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A BELATED SHANA TOVA AND HAG SAMEACH TO OUR JEWISH READERS AND EID MUBARAK TO OUR MUSLIM READERS! WE HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A MONTH OF HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
5-day Religious Diversity & Anti-Discrimination Trainings for Adult EducatorsAre you involved in education and working with religiously diverse populations? CEJI is running two training sessions in 2008 offering adult educators tools for situations where religious diversity and discrimination are a concern. Register with your national agency before the 31 October deadline and become eligible for financial support to cover your participation! More...2-day Religious Diversity & Anti-Discrimination WorkshopsInterested in creating inclusive intercultural environments but not sure where to begin? CEJI is running two 2-day workshops using highly interactive and participatory methods to address diversity and discrimination issues related to religion. There are still places available on both the English-language and French-language workshops, to be held in Brussels in November. Open to all | More....____________________________________________
Launch of the European Platform for Jewish-Muslim Co-operationEstablished at the European Conference on Jewish Muslim Dialogue in April 2007, the Platform will be officially launched at an event to be held at the European Parliament on 27 November. All welcome, registration necessary | More....Platform Now Online!Download the Mapping Reports on Jewish-Muslim Dialogue, check out the latest news and sign the Declaration of Commitment. French-language version soon available! Click here to enter.____________________________________________
CEJI Annual Report 2006: Available nowClick here to read the Foreword and a brief summary of CEJI's activities in 2006Download the full report (PDF 1.12mb) ____________________________________________ CEJI Receives CoE Participatory StatusThe Council of Europe (CoE) recently decided to grant CEJI Participatory Status in its International NGO Conference. Having worked together with the CoE for a number of years, both directly and through EPTO, CEJI is glad to see this formal recognition of the relationship that was built between the organisations. Participatory Status will allow CEJI to participate in the NGO conferences of the CoE, enabling us to advocate more effectively for programmes and policies in the fields of education, diversity and anti-discrimination, strengthening our programmes and advocacy work.Read the CEJI press release announcing the decision (PDF 105kb) ____________________________________________ OSCE Conference on Intolerance and Discrimination against MuslimsFollowing the OSCE conferences on antisemitism, the Chair-in-Office of the OSCE organised a Conference on Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims on October 9 and 10 in Córdoba, Spain.CEJI’s Dialogue Co-ordinator, Ruth Friedman, attended the meeting, making CEJI the only Jewish NGO represented there. Bashy Quraishy, Chairperson of the European Platform for Jewish Muslim Co-operation was also present. Ruth’s address to the plenary can be found here (PDF 105kb). She also organised a side event introducing the Mapping Reports of Jewish Muslim Dialogue in 5 European Countries, which were also presented to the delegations of the countries covered in the reports. ____________________________________________ Extending the Reach of EU Equality LawsOn October 11 and 12, CEJI attended a meeting on extending the reach of the EU’s anti-discrimination legislation. The meeting was held at the European Parliament and organised by the European Commission, making this the first formal meeting on increasing the EU’s legal protections in this area.Luis Manuel Pínto, CEJI’s Educational Adviser, spoke at this meeting about his personal experiences of discrimination. Click here (PDF 39kb) to read the text of his speech. Background In the year 2000 the EU adopted two Equality Directives. The Employment Equality Directive (EC/2000/78) protects Europeans from discrimination in the workplace and during hiring, on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Racial Equality Directive (EC/2000/43), while only covering racial and ethnic discrimination, provides protection in the fields of employment, education and access to goods, services and social security. Currently, a number of anti-racism and grass-roots organisations including CEJI is advocating for the extension of the protection provided by the Racial Equality Directive to other grounds of discrimination. This meeting, the first formal meeting on the issue, follows the consultation held by the Commission, which was mentioned in the previous CEJI Flash. We would like to thank those among you who contributed to this consultation! This is only the first step towards a more integrated approach to anti-discrimination law at the European level, and CEJI will keep up its advocacy work to achieve this step towards a continent free from bigotry. We will keep you up-to-date on future developments, and hope that we can count on your support in this. For details about how to support our work, please click here. For more details about CEJI’s Advocacy work visit our Advocacy page or contact Policy Officer Gidon van Emden. ____________________________________________ CEJI at the European Journalism CentreThe European Journalism Centre invited CEJI Director Robin Sclafani to speak to a group of Israeli journalists on the topic of ‘Integrating Europe’s Minorities: The Fight Against Islamophobia and Antisemitism’ (9 October 2007)Download the Programme (PDF 89kb) ____________________________________________ EPTO NewsEPTO Summer Conference 2007: Wexford, 1-4 September
Euro Med Training Course on Religious Diversity and Anti-Discrimination
____________________________________________ Staff NewsWe are pleased to welcome two new faces to the CEJI office!
‘I have known EPTO since its beginning and I have been following the great things and interesting projects it has been involved in throughout Europe. EPTO has grown up a lot in terms of visibility, recognition, the number of people involved. It will be a very challenging task to keep high the energy, to improve the vitality of our network, to efficiently co-operate for a common goal: a better Europe with less discrimination and freer people!’
We also congratulate Luís Manuel Pinto on his new position as Educational Advisor for CEJI, to which he brings his valuable experience as the previous EPTO European Co-ordinator. We have also said goodbyes in the past month: Sandra Carmel worked with us for a year on the training module on Religious Diversity & Anti-Discrimination, and Vova Chornohal spent six months as EPTO Assistant. We wish them both the very best for the future. ____________________________________________ Upcoming Events
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