The AEC-SMS Working Group on Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness held its first meeting on 5 and 6 April 2018. The meeting was hosted by the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim, Germany.

The main objective of the Working Group on Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness is to encourage higher music educations institutions to open up their educational offer, so as to answer the needs and requirements of diversity and promote inclusiveness throughout their activities.

The first meeting was dedicated in particular to the preparations for the production of a publication, entitled How are ‘diverse cultures’ integrated in the training of musicians across Europe?, which the Working Group seeks to work on over the upcoming months.
For more information about the Working Group or the AEC-SMS Strengthening Music in Society Project, please visit https://www.aec-music.eu/projects/current-projects/aec-sms or contact the Working Group Coordinator.