06.10.2022
Eight steps to advance ESA diversity
Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of the ESA’s values and are high on the ESA Agenda 2025 as key elements to complete the ESA Transformation. Eight steps, aimed at advancing these values as concrete initiatives, will pave the way for continuous improvement.
The strategic challenge to focus on diversity and inclusiveness will contribute to strengthening innovation, lessening resistance to change, boosting motivation, inspiring people and fostering knowledge sharing. Our final aim is to embed a real and sustainable change in our agency’s fabric, and to make the values of diversity and inclusiveness an integral part of our culture.
Ensuring that the ESA workforce can represent a competent and diverse pool of talents has been identified as a priority by the ESA Member States and is seen as an essential factor for success. To keep on attracting and retaining the ‘best and the brightest’, we must reinforce our efforts to reach out to a wider community and ensure a working environment where different perspectives are welcome and valued, as one of our agency’s most important assets.