On Friday, 25 November 2022, the European Day of Persons with Disabilities, we received the Access City Award 2023 bronze recognition from the European Commission in Brussels. We received the recognition for our broad approach to accessibility that includes the entire population of our city.

This is already the fourth award at the mentioned competition (we received a special commendation in 2012, a bronze award in 2015 and a silver award in 2018), with which Ljubljana consolidates its position at the very top of European cities in the field of accessibility. Ensuring accessibility is one of the priorities of the City of Ljubljana, which is why for many years, we have been carrying out activities that cover numerous areas, from education, sports, culture, social welfare and health to transport infrastructure.

With the recognition, we also received 80,000 euros in prize money, which we will use for additional measures to further improve accessibility in Ljubljana.

At this year's competition, 43 cities from all over Europe participated, six of them made it to the final selection, in addition to Ljubljana, Cordoba, Grenoble, Hamburg, Merida and Skellefteå.