European Coalition of Cities against Racism - ECCAR

🏆 Let's celebrate the winners of the ECCAR Award 2024! 🏆 🎉 We re-launched the ECCAR Awards during our General Conference to highlight exemplary good practices from our member cities. In total, 11 cities applied for the award, with Comune di Bologna, Schaerbeek 1030 Schaarbeek, Stadt Ingelheim, Stadt Zürich, Botkyrka kommun, and Diddeleng Ville de Dudelange making itas finalists to the second round. A huge congratulations to the winners whom our General Assembly voted on! 💐 🎖 Botkyrka kommun (Sweden; city category of more than 50,000 inhabitants) was awarded for its #TikTok campaign “Reimagining Place: Participatory Communications in the Context of Diversity”, which engaged the local youth from racialised communities. 🎖Diddeleng Ville de Dudelange (Luxembourg; city category of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) won the award for its project on cultural diversity titled “Month of Respect", #moisdurespect that addressed skills for communicating one’s ideas and feelings respectfully. You can read more about the Award and the selection process on our website, 👉 https://bitly.cx/FQuaE 📷 Joe Pohl

📢 Exciting news! ECCAR has launched a new chapter of its Toolkit for Equality, focusing on Equality Data Collection at the local level. This chapter provides practical, step-by-step guidance for cities of all sizes and capacities on how to collect and analyse data to combat racism and promote equality. 👉🏾 Collecting equality data is key in the fight against racism and we are proud to support our member cities with this comprehensive resource – by cities for cities. A special thanks to the European Research and Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC) for the great collaboration on this publication and to our Vice-presidency, Barcelona City Council, along with Stadt Köln, City Of Ghent, Stadt Graz, Stadt Heidelberg, stad Leuven, Nantes Métropole, Stadt Wien, Stadt Zürich for sharing your experiences, contributing to this vital publication. Check out the Toolkit here: https://bit.ly/3UaTecw #DataForEquality #InclusiveCities #CombatingRacism #ECCAR #EqualityData

20 years of local work against racism and still: we won't let Europa go backwards! Our historic General Conference, organized by Stadt Heidelberg, gathered more than 290 participants to Karlstorbahnhof e.V. on 23.-25.9.2024! For a glimpse into the three days, read the recap article on our website 🔗 https://shorturl.at/narxx and watch the Aftermovie below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eegWPgAj Movie credits: 📷&🎥: Joe Pohl & @pb_wildlife ✂️: Daniel Tihonov ...... Michaela Moua (she/her)Michael BischofVithyaah SubramaniamEvein ObulorLinda Hyökki, Ph.D.Jana ChristEssonmala Marie Paule Dominique N'GuessanAngelo CamufingoBENEDETTO ZACCHIROLIMurat SahinarslanFreya BuchbergerPierrette Dr. Herzberger-FofanaAyfer Yazkan KubalChanneh Maram JoofPriyanka Sood (she/her)Ari HeikkinenPanu ArtemjeffAntony PattathuManuela AndrichZeynep PirayeshBarcelona City CouncilKadıköy BelediyesiCEJI AEPJFederico Szarfer BarenblitDr James CarrEuropean Network Against Racism Aisbl (ENAR)Nourhene M.Kim SmouterEmmanuel Achiri, PhDIsabella MeierETC Graz | hosting the UNESCO CentreUNESCOLinda Tinio-Le Douarin Robin Sclafani

🎙️ Tupodcast live at the ECCAR General Conference! 🎙️ Empowerment, entertainment, education – the award-winning podcast by best-selling author Tupoka Ogette, is more than just a podcast: it's a safer space, an engaging workshop, a practical guide, and a powerful educational tool for anyone wanting to explore the topic of racism. 🎤 For this live edition at Karlstorbahnhof e.V., Tupoka Ogette will be joined by Michaela Moua (she/her), the first European Commission Anti-Racism Coordinator and former professional basketball player. Together, they’ll dive deep into discussions about resilience, healing, hope, and empowerment. It’s a rare opportunity to witness and learn how the world could look if Black women and their stories, strength, and contributions finally received the overdue space in our society. 🎶 Musical performances by Celina Bostic, featuring tracks from her latest album "Nie wieder leise" – German empowerment pop! 🎶 👉🏾 The evening will be opened by Heidelberg’s Deputy Mayor Stefanie Jansen alongside ECCAR’s Director Evein Obulor . While the podcast will primarily be in English, there will be simultaneous interpretation in German and French available for all attendees. 📌 Tickets: If you wish to attend only the Tupodcast live event, tickets are available here https://lnkd.in/e6W4ttk5 📌 To attend the entire ECCAR Conference, including this inspiring evening, register here https://lnkd.in/eTcttBTF

🌍 “Don’t Let Europe Go Backwards!” 🌍 Join us as Heidelberg’s Lord Mayor Eckart Würzner (Stadt Heidelberg) personally invites you to the ECCAR General Conference this September! 🎥✨ The City of Heidelberg is proud to host this year’s General Conference as part of Heidelberg's 10-year anniversary as a member of the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ECCAR), while ECCAR itself celebrates 20 years of impactful local actions against racism. 🏙️ 📅 From 23-25 September 2024, join us at Karlstorbahnhof e.V. for inspiring discussions, workshops, and exchanges with international experts on how cities can lead the way in safeguarding human rights and promoting inclusion. 👉 Discover the full program and register here: https://lnkd.in/eHc6WUFg 👉 Discover the personal invitation of Lord Mayor Eckart Würzner here: https://lnkd.in/e8QXrPAf Let’s come together to build #citiesforusall and ensure that Europe continues to move forward! 💪 #ECCAR2024 #Heidelberg #10YearsWithECCAR #CitiesAgainstRacism #HumanRights #InclusiveCities

🌍 Don't let Europe go backwards! Join Us in Heidelberg for the ECCAR General Conference! 🌍 Celebrate 20 years of local actions against racism with ECCAR and the City of Heidelberg (Stadt Heidelberg)! 🏙️ From September 23-25, 2024, we will gather at Karlstorbahnhof e.V. in Heidelberg to emphasize the crucial role cities play in safeguarding human rights. With the General Conference ECCAR celebrates its 20th anniversary. At a time when minorities in Europe face increasing challenges, it's more important than ever to come together and work towards inclusive cities for the future. 🤝 Get inspired, exchange ideas, and collaborate on European solutions to combat racism locally. Let's build #citiesforusall and ensure Europe does not go backwards! ✨ Learn more about the programme and register here! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHc6WUFg We look forward to seeing you there! 🙌 #ECCAR2024 #Heidelberg #CitiesAgainstRacism #HumanRights #InclusiveCities

🌍 Don't let Europe go backwards! Join Us in Heidelberg for the ECCAR General Conference! 🌍 Celebrate 20 years of local actions against racism with ECCAR and the City of Heidelberg (Stadt Heidelberg)! 🏙️ From September 23-25, 2024, we will gather at Karlstorbahnhof e.V. in Heidelberg to emphasize the crucial role cities play in safeguarding human rights. With the General Conference ECCAR celebrates its 20th anniversary. At a time when minorities in Europe face increasing challenges, it's more important than ever to come together and work towards inclusive cities for the future. 🤝 Get inspired, exchange ideas, and collaborate on European solutions to combat racism locally. Let's build #citiesforusall and ensure Europe does not go backwards! ✨ Learn more about the programme and register here! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHc6WUFg We look forward to seeing you there! 🙌 #ECCAR2024 #Heidelberg #CitiesAgainstRacism #HumanRights #InclusiveCities

🎉 Congratulations to our new ECCAR member city Primăria municipiului Chișinău for hosting the first European edition of the "Youth Bootcamp for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities" UNESCO. Thank you to Mayor Ion Ceban and his team for making this impactful week possible and bringing together young people from all across Europa to combat racism. 📢 Between August 11-17 over the course of five days, ECCAR president BENEDETTO ZACCHIROLI and ECCAR vice president Dr Ayfer Yazkan Kubal together with young participants from all over Europe discussed with experts, decision-makers and mentors through interactive workshops and hands-on exercises in the capital of Moldova how we can combat discrimination to promote more inclusive communities. As ECCAR we are happy and proud that the city of Chisinau is promoting #citiesforusall and strengthening the role of young people as crucial figures for local change in Europe. #YouthBootcamp #UNESCO #YouthForChange #CitiesForUsAll #ECCAR

Join this timely discussion between the European Commission, CSOs, and Public authorities pointing out concerns from different actors about the implementation of the new Digital Services Act #DSA. City administrations can benefit from learning about the implications of the #DSA on their work against #hatespeech.

🌍 Our ECCAR team, visited our member city Maó (Spain), Ajuntament de Maó, welcomed by Mayor Héctor Pons. The visit focused on sharing best practices, training municipal staff, and strengthening cooperation with civil society to combat racism. ➡ Maó, a proud member of ECCAR since 2009, is committed to addressing racism through comprehensive local action plans and is a model city in our EU fundeded project #ACTION. In this project ECCAR supports cities all across Europe in developing local action plans against racism. 👉🏾 During the visit, the importance of collaboration across different city departments was highlighted to effectively combat prejudice and ensure the support of political leadership. The afternoon's focus group discussion with local communities demonstrated the success of years-long cooperation and set the stage for Maó’s next local action plan. ✨ We are excited to continue our work towards a more inclusive and respectful future with the city of Maó, Ajuntament de Maó. To access more information about the visit check out our website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/euHRzyGT  #CitiesForUsAll #RacismPrevention #HumanRights #LocalActionPlans #ECCAR #ACTION #LocalPolicy #Diversity