The webinar on best practice of diversity, equality and inclusion in a corporate environment was held by Diversity Charter Bulgaria*, a joint initiative of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD).
The event is designed to encourage policies of respect and acceptance of differences, promote winners of Diversity at Work category within BBLF’s prestigious Annual Responsible Business Awards while providing a platform for exchange of ideas, practical experience and success stories.
Official guests of the webinar held on 4 April 2023 were Prof. Dr. Ana Dzhumalieva, Commission for Protection against Discrimination Chair, Jana Kukuckova, Diversity and Inclusion Policy Officer with the European Commission, Dimitar Markov, CSD‘s Law Programme Director, and Levon Hampartzoumian, BBLF Chair.
Speakers included senior managers at Lidl Bulgaria, HPE Bulgaria, Shell Bulgaria, the companies that ranked first, second and third, respectively in the 20th Annual Responsible Business Awards. They presented their successful entries and took questions from the audience.
More than 50 representatives of companies that have already signed the Bulgarian Charter, member companies of BBLF, or the responsible business community, and D&I experts from the public, private and civil sectors attended the webinar.
An event of Diversity Charter Bulgaria, the webinar took place in the context of EU Diversity Month 2023 to be celebrated in May in all EU member states.
The discussion in Bulgaria also aims to encourage, promote and spread corporate best practice in diversity and inclusion. Details on the three campaigns recognised in this year’s Diversity at Work award are available on our web page.
All speakers stressed their willingness to share experience with and spread good practice among partners from the business sector.
The Bulgarian Diversity Charter kindly suggests a number of ways to do that:
- If you are not a member of the Bulgarian Charter, sign it online and join the community of organisations that give employees and talents an equal chance.
- Join EU Diversity Month 2023 by visiting the website now, check out the map of initiatives in member countries and get inspired. If you already have events or activities planned, put them on the map so they are visible to companies and people across the EU.
- Watch online the launch of EU Diversity Month, featuring officials and remarkable speakers, on 28 April live from Brussels.
- Find out about NICE programme for neutral and inclusive communication in corporate environments, which is being implemented by Diversity Charters in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania and Romania. Stay tuned for details on upcoming trainings and useful resources.
- Fill in online questionnaire to study the environment and collect experience, comments and good practice of inclusive communication in the workplace (it takes about 10 minutes).