ECN Webinar
When and Where
Wednesday 30 April 2025, 10:30 – 12:00 (CEST)
Online webinar
Cities Teach: Diversity and Inclusion
Join our upcoming webinar, “Cities Teach: Diversity and Inclusion,”. Take action and be a catalyst for change!
Event Description
In 2024, the Municipality of Bologna’s Rights, International cooperation and New Citizenship Unit worked on an innovative model of participatory process aimed at co-reviewing municipal services. The pilot was developed in the framework of the European Project UNITES, with a focus on the educational services and three main goals: to specifically reach and involve people with migrant background; to make the educational services of the Municipality more accessible and inclusive; to define a model to be employed and replicated even in other contexts. In this webinar, Beatrice will show all the phases of this process and its results, emphasising in particular the work of the Audit Panel which was coordinated by the Office.
The City of Antwerp’s presentation will focus on accessible leisure activities for children and youngsters with special-care needs. For example, a training programme for organisations, which includes classroom training, intervision, and on-the-job support. Additionally, Antwerp provides subsidies to a number of recognised youth centers to reach a specific target group.
The City of Rotterdam’s presentation will lay-out their approach to gender-related violence, with an extra focus on tackling honour-related violence. It will cover how Rotterdam works together with key people in neighbourhoods and with survivors of domestic violence, who are experts by experience.
Agenda
- 10:30 – 10:40 Welcome & Introduction
- 10:40 – 10:55 Best-Practice Presentation 1: City of Bologna
- 10:55 – 11:10 Best Practice Presentation 2: City of Antwerp
- 11:10 – 11:25 Best Practice Presentation 3: City of Rotterdam
- 11:25 – 11:50 Break-Out Sessions: deep-dive into each best-practice
- 11:50 – 11:55 Summary & Feedback Round
- 11:55 – 12:00 Outlook
Speakers
Beatrice Collina, Municipality of Bologna
Beatrice completed the PhD Programme in Science, Cognition and Technology at the University of Bologna in 2016. From 2016 to 2018 she collaborated with local institutions and schools in the field of Human Rights. In 2018, she started working at the Municipality of Bologna. Since 2020 she has worked at Rights, international cooperation and new citizenship Unit, dealing in particular with European and national projects on the topic of anti-racism and antidiscrimination.
Karen Milants, Youth Leisure Time Policy Officer for the City of Antwerp
Karen started working for the Youth Department three years ago after transferring from the Cultural Department. Over the last three years, she has supported youth cultural organisations and worked on the broader subject of youth culture. Recently, she took on a new role with a focus on leisure time for youngsters in general.
Shantie Singh, Senior Policy Advisor Gender-Based Violence for the City of Rotterdam
Shantie Singh works as a senior policy advisor at the Municipality of Rotterdam. Here she deals with the approach to domestic violence, gender-related violence and honour-related violence. She has a passion for improving the position of vulnerable people in the city and has always found it important in her work that as many Rotterdam residents as possible are seen and heard. She is a storyteller and story listener, and she sees this as her most important added value for the public sector.
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