WDLS-EU Organiser and Conference Manager
President of the Black European Women’s Council
Executive Director of AFRA- International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives

Beatrice Achaleke is organiser and conference manager of the World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe.
Beatrice the Founding Executive Director of AFRA - International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives (www.blackwomencenter.org), Initiator of the 1st Black European Women’s Congress, Vienna 2007 and of the Black European Women’s Council (www.bewnet.eu).
In 2008 she was the first Black Woman to stand for parliamentary elections in Austria. Furthermore, she is the formal President of ENARA - European Network Against Racism Austria.

Mrs. Achaleke has many years of training experience in the fields of: diversity management, intercultural communication, lobbying and networking, mentorship programms, anti-racism, migration and intergration, minorities and community empowerment as well as development policies. Beatrice Achaleke studied Sociology at the University of Vienna.

She was honoured with the MIA Award 2008 for her humanitarian and social engagement. In September 2008 she received the Official and Honorary Decoration of the Federal Republic of Austria for her commitment to Intercultural Dialog and in March 2009 she was hoboured with the Miriam Makeba African Diva Award for her engagement in the Empowerment of Black Women in Europe. In September 2009 she was honoured with the World Diversity Innovation Award from the World Diversity Leadership Council in Washington DC. The previous award winner of the prize was the former president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel.

Beatrice Achaleke is initiator of several award-winning projects in Austria. She is author of several articles on the above-mentioned topics and a frequent keynote speaker in Europe and on Austrian broadcasting programs.

She is the publisher of the book “Voices of Black European Women 1, challenges, reflections and strategies from the Vienna Congress”.
Beatrice Achaleke is mother of two children.

Beatrice Achaleke is the initiator and conference manager of the World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe, 2010, taking place in Vienna www.wdls.eu.