DCM Aliu spoke at the first-ever LGBTI Business Forum in the Balkans

2015/5/11

DCM Aliu at LGBTI Business Forum in Budva
DCM Aliu at LGBTI Business Forum in Budva

On May 10, Deputy Chief of Mission Bix Aliu spoke at the first-ever LGBTI Business Forum in the Balkans, which  took place in Budva under the auspices of the IDAHO Forum 2015.  The business forum, sponsored by the Government of Montenegro and supported by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, Out Leadership, IBM Corporation, Parks Liberi e Uguali, VolklingerKreis – German Association of Gay Managers and Entrepreneurs, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Montenegro, aimed to provide support to organizations and companies in promoting LGBT equality and inclusion in the workplace and business. The LGBTI Business Forum’s participants pointed out that diversity is good for business, and that companies that recognize inclusive strategies realize benefits at the global level.