{"id":8162,"date":"2023-12-05T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8162"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:19:57","slug":"the-award-ceremony-the-european-capitals-of-inclusion-and-diversity-award","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/en\/event\/the-award-ceremony-the-european-capitals-of-inclusion-and-diversity-award\/","title":{"rendered":"The Award ceremony - The European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"text-center\">Celebrating inclusion and diversity champions<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-center\">Embracing inclusion and diversity in our towns, cities, regions helps us build safe spaces for all Europeans, allowing everyone to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">Vice-President Jourov\u00e1 and Commissioner Dalli join us on 25 April to announce the nine winners of this year's European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award. Six local authorities will take home prizes in the general categories. Three will be awarded prizes for their work in this year's special category dedicated to local authorities enabling safe towns, cities and regions for women in all their diversity, by addressing violence against women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swedish participant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vaxjo-kommun\/\">V\u00e4xj\u00f6<\/a> has the opportunity to win an award as the EU's Diversity Capital. They are nominating for their work to promote older LGBTQI+ people and for having instituted a diversity award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9348\" src=\"https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-1536x741.png 1536w, https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/diversitycharter.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VAXJO-KOMMUN_LOGOTYP_LIGGANDE_SVART.png 1873w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony is part of the opening ceremony of Diversity Month. <a href=\"https:\/\/eudiversity2024.eu\/event\/\">For more info.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating inclusion and diversity champions Embracing inclusion and diversity in our towns, cities, regions helps us build safe spaces for all Europeans, allowing everyone to reach their full potential. 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