Ref. REC-RRAC-HATE-AG-2018
TITLE: Restricted call for proposals for public authorities on preventing and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, and in particular hate crime and hate speech
OBJECTIVES
This call is aimed at supporting projects by public authorities of the Member States, be it at national, regional or local level, aimed at preventing and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, and in particular improving the authorities’ responses to hate crime and hate speech, by:
– designing and implementing policy actions, action plans and strategies at national, regional or local level to effectively prevent and combat racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance;
– developing tools and practices for the public authorities to achieve better implementation on the ground of relevant national legislation, in particular by ensuring effective identification, investigation, prosecution and sanctioning of hate speech and hate crime, and for enforcing the rights and ensuring a fair and adequate treatment of victims;
– improving recording and data collection on hate crime at national, regional or local level.
EXPECTED REULTS
- Curbing manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance across the EU, including incidents of hate crime and hate speech;
- Development and implementation of comprehensive policy actions and/or strategies to prevent and combat racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including, where relevant, by focusing on specific grounds;
- Strengthened cooperation and exchange of information between competent public authorities as well as other key actors such as civil society organisations and community representatives in the area of preventing and combating hate crime and hate speech;
- Improved knowledge and awareness of competent public authorities of the impact of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, and in particular hate crime and hate speech, of current trends and better understanding of the various forms of intolerance and of the legal framework, including rights of victims of hate crime and hate speech;
- Increased capacity of competent public authorities to effectively investigate, prosecute and adequately sentence hate crime and hate speech cases;
- Improved support to hate crime victims, better awareness of the rights of victims of hate crime and hate speech and increased number of reported hate crime and hate speech incidents;
- Improved methodologies on recording and collecting data on hate crimes, and enhanced comparability of data and statistics across the EU.
DEADLINE 27 September 2018
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Ref. REC-RRAC-ONLINE-AG-2018
TITLE: Call for proposals to monitor, prevent and counter hate speech online
OBJECTIVES: The call for proposals to monitor, prevent and counter hate speech online will support the following priorities:
– Projects aimed at development, studies and analyses of the sociological landscape and trends on hate speech online;
– Projects on developing online alternative and counter-narratives and promoting the development of critical thinking by Internet users;
– Projects aimed at countering illegal hate speech online on social platforms/Internet companies (As defined under national laws transposing the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law) and enhancing transparency on how manifestations of hate speech are addressed in the online world.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Curbing increasing trends of illegal hate speech on the Internet and contributing to better understanding how social media is used to recruit followers to the hate speech narrative and ideas;
- Improving data recording and establishment of trends, including on the chilling effects of illegal hate speech online, including when addressed to key democracy players, such as journalists;
- Strengthening cooperation between national authorities, civil society organisations and Internet companies, in the area of preventing and countering hate speech online;
- Empowering civil society organisations and grass-root movements in their activities countering hate speech online and in the development of effective counter-narratives;
- Increasing awareness and media literacy of the general public on racist and xenophobic online hate speech and boosting public perception of the issue.
DEADLINE 11 October 2018
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Ref. REC-RRAC-RACI-AG-2018
TITLE: Call for proposals to prevent and combat racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance
OBJECTIVES: The call is aimed at supporting projects focusing on preventing and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, by:
– improving responses to hate crime and hate speech, including but not limited to means of criminal law;
– supporting victims of hate crime and hate speech;
– preventing hatred by fostering tolerance and social cohesion.
Projects may, in this respect, be targeted to address the specificities of particular forms of intolerance, such as Antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, homophobia and transphobia, antigypsyism, xenophobia and anti-migrant hatred, Afrophobia, hate crimes against persons with disabilities.
Where relevant, proposals should take into account the focus and objectives of existing Commission’s policy initiatives, such as, for example, the work of the Commission Coordinator on combating Antisemitism (http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=50144) and the Commission Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred and intolerance (http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=50085).
Proposals building on the work of the EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance (http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?&item_id=51025) are of particular interest, in particular initiatives following up to thematic discussions held by the High Level Group on preventing and countering Afrophobia and antigypsyism.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Curbing manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance across the EU, including incidents of hate crime and hate speech;
- Increased capacity of national and local authorities and civil society and community actors to address issues related to racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including better respond to hate crime and hate speech;
- Improved support to hate crime victims, better awareness of the rights of victims of hate crime and hate speech and increased number of reported hate crime and hate speech incidents;
- Strengthened cooperation and exchange of information between competent national authorities and other key actors such as civil society organisations and community representatives in the area of preventing and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance;
- Effective prevention measures addressing manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance developed and implemented;
- Improved understanding and increased coalition building between communities;
- Increased awareness of the impact of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, of current trends and of existing responses, in particular among the general public, multipliers and community leaders, vulnerable groups and communities.
DEADLINE 04 October 2018
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Ref. REC-RDIS-DISC-AG-2018
TITLE: Call for proposals to support national or transnational projects on non-discrimination and Roma integration
OBJECTIVES
This call will aim to co-fund national or transnational projects tackling at least one of the following grounds of discrimination of Art. 19 TFEU: racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Respecting the principle of gender mainstreaming they should aim at:
- Fighting against discrimination based on sexual orientation in society and promoting the rights of LGBTI people.
- Promoting diversity management in the public and private sector: identification of existing practices, measurement of diversity management benefits, and awareness-raising. The proposed activities may be linked to the launch and implementation of Diversity Charters.
- Fighting against anti-gypsyism and various forms of discrimination of Roma – including spatial and schooling segregation, discrimination in (access to) employment and housing, forced evictions – through activities aiming to raise awareness and combat harmful stereotypes of Roma and thereby supporting their integration into mainstream society. Empowering Roma youth, women and children and promoting their participation in developing, implementing and monitoring policies affecting them. Supporting capacity building of Roma and pro-Roma civil society active at the local level.
- Fighting against discrimination based on race and/or ethnic origin (excluding hate speech): through activities contributing to the enforcement and effective implementation of Union law and policy, such as victims’ interest representation, independent monitoring and reporting.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- design, development and/or monitoring of national, regional, or local policies aimed to fight against discrimination and/or to promote equality and diversity at the workplace and/or in society;
- more effective implementation of the legislation on non-discrimination;
- increased stakeholders’ knowledge of EU, national, regional and local policies and legislation as well as administrative practices in the non-discrimination field, including practices and policies covering multiple discriminations;
- implementation of the LGBTI List of Actions[1], including fighting stereotypes and increase reporting of cases of discrimination based on sexual orientation;
- increased number of diversity charters and the number of companies affiliated to a charter;
- strengthened links between the academic/research community and the business world to quantify the benefits of diversity;
- implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, including fighting anti-gypsyism and various forms of discrimination, empowering Roma youth, women and children, supporting capacity-building of civil society active at the local level.
DEADLINE 09 October 2018
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Ref. REC-RDIS-NRCP-AG-2018
TITLE Restricted call for proposals to support National Roma platforms
OBJECTIVES
The priority of this restricted call for proposals for action grants is to support the setting up or reinforcing of national consultation processes in the Member States, through National Roma Platforms convened and managed by National Roma Contact Points (NRCPs).
NRCPs were appointed by Member States, in line with the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 (http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/files/roma_nationalcontactpoints_en.pdf) to coordinate the development and implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy, or integrated sets of policy measures within their broader social inclusion policies (thereafter: NRIS).
The objectives of the Platforms are:
- to empower the NRCPs in the process of Roma integration, to give them the necessary visibility towards all relevant stakeholders, whether at national, regional or local level, towards Roma and non-Roma communities;
- to ensure effective involvement of all relevant stakeholders (i.e. national, regional, local authorities, Roma and non-Roma communities including Roma youth and Roma women, Roma and pro-Roma non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private entrepreneurs, trade unions, professional associations, academia, Equality bodies, etc.) in decisions that affect Roma, taking into account the roles of each stakeholder;
- to improve multi-stakeholder participation, in particular participation of Roma in decisions that affect them;
- to strengthen multi-stakeholder accountability, commitment to, as well as ownership and transparency of the process of Roma integration;
- to boost the commitment to and effective implementation of integration measures at the local level with a view to improving the effective equal access of Roma to mainstream services and opportunities, as well as to local level community building between Roma and non-Roma;
- to address the gaps in the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy and the challenges which are specific to the national context;
- to feed reporting processes at national and EU level.
The following concrete activities might be included in the proposal:
- activities aimed at making stakeholder participation effective, including the identification of stakeholders, capacity building actions, integration of their inputs in shaping policies relevant to Roma integration;
- working meetings aiming at ensuring proper communication with all stakeholders;
- activities focusing on empowerment and participation of Roma youth and women organisations;
- organisation of an opening “Kick Off” meeting with participation of all relevant stakeholders (with balanced geographical coverage) in order to explain the process as well as the Member State’s approach towards Roma integration;
- organisation of topical discussions/focused group discussions/good practices working meetings, notably on education, employment, health, housing and anti-discrimination issues, which would address the needs/priorities/obstacles/challenges at national/ regional/local level;
- funding opportunities;
- Roma education and how best to advance the education of Roma children, involving educators, Roma parents, representatives of municipalities, social workers, Roma mediators, Roma assistants;
- the involvement of trade unions, private sector in increasing employability of Roma and on an integrated approach in the area of housing and health;
- activities aimed at facilitating dialogue between Roma and non-Roma communities and local authorities to explain the mutual benefits of Roma integration measures for both communities.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- increased number of the national Platforms seen as an integral component of the coordination and monitoring activities of the NRCPs to foster the process for dialogue, cooperation and coordination of stakeholders;
- increased capacity of national experts to address issues related to Roma integration;
- strengthened cooperation and exchange of information between competent national authorities and all other stakeholders in relation to Roma integration;
- improved knowledge on the legislation and administrative practices related to Roma integration.
DEADLINE 08 November 2018