launch events as well as examples of various events organised by the Diversity Charters.
Access City Award 2023 – Open for applications (11/08/2022)
The 2023 Access City Award competition is now open for applications! Since 2010, this award recognises cities that are making significant efforts to become more accessible for persons with disabilities and have plans for further improvement.
Bulgarian Diversity Charter Marked EU Diversity Month 2022 (11/08/2022)
Two events promoted the values and benefits of diversity and inclusion in the corporate world, and society!
The Bulgarian Diversity Charter, launched in 2020 as a joint initiative of the Centre for the Study of Democracy and the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum, was pleased to join festivities across Europe marking EU Diversity Month in 2022.
Celebrating European Diversity Month in Cyprus (11/08/2022)
For this year's Diversity Month, the Diversity Charter Cyprus co-organised three main activities at national level.
The 10th German Diversity Day: a big celebration! (31/05/2022)
What a successful month of May it has been! Not only did we celebrate an exciting kick-off in Brussels for the third European Diversity Month, in Germany the month was also crowned by a big anniversary celebration of the 10th German Diversity Day on 31 May.
The charm and the benefits of an outdoor Diversity Month exhibition in Estonia (12/08/2022)
The main event of the European Diversity Month in Estonia was a month-long exhibition in Telliskivi Creative City outdoor gallery, with photos focusing on generational diversity. Artists were found through Estonian street photography nonprofit, and the works featured people from different locations and age groups. The gallery has gained a lot of popularity due to its easy access and proved to be a great way for engaging people passing by.
Diversity Charter Spain: A great success of visibility and communication (12/08/2022)
May 18 marked the celebration of the EU Diversity Month in Spain, a great success in terms of visibility and communication!
Promoting the spirit of Diversity in Greece (12/08/2022)
This year we celebrated the European Diversity Month through activities with an experiential and interactive content.
Women leaders, disability, employee’s mental health and LGBT among topics in Hungary during the EU Diversity Month 2022 (14/08/2022)
The Diversity Month 2022 organised by the EU Diversity Charter Hungary was joined by numerous Charter signatories and partners, so Hungary had a colorful programme of 55 events to offer (2021: nearly 30). 38 organizers of 55 events engaged with further 86 co-organizers and speakers and involved 10000 participants to spend 135 hours on diversity and inclusion and its subtopics.
The actions of Fondazione Sodalitas in Italy for the European Diversity Month 2022 (14/08/2022)
This year Fondazione Sodalitas - as promoter of Italian Diversity Charter -, developed different initiatives during the European Diversity Month, the annual event held in May and organised by the European Commission to raise awareness of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and societies.
Dutch Inspiration session Diversity Day 2022: 'Try to see the person for who they are' (14/08/2022)
During the European Diversity Month (in the run-up to the Dutch Diversity Day on October 4th 2022), SER Diversiteit in Bedrijf (Dutch Diversity Charter) organized an Inspiration session together with their partners a few weeks ago. The central question of the session was: How do we ensure that difference will enrich us?
#EUDiversityMonth and the 10th anniversary of the Diversity Charter in Poland (14/08/2022)
The Polish Diversity Charter celebrated the European Diversity Month as part of the year-round celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Diversity Charter in Poland, coordinated by the Responsible Business Forum.
Portuguese Charter celebrating the European Diversity Month 2022 (14/08/2022)
The European Diversity Month 2022 brought with it new exciting partnerships and milestones!
EU Diversity Month in Romania (14/08/2022)
On the occasion of the EU Diversity Month, the Romanian Diversity Charter organized o range of actions with the aim to engage Charter’s signatories in the celebration of the second edition of the EU Diversity Month in Romania, by creating at the same time a solid ground for debating and informing about the benefits of diversity and inclusion at the workplace.
Updates from the Diversity Charter Sweden (14/08/2022)
Last year we started to have Pepp Hours, where we meet for an hour to inform and inspire each other, to be prepared for Diversity Month. This year we hade Jana Kukuckova from the EU Commission. She inspired us, how to use the Diversity Month material. We also find it useful to give our members a feeling that they are a part of something big.
EU Diversity Month 2022 in Slovak Diversity Charter (14/08/2022)
Besides the events organized by Charter signatories to promote inclusion & diversity at workplace, events to support LGBT+ community and D&I conference with Charter presentation, the Slovak Charter organised specific happenings on Women in Leadership and the impact the war in Ukraine has on our attitude towards refugees.
Celebrating the European Diversity Month in Slovenia (14/08/2022)
This year, the Slovenian Charter put particular focus on the role of women in the workplace and organised two separate events together with the Diversity Charter Croatia on the topic.
New diversity management tool for the needs of every company (21/11/2021)
The corporate responsibility network FIBS has published a new Diversity and Inclusion self-assessment tool for companies and other organisations. The tool is free of charge, and it helps you identify areas included in diversity work, assess the current level of your organisation with regard to the different measures and find the areas and development targets essential for your own operations. The tool is suitable for both beginners and developers in diversity work as well as those who have reached an advanced level.
Initiation of the Diversity Charter Cyprus 3-day training on the Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace (21/11/2021)
The Diversity Charter Cyprus, within the framework of the services and tools that provides exclusively to its members, has successfully delivered a 3-day introductory training program to the Cyprus Human Resource Management Association (CyHRMA) and its over a 1000 members, on the Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace.
Germany: Report from DIVERSITY conference, 11 – 12 November 2021 (25/11/2021)
The German Diversity Charter has reached another milestone: the most recent conference marks 10 years of organising DIVERSITY conferences in Germany! To celebrate, a total panel of almost 70 speakers were present in the two-day digital conference, followed live by more than 600 participants. The overarching theme of the conference, allyship, was approached by expert panels, keynote speakers, in interactive masterclasses, and in impulse presentations.
We can proudly say that 1,5 years of work have paid off and we have hosted another very successful DIVERSITY challenge this year.
644 young visionaries from 82 diverse organisations participated in this year’s challenge, forming teams and producing a total of 98 projects. The challenge was themed “societal diversity at the workplace”. We wanted to inspire young people aged 16 to 27 to reflect the diversity they see in our society onto their workplaces. How does diversity in society impact the workplace? How do we treat being different in our society and consequently at the workplace?
The EU Diversity Charter Hungary hosted 24+ events to mark EU Diversity Month 2021 (25/11/2021)
During the month, we hosted 4 Diversity Master Classes workshops which is part of our event series launched by EU Diversity Charter Hungary at the beginning of the year.
LGBTI inclusion in the workplace - Good practices, testimonials and useful resources from Luxembourg (25/11/2021)
This guide is a collection of ideas that have already been implemented in companies or institutions, mainly in Europe, which has proven to be effective in the fight against lgbt-phobic acts. All of the practices are intended to be inspiring. Each person is free to share, reproduce or adapt them to his or her own reality.
Dutch Diversity Charter monitor 2020: despite Corona crisis, companies report equal or higher priority for diversity policy (25/11/2021)
Dutch Diversity Charter signatories report good results on their commitment to a more diverse workforce and a more inclusive corporate culture. They are especially positive about the inflow of diversity groups such as people with a migrant background (Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese), the implementation and output of diversity policies, and the support from SER Diversity at Work. These are the main conclusions of the Charter Monitor 2020.
Polish Charter measures diversity with Diversity IN Check (25/11/2021)
This year Responsible Business Forum, a coordinator of Diversity Charter in Poland, launched Diversity IN Check (DINC), a tool for diagnosing the degree of maturity of employers in managing diversity and building inclusive organizations.
Busy time for Signatories of Polish Diversity Charter (25/11/2021)
Diversity and Inclusion is on the rise and our signatories have been very busy. There are many initiatives in progress and our signatories are appreciated and recognized in a variety of fields.
LGBT+ Diamonds Awards handed out (25/11/2021)
LGBT+ DIAMONDS AWARDS, organised since 2018 by NatWest Poland, is the way to say thank you to people and organisations making a real change for LGBT+ employees in Poland. It is high time big businesses recognise their role in supporting LGBT+ people inside and outside the workplace. The Polish Diversity Charter, among other organizations, took patronage over the event.
Workplace Inclusion Champion” Programm (25/11/2021)
The regional partnership of the programme “Workplace Inclusion Champion”, funded by The Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) of the European Commission, announced the appointment of its local advisory Council Boards.
Signatory Event 2021 "Successful leadership by allyship” (25/11/2021)
Most organisations are beginning to realise the benefits of having diversity in their team, and that it is necessary to remain successful and competitive among customers and future employees.
3rd Diversity in Business Conference 2021 (25/11/2021)
The 3rd Diversity in Business Conference 2021, which was organized by KEAN - Cell of Alternative Youth Activities and Attica Region, exceeded all expectations. On Tuesday, September 21, at Zappeion Megaron, Greek Institutional Representatives, Organizations active in the pillars of diversity and high-ranking business executives focused on the importance of diversity and shared valuable information from their experience, highlighting issues concerning our country.
D&I Ethical Claims (25/11/2021)
Fondazione Sodalitas, in collaboration with Bureau Veritas - one of the major players in certification - has developed a series of Ethical Claims with the aim of enhancing pluralism and inclusive practices in the workplace through the promotion and implementation of the Italian Diversity Charter.
PROSECUW - Protection and Security for Places of Worship (25/11/2021)
Within the framework of the efforts and initiatives taken in order to establish diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace as well as the wider community in Cyprus, the Center for Social Innovation, EU official representative of the Diversity Charter Cyprus, with the support and empowerment of the Diversity Charter Cyprus, are proud to be awarded the leadership of the 2-year European project (1 May 2021 – 30 April 2023), funded by the Internal Security Fund Police, ‘PROSECUW – Protection and Security for Places of Worship’.
‘’Gender Equality in the IT workplace: Breaking Down the Barriers’’ (25/11/2021)
The Diversity Charter Cyprus, within the learning framework of supporting and promoting diversity and inclusion in the Cypriot workplace, will participate in the event titled ‘’Gender Equality in the IT workplace: Breaking Down the Barriers’’, an event organised by CEPIS work on the DiversIT Charter, the programme for companies and organisations to recognise and further their efforts in increasing gender equality in their tech teams. The event will take place on 26 November 2021 online, 10:00 to 12:30 CET.
Latest projects from the Portuguese Diversity Charter (25/11/2021)
The Portuguese Association for Diversity and Inclusion (APPDI) continues its activity, having started the following projects: coordination of the project Diverse and Ative: Promotion of Diversity and Non-Discrimination in the Workplace and the beginning of the 5th edition of the Program Engineers For One Day (Engenheiras Por Um Dia in Portuguese).
Webinars on Diversity and Innovation in Spain (25/11/2021)
In November 2021, we held a series of webinars on Diversity and Innovation. Over three days, we worked on different topics, highlighting the necessary relationship between diversity and innovation. In order to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of the Spanish business system, the proper management of both factors is essential.
The Charter organised several events during the last months. And there are many more to come!
Launch of the European Capitals of Inclusion & Diversity Award (25/11/2021)
On Monday, 22 November, Commissioner Dalli launched the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award. This award is one of the deliverables of the EU anti-racism action plan and LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and it shows how action at all levels is essential if we want to turn the tide and build a Union of Equality.
European Commission organised a roundtable on Equality Data (25/11/2021)
The Roundtable on equality data, organised by the European Commission, focused on examining the obstacles to the collection of equality data and on fostering the exchange of best practices, to encourage Member States, in full respect of their national contexts, to move towards the collection of data disaggregated on the basis of all the relevant discrimination grounds.
EU Platform of Diversity Charters online roundtable on racism (25/11/2021)
The EU Platform of Diversity Charters is organising an online roundtable “Let’s talk about racism – EU Anti-Racism Action Plan and its impact” on 29 November 2021.
In this issue (25/11/2021)
This newsletter brings you the updates, events and publications from the EU Platform of the Diversity Charters and its members from the last months of 2021.
Welcome to the 15th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (28/04/2021)
This edition of our Newsletter is dedicated to the celebrations of the European Diversity Month 2021. You can find here information about this initiative, official launch event as well as examples of various events organised by the Diversity Charters.
European Diversity Month 2021: focus on ethnic diversity in the workplace (28/04/2021)
This year’s edition again focuses on organisations’ efforts to promote diversity and diverse teams in the workplace and to create inclusive working environments. The Commission invites all organisations and companies in Europe to do their share, take a stand for diversity and also to show their commitment by organising diversity events during the month of May.
Report from launch event of the European Diversity Month - 4 May 2021 (28/04/2021)
On 4 May 2021, the European Commission organised the launch event of the European Diversity Month. European Diversity Month is organised by the European Commission and the EU Platform of Diversity Charters together with its members to support the European Commission’s long-lasting commitment to fight discrimination and promote diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Diversity events organised by Slovenian and Croatian Diversity Charters (28/04/2021)
In joined effort, Croatian and Slovenian Charters are organising two international virtual events on diversity. The events will be opening discussion on diversity implementation in the last year and the time of pandemics. The events are in English and open to all interested participants.
Romanian Diversity and Inclusion Forum (28/04/2021)
On the occasion of the EU Diversity Month, the Romanian Diversity Charter organizes o range of actions with the aim to engage Charter’s signatories in the celebration of the first edition of the EU Diversity Month in Romania, by creating at the same time a solid ground for debating and informing about the benefits of diversity and inclusion at the workplace.
Celebrating diversity in Spain (28/04/2021)
Fundación Diversidad in collaboration with the representation in Spain of the European Commission have prepared several initiatives, on one hand to spread the word about the EU Diversity Month and, on the other hand, to celebrate the Diversity Month with media campaigns, social networks and events during May.
Promoting better integration of migrants in the workplace in Italy (28/04/2021)
Fondazione Sodalitas, through the Italian Diversity Charter, will organize on May 20 a webinar to promote a better integration of migrants in the workplace, in partnership with IOM.
Czech Diversity Charter is joining European family in celebrating diversity, flexibility and inclusion (28/04/2021)
We are so proud that also from Prague in such difficult year of Covid 19 pandemic situation we could celebrate Diversity month together with our European family, with other 26 countries.
News from the Swedish Charter (28/04/2021)
We have been taking various steps to promote the EU Diversity Month throughout Sweden.
Polish Diversity Month (28/04/2021)
Polish Diversity Charter has prepared a number of initiatives to celebrate the European Diversity Month 2021. They will be held as part of the Polish Diversity Month. The theme of our event is "Diversity and inclusion in the workplace - the way to social cohesion in the age of digital transformation".
Promoting diversity in Greece (29/04/2021)
The Greek Diversity Charter has been busy promoting diversity in the workplace and organising various activities for our signatories, such as the Diversity Interview and dedicated Diversity Day. We are also looking forward joining the celebrations of the EU Diversity Month.
Celebrating EU Diversity Month in Cyprus (29/04/2021)
Join us live on our Facebook page (@ CSI.CYPRUS), on May 31, 2021, at 19:00 to celebrate diversity together!
The EU Diversity Charter Hungary is hosting 24+ events to mark EU Diversity Month 2021 (07/05/2021)
During the month, we will be hosting 4 Diversity Master Classes workshops which is part of our event series launched by EU Diversity Charter Hungary at the beginning of the year.
Bulgarian Diversity Charter Joins EU Diversity Month Celebrations (12/05/2021)
The Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum and the Centre for the Study of Democracy started the Bulgarian Diversity Charter in September 2020 to promote diversity and inclusion management policies in workplaces and help build a tolerant and fair society.
Join the EU Platform of Diversity Charters online workshops during #EUDiversityMonth (12/05/2021)
We have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the EU Platform of Diversity Charters online workshops celebrating the European Diversity Month.
For more information and registration please see below.
Welcome to the 14th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (11/01/2021)
This 14th newsletter brings you the updates, events and publications from the EU Platform of the Diversity Charters and its members from the last months of 2020 as well as first information about the upcoming EU Diversity Month 2021.
The first-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU (11/01/2021)
On 12 November, the European Commission presented the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality, as announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union Address.
Inclusion for all: Commission presents action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 (11/01/2021)
On 24 November, the Commission presented the action plan on Integration and Inclusion for the period 2021-2027. The action plan promotes inclusion for all, recognising the important contribution of migrants to the EU and addressing the barriers that can hinder participation and inclusion of people with a migrant background, from newcomers to citizens, in European society. It is built on the principle that inclusive integration requires efforts from both the person and the host community and sets out new actions that build on the achievements of the previous action plan from 2016.
New Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU (11/01/2021)
The new Strategy confirms a renewed commitment to ensure that the Charter is applied to its full potential. As of next year, the Commission will present an annual report, which will look into how the Member States apply the Charter in a selected thematic area.
News from the Portuguese Diversity Charter - new website and more (11/01/2021)
APPDI has started the 4th edition of Women Engineers for a Day Project in October 2020. In addition, they now have a new website. The launch of the website combines the dissemination of the "Guide to an Inclusive Recruitment", intending to inspire and provide tools that can be useful, promoting the
construction of a more diverse and inclusive workplace.
Master Class series on diversity management in Hungary (11/01/2021)
40 signatories have joined the Diversity Charter Hungary on 9th December 2020. Among others, Bosch Group decided to renew its commitment to promote diversity in all 5 subsidiaries. 3 new companies joined the Hungarian Charter: LHH Hungary, E.ON Hungary Ltd. and Queritius International Dispute Resolution. True to their traditions the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, and the Embassy of Mexico in Hungary decided to sign the diversity principles as well.
The scientific roadmap to an effective and result-driven D&I policy (11/01/2021)
In October 2020 Diversity at Work, the Utrecht University and the Dutch Inclusivity Monitor joined forces to research the effectiveness of current D&I policies on the Dutch labour market. The visible increase of companies wanting to invest in diversity and inclusion simultaneously raised questions about how to set up an effective D&I policy.
From an initiative to the association (11/01/2021)
In the end of 2020, Lithuanian Diversity Charter (LDC) that started as a national initiative 2 years ago, grew up to become as association. It was established by Diversity Development Group, SOPA and 15Min, a leading news portal in Lithuania.
Italian Diversity Day: 12 November 2020 (11/01/2021)
On 12 November the Italian Diversity Charter organized an event to launch the new initiatives for 2021 and the renewed collaboration with Italian Institutions.
The Italian Diversity Day entitled “Integrating Diversity in the workplace: A choice of value.
Slovenia - Signing ceremony with a round table “Diversity against pandemic” (11/01/2021)
Traditionally, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, Diversity Charter Slovenia, organized fourth signing ceremony with a round table "Diversity against the pandemic". On this occasion we welcomed new signatories of Diversity Charter Slovenia, today the community gathers 153 Slovenian organizations.
Updates from Sweden (12/01/2021)
In the beginning of November we had a seminar about Black Live Matter BLM. Three speakers gave us a lot of background on the subject. The story from slavery, inspirers like Rosa Parks, the importance of allyship and much more.
Austrian Diversity Charter News (12/01/2021)
At this time we officially count 248 signatories and some interested companies in the pipeline. Since January 2020, we have 18 new signatories. We plan to continue with our strategy to invite and involve our members primarily to new online events and projects.
In November 2020, we celebrated virtually the Annual Event of Fundación Diversidad that framed the VI International Diversity Awards. In addition to these recognitions, several companies signed the Diversity Charter for the first time and others renewed their commitment to this Charter of Principles. The Diversity Calendar 2021 was also presented. Like every year, we counted on the participation of the foundation’s patrons, the representation in Spain of the European Commission and the Ministry of Equality.
Diversity in 2020: Figures and an Overview of Activities of Czech Diversity Charter (15/01/2021)
We welcomed 7 new Gold Ambassadors and 5 new signatories to the Czech Diversity Charter family last year.
The themes of diversity, flexibility, inclusion and solidarity were highlighted throughout the year. 2020 marked the 10th anniversary of the European Diversity Charter. In the Czech Republic, 85 companies across various segments and regions are members of the Charter.
European Diversity Month 2021 (15/02/2021)
"Let’s all take a bolder stand for diversity and act about it. Let’s show our commitment to equality and this May 2021 celebrate the European Diversity Month together. With more diverse workplaces, we will create a fairer and more equal Europe for all."
Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality
Virtual LGBTIQ equality strategy workshop - 25 February 2021 (01/02/2021)
Would you like to learn more on the first-ever Commission strategy on LGBTIQ equality?
Would you like to know what else can employers do to contribute to more equal workplaces?
Then this workshop is for you!
Welcome to the 13th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (26/10/2020)
The last few months since our last Newsletter have been demanding not only for the Charters and their signatories, but for all of us on a personal level as well.
We are therefore very happy that we can share many positive news and developments with you, whether it is the welcoming of 2 new Diversity Charters into our EU Platform, the new anti-racism action plan launched by the Commission or the various projects and initiatives organised by the Charters. In spite of all, we continue being united in diversity!
Launch of the Bulgarian Diversity Charter (26/10/2020)
The Bulgarian Diversity Charter, a joint initiative of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) was launched at a high-profile event in Sofia on 18 September 2020.
Estonian Diverse Workplace quality label (26/10/2020)
On Wednesday, September 16th the Estonian Human Rights Centre and the Ministry of Social Affairs recognised 32 employers with the Diverse Workplace quality label. These employers have focused on promoting diversity and inclusion in their organisations.
Tour de France de la diversité (26/10/2020)
The French Diversity Charter has launched the 8th “Tour de France de la diversité” on October 12th at Toulouse City hall. The Tour de France’s ambition is to promote diversity and inclusion across the country, and to meet our signatories and the players of local initiatives.
Charter Implementation Toolkit Update (26/10/2020)
As presented at our last Platform meeting, the Irish Diversity Charter is one of the ten Diversity Charters partnering and delivering the Diversity@Work project under the European Commission’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC). Along with Diversity Charter Estonia, (AfK Portugal are also a partner on this project) our Diversity Charter partners include Diversity Charter Croatia, Diversity Charter Czechia, Diversity Charter Poland, Diversity Charter Portugal, Diversity Charter Slovenia, Diversity Charter Slovakia and Diversity Charter Spain.
Slovak online campaign to tackle discrimination in the workplace (26/10/2020)
The Pontis Foundation (Administrator of Slovak Diversity Charter) in cooperation with the Slovak National Center for Human Rights and the TRIAD advertising agency have launched an online campaign on October 19, 2020 calling on people in Slovakia to tackle discrimination in the workplace. The aim of the campaign is to point out the problem of bias at work coming from both colleagues and bosses.
Results of the INNODIVERSITY INDEX 2019 (26/10/2020)
On September 17, we virtually presented the results of the Innodiversity Index. A pioneering study that tries to measure "the organizational capacity to jointly manage diversity and innovation to improve competitiveness". This study was carried out by Fundación Diversidad and Fundación IE with the support of HP and Pfizer and in collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain.
Official launch: Diversity Charter Cyprus (28/10/2020)
The Center for Social innovation (CSI), with the successful launch of the Diversity Charter Cyprus in September 2020, has been officially appointed as the EU official representative of the Diversity Charter Cyprus, which is part of the European Platform of Diversity Charters by the European Commission.
Updates from Diversity Charter Sweden (28/10/2020)
This year has of course been very different due to the Corona pandemic, as for everyone else but we are happy to say that we have been able to complete almost all of our events. The biggest difference is that the events have been digital. The positive side of that is that we have been able to include people who don't live in Stockholm or Gothenburg where we normally have our events.
News from the Portuguese Diversity Charter (28/10/2020)
We would like to share with you information about our upcoming activities. One of them is Women Engineers for a Day Project and the otherone is Divers_Idades: perspectives on age diversity in organizations.
Diversity Charter Austria - the latest updates (28/10/2020)
As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we continue bringing in new signatories and organising interesting events for all our members.
EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 (29/10/2020)
On the 18th September the Commission presented a new EU action plan against racism which sets out a series of measures for the next five years. In particular, the Commission will ensure that Member States fully implement the relevant EU legislation and will further strengthen the legal framework, if necessary.
Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework on equality, inclusion and participation (29/10/2020)
The European Commission adopted on 7 October 2020 a new 10-year plan, including a proposal for a Council Recommendation, to support Roma in the EU. There are seven key areas of focus: equality, inclusion, participation, education, employment, health, and housing. For each area, the Commission has put forward new targets and recommendations for Member States on how to achieve them, both of which will serve as important tools to monitor progress and ensure that the EU makes more headway in providing the vital support that so many Roma living in the EU still need.
Welcome to Bulgarian and Cypriot Diversity Charters! (29/10/2020)
Bulgarian and Cypriot Diversity Charters became 25th and 26th in Europe to join the EU Platform of Diversity Charters. Just one more to go!
Practical Guide to Diversity Management in times of crisis (30/10/2020)
The Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg published the Practical Guide to Diversity Management in Times of Crisis.
Gender Equality Index 2020: Can we wait 60 more years? (30/10/2020)
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released its annual Gender Equality Index and the EU scores 67.9 out of 100 (100 equals full equality). The EU’s score is a mere half a point improvement on last year and only 4 four points higher than 10 years ago. At this rate, the EU is still 60 years away from full equality between women and men.
Czech Diversity Charter organised Diversity Day II (02/11/2020)
On Friday, 9 October, Byznys pro společnost (Business for Society), the largest professional platform for sharing and dissemination of Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable business principles in the Czech Republic and the local guarantor of the Diversity Charter, is holding Diversity Day II. The event, subtitled From Strategies to Diversity for Every Day, is a conference that brings together political leaders, employers/corporate representatives, public administrators and other stakeholders on the very current topic of diversity.
Welcome to the 12th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (06/07/2020)
This 12th edition of our newsletter will bring your news and updates from the Platform and the Diversity Charters from the second quarter of 2020.
The 10th anniversary of the EU Platform of Diversity Charters (06/07/2020)
This year we mark the 10th anniversary of the EU Platform. And while we had to cancel the big celebratory event, we still made sure that this big occasion was celebrated as well as it could.
Diversity Month 2020 (06/07/2020)
The Diversity Month and the events linked to it had to be unfortunately cancelled this year, but we still celebrated diversity throughout the EU. This section summarises the actions from the side of the European Commission, but this Newsletter will offer a lot of examples from the Charters' activities as well.
Rainbow Europe - still a long way to go (07/07/2020)
The European Commission this year again celebrated the IDAHOT day by lightining up the Berlaymonth building and organising online discussion with Commissioner Dalli as well as by publishing several relevant publications.
The 8th German Diversity Day (08/07/2020)
In spite of the corona virus and its impact on our lives, we have decided to organise our annual Diversity Day, just in a different format. It was a great success and we were joined by many of our signatories.
New signatories for the Slovenian Diversity Charter (08/07/2020)
At the end of the year 2019, Slovenian Diversity Charter has brought together already 145 signatory organizations. On the international Human Rights Day, 10 December 2019, new signatories signed the Charter.
Polish Diversity Month 2020 (08/07/2020)
On May 4 on Polish Diversity Charter's channels (website, social media, media partners) we launched a "Diversity Month 2020" which has ended at the end of May. The main topic that we focused on, was future of work, caring responsibilities and key challenges regarding to current situation on the labour market. It was completely online.
APPDI presented its 2020 strategy at the plenary held in February and celebrated Diversity Month with their signatories.
Already more than 120 employers value diversity in Estonia (08/07/2020)
On June 10, 11 Estonian companies and organizations signed the Estonian Diversity Charter. The companies that confirmed their commitment to the values of diversity and inclusion are Wunder, Enics Estonia, SOL Baltics, MoveMyTalent, Creditstar Group, E-government Academy, Vanalinna Ehitus, Grant Thornton Baltic, Via 3L, Playtech and IPF Digital.
Celebrating diversity in Lithuania (08/07/2020)
Lithuanian Diversity Charter, and one of the biggest media website 15min.lt launched an information campaign ''May in Diversity'', which reached out to its addressees on a trilateral principle.
Focusing on working parents in the Czech Republic (08/07/2020)
The fifth annual “Diversity Charter: Mothers and Fathers Welcome” conference on trends and new perspectives in supporting working parents, this time subtitled: Parenthood and work opportunities – experience from collective isolation during the COVID-19 lockdown. The conference was held within the framework of the Diversity Charter in partnership with Česká spořitelna, McDonald’s ČR and Kooperativa Foundation and in cooperation with Randstat and the British Chamber of Commerce.
Showing solidarity in Italy (08/07/2020)
From the start of the COVID19 pandemic, Fondazione Sodalitas supported its companies in promoting solidarity actions towards their employees as well as towards the Country.
The Romanian Diversity Charter presents the publication "Diversity Management in Romanian Organizations" (08/07/2020)
A publication marking two years of Romanian Diversity Charter -
it is a collaborative effort of the Romanian Diversity Charter and our signatories and explores the concept of diversity management in the workplace, with particular emphasis on Romanian companies.
Diversifying the Dutch municipality (09/07/2020)
More and more Dutch municipalities are signing the Dutch Diversity Charter since local cities are becoming increasingly diverse crossroads in global networks of migration and settlement. This creates new challenges for living together, for countering discrimination and exclusion on the local job market and to include the participation of marginalized groups within the city and in the local organization.
We continue betting on the Diversity and Inclusion agenda (09/07/2020)
ARTICLES, PODCASTS AND WEBINAR CICLE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION DURING CORONAVIRUS CRISIS -
Fundación para la Diversidad wants, more than ever, to continue betting on the Diversity and Inclusion agenda. Equal opportunities and non-discrimination are fundamental principles to protect the dignity of people and more in these moments of crisis.
Welcome to 11th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! - first quarter of 2020 (01/07/2020)
This 11th newsletter brings you the updates, events and publications from the EU Platform of the Diversity Charters and its members from the last months of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.
The Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (06/07/2020)
The European Commission presented its strategy for equality between women and men in Europe on 5 March. The Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 sets out key actions for the next 5 years and commits to ensure that the Commission will include an equality perspective in all EU policy areas.
Charter business breakfast – in the spirit secularity with a touch of the spiritual (06/07/2020)
Our signatory company, the Vienna University of Technology, invited signatories to the third “Diversity Charter - Business Breakfast” on 28/10/2019 together with the Austrian and Viennese Chamber of Commerce.
In November 2019, the Czech Diversity Charter - Business for Society organised two wonderful events.
A Strong Voice for Diversity in the Work Field (06/07/2020)
The German Diversity Charter published their Diversity Calendar 2020 and a New Publication for Internal Representatives of Workers’ Interests to Manage a Diverse Work Force.
11 Estonian organisations confirmed that they value diversity (06/07/2020)
On Wednesday, the 13th of November 2019, eleven Estonian organisations signed the Diversity Charter.
Coca Cola signs the Diversity Charter Greece (06/07/2020)
The last quarter of 2019 has been particularly critical and productive regarding the objectives of Diversity Charter Greece. We contacted important private companies and enterprises from a variety of sectors to encourage them to develop and implement diversity and inclusion policies. We introduced Diversity Charter Greece and its principles and we are happy to say that there is a growing interest in companies and organisations to promote diversity and inclusion. As a result, a lot of companies signed the Charter.
Deploy your talents - Stepping up the STEM agenda for Europe (06/07/2020)
The launch of the 7th edition of the project took place on 27th November 2019.
During the event Fondazione Sodalitas presented the project objectives to companies and schools.
City Desk: Diversity & Inclusion in Amsterdam (06/07/2020)
Diversity at Work develops a local diversity & inclusion (D&I) desk in 2020 in the capital of the Netherlands. The municipality of Amsterdam has given Diversity at Work the unique chance to develop a facility that fosters more diversity and inclusion on the urban labour market.
Integration of professional and personal life. (06/07/2020)
The III National Forum for Diversity and Inclusion, took place on October 28th and 29th, organized by the Portuguese Association for Diversity and Inclusion (APPDI – Associação Portuguesa para a Diversidade e Inclusão) on the theme of the integration of professional and personal life.
Welcome to 10th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (25/11/2019)
This newsletter brings you the latest updates, events and publications from the EU Platform of the Diversity Charters and its members.
#EUvsDiscrimination in the workplace (25/11/2019)
In May 2019, the European Commission launched the #EUvsDiscrimination campaign to raise awareness about discrimination in the workplace and what the EU is doing to fight it.
“Diversity Pulse” events connecting Slovenian diversity signatories (25/11/2019)
119 Slovenian diversity signatories connects through new event format, so-called “Diversity Pulse”. It represents time and space where signatories of diversity charter have the opportunity to exchange good practices, network with like-minded people, make suggestions for activities within the Diversity Charter, express their current needs, co-create support tools, programs, etc. Diversity Pulse is a source of ideas, needs and energy for the joint activities of Slovenian Diversity Charter.
Diversity Charter Sweden - Visit from Finnish signatories (25/11/2019)
On 25 October the six Finnish Signatories attended the Friday learning. The topic for the Friday learning was inclusive recruitment.
Updates from the Diversity Charter Poland (25/11/2019)
Dutch Diversity Day: October 1st 2019 (25/11/2019)
On October 1st 2019, The Netherlands celebrated its first Diversity Day under the slogan ‘being yourself works’. Diversity at Work launched the event in cooperation with twelve big companies and organisations. Almost 150 Companies organized their own activity to call attention to diversity and inclusion to ultimately create a society in which we appreciate everyone’s unique talents and potential.
9th official signing session of the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg "Managing language diversity for inclusion" (25/11/2019)
Multilingualism is considered one of the Grand-Duchy’s assets. It is also one of the most addressed topics among the signatories of the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg’s diversity management policy. In order to understand the impact of language diversity and to find out how to value it within organizations, IMS Luxembourg invited Hélène Langinier - a teacher-researcher at the EM Strasbourg Business School, specialized in language diversity research - for its annual conference that took place yesterday evening at Mudam.
1st Annual Conference of the Lithuanian Diversity Charter (25/11/2019)
International Conference ‘TAKING BEST OUT OF DIVERSITY’ took place on 19 09 2019 and was designed to share successful approaches and strategies, promote culture of respect and inclusion, sharpen professional networking and create opportunities for the implementation of the best practices to use the full potential of Diversity and Inclusion on organization’s bottom line.
Workshop “Integration of migrants into the labour market” (25/11/2019)
On the 3rd of July, Italian partners of Work4Integration - Europe project organized a workshop on migration trends in Europe and the integration of migrants in the workplace. The event was open to HR, CSR and Diversity Manager.
Assistance dogs: Heroes of barrier-free life or man’s best friend (25/11/2019)
On 25/9/2019, the second “Diversity Charter” premium event took place in our new House of Viennese Business on the topic of assistance dogs. The non-profit, non-subsidised association “Friends of European Assistance Dogs”, which is funded by membership fees, donations and income from events, was invited as a guest. The association was established 20 years ago as a lobbying group to cover the extensive needs for information in this area of accessibility.
Special Eurobarometer released on discrimination and social acceptance in the European Union (25/11/2019)
On 23 October, the European Commission published the latest Eurobarometer survey on discrimination in Europe.
Biennal survey on signatories (25/11/2019)
Every 2 year the French Diversity Charter conducts a survey to the signatories.
Conference DIVERSITY with experts from economy, society and politics (25/11/2019)
In November, the German Diversity Charter held its eighth Diversity Conference in Berlin. This year, the focus was on “Diversity as a success factor in times of rapid changes.” Globalisation, demographic change, digitalisation, New Work and immigra-tion are keywords for present developments. These topics were discussed in a variety of formats like keynotes, master classes, expert labs or Debating Diversity.
Report from the EU Platform of Diversity Charters' seminar "LGBTI inclusive workplaces" (25/11/2019)
The European Commission in cooperation with the Austrian Diversity Charter and East meets West Business organised the latest of the EU Platform of Diversity Charters’ seminars “LGBTI inclusive workplaces” on 25 October 2019 in Vienna, Austria.
Welcome to 9th EU Platform of the Diversity Charters newsletter! (26/06/2019)
When the month of June is known for being a Pride Month, then the month of May could be known in the future as a Diversity Month, as more and more Diversity Charters are celebrating their national Diversity Days then. Read more from this newsletter what employers around Europe are doing and get inspired for the next year!
The future of diversity in the EU (26/06/2019)
We have come a long way, but the road is still tortuous. In fact, I don’t think we will ever reach an end destination where diversity management will no longer be needed. Instead, the process matters. On this path, we have two choices. Either we
choose trust and honesty or we choose comfort and convenience. If we choose the first, we can set the right intention behind the fight for a more truthful representation of our diverse European societies. And I trust that people engaged in the fight for more diversity are there with the right intentions and that we all are
up to the challenges tied to diversity. However, we need to acknowledge that speaking about diversity without addressing hierarchies and systemic exclusion will not solve the problem. But what is the problem we want to solve?
New legislation on the diversity instruments and diversity label in Brussels (26/06/2019)
In 2016 the Brussels government started an evaluation and reform process of the diversity policy on the Brussels labor market. In this process the Brussels social partners (both trade unions and employers organizations) were involved. At the end of 2018, a vision paper on the new diversity instruments was ready and served as the basis for adopting the legislation on this.
Over 2.500 steps in the right direction- The seventh German Diversity Day (26/06/2019)
May 28th, 2019 marked the 7th annual German Diversity Day (Deutscher Diversity-Tag). The Diversity Day was originally started in 2013 as a call to action for German companies and other organizations to dedicate one day each year to the facilitation of a more equitable and diverse working environment. The German Diversity Day was intended to be, above all, a celebration of the diversity that exists within our society and within our economy. Organizations are called upon to highlight the variety of backgrounds, nationalities and ideas that are to be found among their employees with an activity which fits the unique environment of each individual organization.
Tree of InnoDiversity - Leading research on Diversity and Innovation (26/06/2019)
From Fundación Diversidad and the Center for Diversity of the IE Business School we have launched “The InnoDiversity Tree” on June 12th, 2019 in collaboration with HP, Pfizer and the US Chamber of Commerce in Spain.
Hungarian Business Leaders Forum – Diversity Week in Hungary (26/06/2019)
Migration Integration in the workplace (26/06/2019)
We at ‘Diversity Charter Ireland’ are coming to the end of our most recent project looking at Migration Integration in the workplace. Employment is central to thriving communities, and is a critical gateway to successful migrant integration in our society. We spend most of our lives at work, making the workplace pivotal to creating an inclusive society. The workplace provides potential to reach out and deliver a positive message of diversity and inclusion in Ireland.
Italy: Inclusive Mindset Job Day (26/06/2019)
The Inclusive Mindset project aims to offer job opportunities to people who can hardly access to the job market, like disabled people, migrants…
For the first time Lithuanian business community supports „Baltic Pride“ (26/06/2019)
For the first time, members of the Lithuanian Diversity Charter declare public support for the Baltic Pride. This is a crucial step in ensuring human rights and the public interest, when not only the non-governmental but also the private sector is mobilized.
Luxembourg companies act for diversity (26/06/2019)
On May 15th, IMS Luxembourg, in the framework of its Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg activities, organized the Diversity Day as well as the Diversity Awards Lëtzebuerg.
The second edition of the Women Engineers for one Day Project (26/06/2019)
At the end of the 2018/2019 school year, the second edition of the Women Engineers for one Day Project (Projeto Engenheiras por Um Dia) was also completed, with the participation of 3334 young people, divided into four different activities: study visits to universities and companies, celebration of the Girls in ICT Day and the closing ceremony of the 2nd edition of the project (which took place in Guimarães and Lisbon).
Diversity Day 2019 in Slovakia (26/06/2019)
30 May is a celebration of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. New signatories have joined the Slovak Diversity Charter.
Estonian entrepreneurs: Diversity is an enormous asset for businesses (26/06/2019)
The Estonian Diversity Charter invited representatives from four big Estonia-based companies – Omniva, Rimi, Swedbank and Telia – to participate in a seminar on equal treatment.
6th Polish Diversity Day: Courage and balance (27/06/2019)
Over 200 guests and several experts and experts have taken up the subject of courage in striving for a balance between work and personal life during the biggest annual event implemented under the Diversity Charter in Poland. On the occasion of the 6th Polish Diversity Day, the replica of the famous New York Fearless Girl sculpture visited Poland for the first time. The main partner of the event was the Polish branch of State Street Bank and the partner was Siemens Polska.
Dutch Diversity Day: October 1st 2019 (27/06/2019)
On October 1st 2019, The Netherlands will celebrate its first Diversity Day.
Austrian Diversity Charter' events with and for signatories (27/06/2019)
At this time the Austrian Charta, officially count 237 signatories and some interested companies. We plan to continue with our strategy to invite and involve our members to our existing events and projects.
Together and proud: EU Institutions in force at EuroPride (27/06/2019)
On 15 June, the EuroPride Parade took place in Vienna, and the EU institutions were there in force, along with Commissionner Věra Jourová. The event attracted more than half a million participants from all over Europe.
United in diversity: a common challenge (28/06/2019)
“Diversity is a core value for the EU and uniting in diversity not only reflects empirical observation, it is a commitment at the heart of our work. Language, ethnicity, political affiliation, culture, religion, age: whatever the grounds, we must strive to accept difference and live and work together at the regional, communal and national level.”
New Branch in the south of Sweden with updated event format (28/06/2019)
During last year, Diversity Charter Sweden started a branch in Gothenburg. The response from Signatories has been so good we decided to try to open in Malmoe as well.
