Melitopol Day in Ukraine

Melitopol city, southeastern Ukraine, on the Molochna River is a city and municipality in Zaporizhzhia Oblast region of southeastern Ukraine. Established: 1784. Melitopol is the second largest city in the oblast after Zaporizhzhia. It serves as the administrative center of Melitopol Raion.

The intercultural city has people with different nationality, origin, language or religion/ belief. Political leaders and most citizens regard diversity positively, as a resource. The city actively combats discrimination and adapts its governance, institutions and services to the needs of a diverse population. The city has a strategy and tools to deal with diversity and cultural conflict. It encourages greater mixing and interaction between diverse groups in the public spaces.