The side event will take place during the 2018 Conference of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions that will take place in Bilbao, on 11-13 June 2018, under the title “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion”. The event will promote a debate about the Council of Europe’s intercultural policy model with a focus on multilevel governance of diversity management and migration; it will address an audience of technical and political staff of local and regional administrations, third sector employees, research personnel and academia. It will discuss how Europe’s towns and regions can cooperate with the State level to move towards more diverse, equal and inclusive societies, in which all inhabitants feel at home.