ECAR European Cities against Racism

More than half of Berlin’s inhabitants have already seen or been involved in a situation in which someone has been discriminated against. More than two thirds of victims of discrimination have spoken to someone about their experiences. Only a small percentage has however contacted a public authority or an organisation. This demonstrates that combating racism and ethnic discrimination is something that concerns all of Berlin’s inhabitants.

Our project “ECAR – European cities against racism” contributes to this aim. It is implemented jointly with the LADS. The BGZ has taken on the project management and transnational coordination. The partnership consists of 10 municipalities and NGOs from four countries. The precise aim of the project is to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of local strategies and action against racism, to make it available for cities across Europe and to strengthen the cooperation of the cities in the network.

• Further development of the local action plan against racism and ethnic discrimination and evaluation of existing measures
• Empowerment workshops and development of empowerment strategies
• Conference on “Engagement of administration and civil society against racism”
• The development of sustainable networks of representatives from administration and civil society

Berlin is a member of the Steering Committee of the ECCAR (European Coalition of Cities against Racism) since November 2011. This position allows Berlin to have an intensive exchange with European cities on strategies in the fight against racism and ethnic discrimination.

Please click on the links below to see the anti-racism video spots:

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