In the beginning of December 2018, the City of Ljubljana signed the Declaration of Diversity the aim of which is to encourage public and private organisations to implement and develop diversity policy within organisations.

The Declaration was created within the framework of the European project I.D.E.A.S., and so far, in addition to the City of Ljubljana, 101 Slovenian organisations have signed it (governmental and nongovernmental, public and private).

Its signatories are committed to applying following principles:

• Developing an organisational culture based on equal opportunities, mutual respect, excepting and integrating diverse employees.

• Creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.

• Abiding by and broadening the principles of diversity at all levels within an organisation.

• Recognising the diversity of clients.

• Creating diversity policy.

• Disseminating and communicating our commitment to the Declaration and the results of the diversity policy to all our stakeholders.

We have been including these principles in our work in the City of Ljubljana for many years, especially in our strategies and action plans.

The head of the Department for Health and Social Security Tilka Klančar who signed the Declaration on behalf of the City of Ljubljana mentioned the LGBT-Friendly Certificate as an example of good practice and added: »Ljubljana is, also thanks to Mayor Zoran Janković, an open city where everybody can find a place for themselves. It is a city where we respect diversity and live together. We are aware that diversity makes us unique, and the ability to live together while respecting diversity enriches us and opens up new experiences.«