Toralv Moe, a senior adviser on diversity and integration to the city of Oslo, gave a presentation at a workshop in Amsterdam on leadership and public commitment to integration. He discussed how Oslo has a population that is 29% minority, with over 117,000 minority voters helping lead to a pro-diversity victory in the 2011 local election. Moe also talked about how Oslo promotes social mobility through education, gender equality, and social justice, and how the narrative of integration is woven into Norway's social and political history. He explained that diversity and tolerance are ingrained in Oslo's identity and that the 2011 terrorist attack led to a new sense of belonging.

1. City of Oslo
City of Oslo
Department of Education and Cultural AffairsDevelopment
Department of Cultural Affairs and Business
Integrating cities V
Workshop
Leadership and public commitment
The OXLO message
The city belongs to us all
Amsterdam 9.03.2012
Toralv Moe
Senior adviser on
diversity and integration
to the government of the city of Oslo
Messages
Democracy and the Minority Vote
Confidence and the Oslo story
The OXLO identity

2. City kommune
Oslo of Oslo
City of Oslo
Department of Education and Cultural AffairsDevelopment
Department of Cultural Affairs and Business
Byrådsavdeling for kultur og næring
Democracy and the Minority Vote
Population 615 000 – 29 % minority
Voters 117 000 with minority background
Pro-diversity victory in 2011 local election
28 % of city council members
with minority background

3. City kommune
Oslo of Oslo
City of Oslo
Department of Education and Cultural AffairsDevelopment
Department of Cultural Affairs and Business
Byrådsavdeling for kultur og næring
Confidence and the Oslo story
Social mobility
- Education
- Gender equality
- Social justice

4. City kommune
Oslo of Oslo
City of Oslo
Department of Education and Cultural AffairsDevelopment
Department of Cultural Affairs and Business
Byrådsavdeling for kultur og næring
Confidence and the Oslo story
The narrative of integration is woven into the
social and political history of Norway

5. City kommune
Oslo of Oslo
City of Oslo
Department of Education and Cultural AffairsDevelopment
Department of Cultural Affairs and Business
Byrådsavdeling for kultur og næring
The OXLO identity and the 22.july terrorist attack
Diversity and tolerance ingrained into the city’s identity
A new sense of belonging