A series of events on the theme of diversity in football will take place next Tuesday (8 October) and Wednesday (9 October) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, featuring high level speakers from European politics, football governing bodies and sports NGOs.

The events will be focused around a new UEFA funded exhibition on diversity in football that is to hosted by Emine Bozkurt MEP, the chair of the ‘Friends of Football’ group in the parliament.

Speakers include the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Laszlo Andor, the President of the Dutch Football Association, Michael van Praag, and players including former Belgium striker Mbo Mpenza (Standard Liège and Sporting Clube de Portugal) and Fare ambassador Paul Elliott.

The opening panel discussion will also feature Rosarito Cuccoli, of the Sport and Citizenship’s Women and Sport network, Pascal Brethes, of Paris Foot Gay and immy Adjovi-Boco, of the Patrick Vieira-led Diambars Foundation.

On Wednesday 9 October Sport and Citizenship will host a panel discussion on Roma inclusion and football featuring William Gaillard of UEFA, Piara Powar of the Fare network and experts including Valerie Nicolae of the Policy Centre.

For details of events see links below, to attend any of the discussions and launch of the exhibition please email info@farenet.org with your full name, date of birth and passport or ID card number to allow security clearance.