He Barcelona City Council has received a United States Embassy Requirement To apply the Donald Trump government directive against diversity, equity and inclusion to a program that is carried out in a city library and that is partially financed with US funds.
It is specifically program American Spacewhich has been carried out since 2016 in the Ignasi Iglésias-Can Fabra Library of the district of Sant Andreu aimed at children, young people and the general public to enhance skills to successfully face the new technological and social opportunities of the 21st century.
The City Council has received a requirement in which the US embassy in Madrid claims the application to that program of the Executive Order 14173entitled ‘Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity’ (‘End illegal discrimination and restore opportunities based on merit‘), according to information they publish The newspaper of Catalunya and the newspaper The country and have confirmed municipal sources to EFE.
It is an order dictated by the government of Donald Trump whereby it is required that No background granted by its administration is used for initiatives or programs that promote the Diversity, equity and inclusion.
Specifically, the embassy asks the Barcelona City Council to respond to this order in the activities of the American Space program, which carry out in collaboration the United States Consulate in Barcelona and Librarians of Barcelona.
The City Council has assured that it will not comply to these restrictions because they contravene the political values and principles of inclusion, promotion of gender equality and plurality that are typical of the city government. “
The Consistory recalls that they promote these principles in all areas and transversely are applied in the design of all public policies, as well as in all programs linked to the City Council.
The municipal government assures that the Executive Order 14173 It is not valid outside the United States Since state, regional and local norms, as well as the European legal framework, rigorously establish respect for common standards for the protection of human rights and measures of gender equity, diversity and inclusion, in a broad sense.
It also explains that the libraries where this program is carried out are safe community spaces where the Interculturality, integration and gender perspective.
The Consistory wants the project American Space Have continuity because it considers it a successful initiative that has promoted cultural exchange and dialogue between Barcelona and the United States.
This initiative was launched in 2016 and has hosted around 2,000 activities that have attended more than 77,000 people.
The City Council ensures that it will continue to seek collaboration agreements and explore relationships of relationship with cities, institutions and public entities of the United States, “respecting and actively promoting inclusion, diversity and equity.”
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