To ensure fair representation and promotion for the diverse range of cultural expression and herit-age of city dwellers in the cultural programmes, collective memory and public space of the city au-thority and promote interculturality in city life.
To facilitate the production of audio-visual material (feature films, documentaries, programmes, etc.) in collaboration with professionals from groups who are affected by discrimination, that enables them to express their experiences within and ideas for their city; To facilitate distribution of such material at local, national and international level,
To fund on a regular basis cultural projects and meeting places (e.g. events, cultural centres, etc.) that represent the diversity of city dwellers (music, theatre, dance, painting, etc.) and to integrate them in official city programming,
To name places (streets, squares, monuments, neighbourhoods) and / or to commemorate events specifically relevant to groups affected by discrimination, in order to recognise their contributions and to integrate them into the memory and collective identity of the city.
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