COMBATING XENOPHOBIA, RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
ETHNIC MINORITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale) and Forum for Ethnic Relations, together with their local partners: Bulgarian Cultural Informative Centre Caribrod from Bosilegrad, Timok Club from Knjaževac and Centre for Peace and Reconciliation from Novi Pazar, have initiated this project of democracy in action with an intention to gather together minority leaders, representatives of local authorities, journalists and NGO activists in the following municipalities: Raška, Novi Pazar, Priboj, Prijepolje, Kladovo, Knjaževac, Zaječar and Bosilegrad.
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Introducing the existing legal framework for the protection of minorities |
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Introducing European minority protection standards |
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Enabling dialogue between members of different national communities about the problem of common concern |
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Promotion of tolerance and right to diversity |
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Exchange of experience in solving minority issues in different regions of Serbia |
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Starting new initiatives to improve minority rights implementation, i.e. local Ombudsman |
Training participants are citizens who are: |
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Devoted to building of a democratic society and promoting human rights |
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Actively participating in the work of the organs of local self-governance , non-governmental and other organiza tions of civil society, media and politi cal parties and movements |
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Willing to gain and further improve their knowledge |
Training courses are divided into four clusters covering following units: |
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Cluster 1: Minority Issue in a Multicultural Society |
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Cluster 2: Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management |
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Cluster 3: Decentralization and local Democracy |
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Cluster 4: Gender Issue and Minority Policy |
The project is jointly financed by European Comission and COOPI. |
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