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The European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

stands up against racism and discrimination

and advocates for equality, solidarity and

well-being for all in Europe. We connect local

and national anti-racist NGOs throughout

Europe and act as an interface between our

member organisations and the European

institutions. We voice the concerns of ethnic

and religious minorities in European and

national policy debates.

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2012 will be a year we’ll remember. For three main reasons:

First: ENAR and its members man-aged to finalise the adoption and start the implementation of a new governance model aimed at rejuve-nating the democratic functioning of the organisation, as well as re-rooting its representativeness among organi-sations representing victims of racism

and related discrimination. As a result, ENAR decided to reset its previous membership of 700+ members across Europe to zero and to launch an entirely new application process to ensure members of the new Network fully endorse ENAR’s mandate and modus operandi. In less than six months, about 100 members had joined ENAR, with around 45% of totally new members that had never been engaged with ENAR in the past 15 years. ENAR members can be proud of having driven the organisation safely through such a dangerous and difficult change process that will probably become a case study for the representativeness of civil society interests in Europe. Few organisations, maybe even none, have taken such a risk to en-sure they keep being the strong voice of their constituency in times of hardship.

Second: All the hard work, the lengthy consultation processes across the membership, formally and informally, through re-gional seminars, country visits or during statutory meetings, have given way to a broader society vision whereby full equal-ity, solidarity and well-being should be achieved for all. In a way, this is the essence of the numerous motivations that keep ENAR members fighting racism and related discrimination despite all odds. This new vision has led to a reorganisation of our core priorities around employment and the fight against toxic racist discourses, their political articulation, but also the strategies to counter them through our progressive narrative. It has also given rise to a very structured theory of change, a long-term action plan with clear-cut policy objectives and how

to go about them. As a result of the hard work of the past years, we have raised ENAR’s profile in the mainstream media, civil society and the European institutions. This trend is further con-firmed in 2013. Although we face fiercer opposition from ex-tremists groups and more intense scrutiny from their political emanations, this reinforces our conviction that ENAR is where it should be: leading political battles, framing the discussions, spreading narratives, and equipping activists, political leaders as well as citizens and residents with relevant ammunition to reclaim our progressive world view.

Third: ENAR managed to build on its rejuvenated structure and strategy to engage successfully with a number of key funders, which have consequently agreed to support our work again. This has brought more stability to look into the funding chal-lenges of the coming years, but more importantly has enabled us to focus on our core business: advancing racial equality for all in Europe.

We are enjoying renewed success, commitment and drive for the better. Let’s keep up the good work!

Michael Privot, ENAR Director

A word from the Director

“Migration has always been, and will always be, a part of what makes Europe. I look upon it primarily as an asset - giving individual people the chance to improve their lives and giving European countries a way to strengthen their economies. Europe must therefore embrace those oppor-tunities and take advantage of the benefits that migration brings - both cultural and economic. By working closely together with our partner countries to the East and South, and with the key stakeholders here in Europe, we can and must ensure that migration is indeed a force for innova-tion, a force for growth, and a force for good in the world.”

Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, 25 June 2012

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2012 in a nutshell

organised 5 key events on a range of topics: the launch of the 2010-2011 Shadow Report on Racism in Europe; a conference on asset-building and ethnic minorities; a conference on promoting a progressive narrative on equality and diver-sity in Europe; a symposium on varieties of European racism(s); and the fourth meeting of ENAR’s Equal@work initiative

took part in some 100 key EU and national events as speaker, moderator or participant

issued 11 policy responses

and 4 major publications

kept thousands of subscrib-ers informed on anti-racism in Europe every week

issued 38 press releases on a wide range of EU and national issues and developments

had on average 3 mentions in the media per week

gathered 80,000visits to its websites

fully reset its membership to zero in July and

attracted 134 new member organisations since then

In 2012 ENAR:

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2012 was a year of major change for ENAR as it launched a complete overhaul of its governance and membership struc-ture. The aim is to rejuvenate a strong anti-racism movement in Europe based on a vibrant membership, which feels com-mitted to its mission and vision.

Our new governance model, approved at our June General Assembly, ensures a stronger and more direct link between ENAR Europe and its grassroots members by increasing the level of participation of member organisations in the decision making process and in ENAR’s advocacy strategy. In addition, an annual membership fee has been introduced, as a way of ensuring a strengthened two-way type of commitment.

A call for membership was launched in July, requiring all for-mer ENAR members to reapply in order to confirm their ac-tive engagement and involvement in ENAR’s activities under the new scheme. ENAR now has 134 full members in 28 EU and EEA Member States, 55% of which are totally new to the Network.

In addition, ENAR’s Chair and Director visited 19 National Coordinations in 2012 to ensure that all members of the net-work were familiar with ENAR’s new organisational configu-ration and to build the momentum and ownership around

these changes. These proved to be immensely valuable for the resilience of the network and for generating interest from potential new members.

Further, ENAR changed into a “content-based network”, able to bring to the fore the gist of its members’ expertise on any given topic to ensure the highest quality advocacy possible. ENAR has also reinforced its position as a “convening power” able to bring together all types of stakeholders committed to an equal, diverse and racism-free Europe.

A new ENAR is born

“Politicians need to work on dialogue be-

tween communities instead of adopting a

discourse and restrictive policies that curtail

the human rights of all individuals and that

have a potential to fuel violence and hate

crimes.”

23 March 2012

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Developing a progressive narrative on equality and diversity

ENAR believes that the development of sound leg-islation fostering racial equality cannot be achieved without the support of a “progressive narrative” that ensures the generation of a culture of human rights and respect within the broader community by telling the forgotten “positive side of the story” of our diverse Europe. This must incorporate the immense contribu-tion throughout history of migrants and ethnic and religious minorities in Europe.

The idea of this progressive narrative emerged in re-sponse to the growing popularity of far-right ideolo-gies and discourses, including in mainstream political discourses, with the result that hostility to migrants and ethnic and religious minorities has been on the in-crease in Europe over the last couple of decades, and is further fuelled by the current economic crisis.

We want to deconstruct the existing idea of Europe’s homogeneity, to embrace and promote the notion of a heterogeneous, inclusive and cohesive society, which acknowledges and values diverse cultures, ethnicities, races, religions, genders, as well as many other distin-guishing “characteristics of difference”. We want to at-tain full equality and solidarity, allowing all members of society, whatever their skin colour, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation, to participate and be included in society.

In 2012, we further developed this progressive narra-tive by engaging in discussions with our members on a forward looking manifesto aiming to set a framework for achieving full equality, solidarity and well-being by 2030 as well as avenues for action, as part of the

June General Assembly. We produced an internal “re-source guide” on the progressive narrative on equality and diversity to foster ongoing dialogue and exchange within the network and beyond. We are proud to see that the President of the European Commission himself has recently acknowledged the urgent need for such a narrative for Europe.

ENAR published an ENARgy webzine on our progres-sive narrative in March, which focused on ENAR‘s in-ternal work in developing the narrative, and presented some interesting similar initiatives by external stake-holders. We also created a dedicated narrative web-page on our website. It provides a clear explanation of the narrative’s aim and vision and information on ENAR actions and resources, as well as links to other interest-ing ‘narrative’ projects. A special section of the Weekly Mail entitled ‘Progressive stories on diversity’ was also created to offer readers positive news linked to ENAR’s progressive narrative.

Highlights of the year

“Ethnic minorities and migrants, whatever

their educational background and their level

of achievement in societies, compose a huge

pool of talents, creativity and resilience that

could contribute to putting European econo-

mies back on their feet.”

14 November 2012

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We also produced a publi-cation on the topic “Hidden Talents, Wasted Talents? The real cost of neglecting the positive contribution of migrants and ethnic minorities” to promote and provide evidence of the positive contributions migrants and ethnic and religious minorities make to Europe. It focuses on nu-merous areas in which mi-grants bring their positive

and valuable inputs culturally, socially, politically and eco-nomically. The publication also highlights, by contrast, the uncalculated losses incurred by failing to recognise and value these innumerable talents - which impact Europe’s resilience in times of crisis, its lack of collective creativity and well-being.

A space for dialogue between academics, equality experts and civil society activists: ENAR Symposium on the Varieties of European Racism(s)

How do older and emerging forms of racism coexist and manifest themselves in Europe today? What is the impact for the communities affected? How can we influence rac-ist and xenophobic attitudes and discourses and develop more effective policies to counter them? ENAR gathered experts from NGOs and academia as well policy makers to address these important questions in a two-day sympo-sium on the “Varieties of European racism(s)” in September - in partnership with the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) and with the support of the Open Society Foundations. It provided a space for these stakeholders to discuss the

various understandings of racism and strategise ways to influence public attitudes and bring about structural changes to achieve inclusive and equal societies. One of the main conclusions emerging from these discussions was the need for anti-racist activists, academics and state actors to join forces and build coalitions to counter rac-ist and discriminatory attitudes and practices throughout Europe.

Based on the discussions during the symposium, ENAR published a collection of essays entitled “Recycling hatred: racism(s) in Europe today. A dialogue between academics, equality experts and civil society activists”. It provides evi-dence of new and different forms of racism and addresses some of the challenges linked to institutional racism; for instance, quantifying racism, monitoring equality, deal-ing with hate crime and hate speech offenders, ensuring effective access to justice for victims, protecting human rights defenders, curtailing ethnic/racial profiling and oth-er forms of state racism. Thematic video clips were also produced to raise publicity around the publication.

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Hidden talents, wasted talents ?

The real cost of neglecting the positive contribution of migrants and ethnic minorities

ENAR Symposium on the Varieties of European Racism(s), 27-28 September 2012

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Ensuring Roma inclusion across the EU

ENAR engaged in advocacy work in this field as part of the European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC). We took over the rotating chairmanship of the ERPC during the first half of 2012, which implied the coordination of the Coalition’s activities with the support of Amnesty International and the European Roma Information Office (ERIO).

A key highlight of our work was our assessment of the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies, which resulted in a publication composed of desk research, results of interviews, analysis and recommendations regarding 17 countries. The study reveals the lack of targeted measures to combat anti-Gypsyism and of meaningful participation of Roma and civil society in the execution of the National Roma Integration Strategies. We welcomed the European Commission’s own assessment of the strategies,

highlighting important shortcomings and the need for improvement, as many of the strategies reflected a complete lack of political will.

The ERPC had numerous meetings with Member State representatives, the European Commission and the European Parliament, and it sent letters and issued press statements. It also took part in the European Platform for Roma Inclusion’s meeting on 21 March and prepared and facilitated the pre-platform meeting with NGO and Roma stakeholders. In addition, ENAR finalised and adopted a General Policy Paper on Roma inclusion, which was disseminat-ed to our members and wider stakeholders. It proposes four key principles that should underline actions for Roma inclusion:

1. A positive political discourse must be promoted.2. Respect and effective exercise of fundamen-

tal rights must be the basis of Roma inclusion policies.

3. Active citizenship is essential to Roma inclusion and civic participation must be enhanced.

4. Effective policy making and implementation must be ensured at all levels.

Sandro Weltin / © Council of Europe

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Monitoring racism in Europe: ENAR Shadow Reports

ENAR’s yearly Shadow Reports on Racism in Europe are a compilation of information and data collected by our member organisations and thus fill the gaps in the of-ficial and academic data. They offer an NGO perspec-tive on the realities of racism in the EU and its Member States.

We launched our 2010-11 European Shadow Report on 21 March 2012, International Day Against Racism, by organising a press conference and a roundtable event in the European Parliament, in collaboration with the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup. ENAR’s 2010-2011 Shadow Reports cover 27 countries (including Turkey). They identify commu-nities vulnerable to racism and present an overview of manifestations of racism and discrimination in a range of areas, as well as an assessment of the legal and po-litical context. As 2011 was the UN International Year of people of African descent, special attention was de-voted to the ways in which racism and racial discrimi-nation impact the lives of this particular group across Europe.

The roundtable involved representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well as EU civil society, academics, and representatives from permanent representations to the EU. The discus-sion focused on one of the key findings of the European Shadow Report, namely the increasing spread of far-right ideologies in Europe. This was the opportunity to jointly launch our publication “Far-right parties and discourse in Europe: a challenge for our times”.

ENAR Shadow Report 2010-2011

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“Fighting anti-Gypsyism and taking effective

measures to tackle discrimination must be at

the core of the Roma integration strategies.

This is all the more urgent in a climate of ris-

ing hostility towards Roma across Europe.”

23 May 2012

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To ensure that progressive political debates about equality, solidarity and redistribution can take place again in Europe, we need to de-legitimise racist and xenophobic discourses in the political and media are-nas. This is the core of ENAR’s “progressive narrative”.

In 2012, ENAR organised a debate in June on “How to challenge xenopho-bic ideologies leading to Racism and Exclusion in Europe?”. This debate used an innovative “fishbowl” methodology to foster dy-namic participation from all participants. The event brought together over 60 participants, including lo-cal and EU-level politicians (an MEP, an EP intergroup manager and a couple of

Brussels regional Members of Parliament), researchers, NGO representatives, representatives from the European Commission, and other relevant stakeholders. This debate called on participants to work together, to reflect on the success of European populist movements, and to engage in finding solutions and building partnerships to put an end to the spread of racist ideologies.

The event also includ-ed a visit to the market of Anderlecht, to view the “Mixtus” exhibition, which was supported by ENAR. The Mixtus exhibition is the result of a collabo-rative effort of graphic designers, photographers, scenog-raphers, and individuals interested in promoting future approaches for recognising and enjoying the benefits of diversity.

ENAR also published an ENARgy webzine on “Breivik: one year later”, in which we examined the impact of the kill-ings by Anders Breivik in Norway, Breivik’s trial, as well as wider trends in extremist movements, counter-terrorism and hate crime.

Delegitimising and countering racist and xenophobic discourses

“Far-right ideologies are a danger for the

whole of society and not only for minori-

ties, as the Oslo killings showed. We need

to hammer home this fact and focus on en-

suring that all members of society, whatever

their skin colour, gender, religion, disability

or sexual orientation, are treated equally and

are fully included in society.”

22 March 2012

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ENAR’s pioneering Equal@work initiative brings together businesses committed to diversity and inclusion, trade unions, public employers, EU institutions and ENAR members to find solutions so that ethnic and religious minorities can fully participate in the labour market. These actors share best practices and engage in a con-structive dialogue to bring forward concrete solutions for promoting equality in employment, from the local to the European level.

We published and disseminated the report of the 3rd Equal@work meeting on reasonable accommodation of cultural diversity in the workplace, which took place in December 2011. It presents an overview of the discus-sions and puts forward key recommendations to the EU institutions, Member States, the private sector and social partners to improve practices of reasonable accommoda-tion of cultural diversity in the workplace.

ENAR also hosted its 4th Equal@work meeting on the theme: “How EU policies support or hinder the hir-ing of migrants in Europe” in December, in collabora-tion with the Institute of European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. The meeting provided a platform to brainstorm on innova-tive solutions for hiring third country national migrants.

In the realm of the Equal@work initiative, we organised national level meetings in France and Sweden to dis-cuss the development of a mentoring programme with business partners, members of the civil society and local

researchers in those countries. Following these meetings, ENAR initiated the “Equal@work Mentoring Programme” as a pilot project in Sweden, targeted at young graduates from ethnic minority backgrounds with an academic de-gree or equivalent diploma. This project aims to encour-age an informal support relationship between the men-tor (a business professional with valuable experience) and the mentee to foster personal development and professional skills and accelerate the career of the men-tee. Sodexo European Headquarters and its subsidiary CIRCLES in Sweden agreed to be partners in this initiative. This pilot project is currently in implementation and oth-er business partners have agreed to test the programme in 2013.

ENAR is also on the Steering Committee of the “Diversity Charters Platform”, which focuses particularly on diversity management in businesses, including encouraging diver-sity charters and/or diversity labels as a tool to that effect.

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“Politicians must convey the message that

equal access to jobs, housing and schooling

are crucial to build a prosperous and cohe-

sive society - all the more so in an economic

crisis. We cannot afford to leave whole sec-

tions of the population on the sidelines.”

21 March 2012

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ENAR continued, in collaboration with other anti-dis-crimination networks, to call on the EU Council and EU Presidencies to finally adopt the EU Equal Treatment Directive, which would ban discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, age, sexual orientation and disabil-ity in access to goods and services, housing and edu-cation. This proposal has been blocked at EU Member State level since 2008.

We also carried out an assessment of the transposition of the Race Equality Directive in view of the European Commission’s implementation report due to be pub-lished in 2013. Pilot reports were prepared for Bulgaria and Italy, looking at how the Directive has been trans-posed in national legislation and whether it has made a difference in practice for victims of racial discrimina-tion. We also included a review of the equality bodies and challenges related to victims accessing justice.

In addition, ENAR supported and disseminated in-formation about a campaign to stop ethnic profiling

launched by some of its German member organisa-tions in 2012. This campaign attracted wide support in Germany and beyond. In this way, we jointly raised attention to the challenges of racial/ethnic profiling as a form of institutional racism.

Focus on racism and discrimination against people of African descent

While keeping its universal and generalist approach to anti-racism, ENAR is advocating for the EU to adopt targeted strategies for widely excluded communi-ties, including Black Europeans and people of African descent.

In 2012, ENAR issued a fact sheet on people of African descent that highlights the particular challenges they face throughout Europe in terms of discrimina-tory practices. It was released on the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August.

Protecting ethnic and religious minorities’ right to non-discrimination

“It is unacceptable that an estimated

7,000,000 individuals of African descent

living in Europe are treated as second class

human beings every day because of their

skin colour. European and national decision

makers need to take immediate steps to end

this situation of systematic discrimination

against Black people in Europe.”

23 August 2012

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ENAR also reacted to a case of anti-Black racism and structural discrimination in Sweden in April. We con-demned the Swedish Minister for Culture for accepting to cut a cake depicting a stereotypical racist represen-tation of a black woman being genitally mutilated, at the launch of an art installation at the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art. This incident was deeply in-sulting to people who suffer racist taunts on a daily basis and particularly to women who are affected by female genital mutilation.

We called on the Minister to recognise her role in con-tributing to structural racism by joining in this activity and underlined the urgent need to reinvest in anti-rac-ist activities at both local and national levels. ENAR also mobilised its network to take part in silent protests in front of Swedish representations across Europe, includ-ing in Brussels, to raise awareness of structural discrim-ination and racism against people of African descent. ENAR met Swedish Ambassador to Belgium H.E. Ulrika Sundberg to deliver the protest letter and to discuss the need to recognise that structural discrimination is pervasive, with people of African descent being par-ticularly discriminated against in Sweden.

ENAR further consulted its members in the process of devising its General Policy Paper on people of African descent and Black Europeans due to be adopted in 2013.

Ensuring EU funding for anti-racism and migrants’ rights

ENAR drafted a number of letters and statements, to-gether with other anti-discrimination networks, to raise concerns about future funding possibilities for European equality networks under the new Rights and Citizenship programme of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework. We also co-signed a civil society statement on the future EU funding in the area of migration and asylum.

“Any initiative that fuels hatred against a

specific group on the basis of their ethnic

or national origin will sooner or later have

a concrete impact on individuals’ lives - in-

cluding on the majority population.”

14 May 2012

ENAR demonstration in front of the Swedish embassy in Brussels, 4 May 2012

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Racist violence is often recorded as any other similar incident without taking the racist motive into account, and worse, victims of racist violence sometimes become the subject of investigation or are made to feel that the harassment is self-provoked. That’s why ENAR advocates for strong legal instruments and political commitment to combat racist crime and hate speech.

In 2012, we developed a letter campaign with our mem-ber organisations, calling on national governments to fur-ther monitor hate speech and the application of effective sanctions. We also reacted to a number of hate killings and racist murders by issuing press releases calling for racist crime to be strongly condemned.

ENAR continued working within a coalition of NGOs to ensure the proposed EU Victims’ Directive achieves its aim of strengthening the rights of all victims in the EU, includ-ing victims of hate crime. Our joint advocacy work was a success as the Directive adopted in October 2012 takes the specific needs of hate crime victims into account and protects victims regardless of their residence status.

Responding to racist violence and hate crime

“The European Parliament’s vote is a great

step forward in protecting victims of hate

crime in the most appropriate way, and in

making sure that irregular migrants - the

most vulnerable - are not abandoned to their

fate if they fall victim to a crime.”

12 September 2012

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Ethnic minority groups are more at risk of experiencing poverty and becoming socially excluded, because pov-erty and social exclusion are also caused by structural inequalities and discrimination. ENAR therefore wants to see both the EU and national governments show more commitment to their social and economic inclusion.

In March, ENAR organised a con-ference on financial inclusion to raise attention to the struc-tural barriers that often prevent ethnic minority people from receiving loans, fair credit rat-ings etc., in cooperation with the Runnymede Trust (UK) and fund-ed by Levi Strauss Foundation. Policy makers and economists as well as minorities themselves - many of whom have become successful entrepreneurs - re-

flected on the significance of financial inclusion policies as a means by which to increase European growth and innovation.

ENAR continued to advocate the need to address the link be-tween discrimination and poverty and to tackle the specific barriers to inclusion faced by ethnic and religious minorities and migrants. We did this in the European Platform Against Poverty and Social Exclusion Stakeholder Dialogue, as well as in meetings organised by the European Commission on the implementation of the Flagship Initiatives on inclusive growth.

ENAR was also a key partner in the “Creating a Level Playing Field” project, running over 2011-12, which supports sports and specialised organisations in facilitating access to sport for ethnic minorities and migrants. ENAR played an impor-tant role by informing the partners about mainstreaming anti-discriminatory practices in the field of sports. We also

contributed our expertise to the project’s book of good practices and recommendations to encourage social in-clusion of migrants and ethnic minorities in sports.

ENAR issued a fact sheet on structural discrimination in employment.

2012 European Year of Active Ageing

2012 was the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and ENAR actively en-gaged in this Year. One of our main objectives was to raise awareness on the specific challenges faced by older ethnic minorities and migrants in Europe. This had some impact, as the EU Council Declaration on the European Year underlines that op-portunities for active ageing need to

be fostered for all groups of older people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, cultural background and possible disability. In addi-tion, the second place in the category for audio-visual media of the European Year 2012 Awards went to the film “Active Old – A Motivational Film for Elderly Migrants”. We were also a member of the European Year 2012 Coalition, a network of organisa-tions promoting the objectives of the Year.

We issued our messages for the 2012 Year, calling on the EU to address the challenges faced by older ethnic minor-ities and migrants, and to develop targeted measures to improve their situation in Europe. We also drafted a joint paper on the specific situation of elderly migrants, in col-laboration with AGE Platform Europe, and published an ENARgy webzine on active ageing and intergenerational solidarity between generations among migrants and eth-nic and religious minorities.

Improving the social and economic inclusion of ethnic and religious minorities

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ENAR continued to push the EU and its Member States to adopt a progressive and human rights-based approach to migration and integration policies and ensure equal treat-ment for third country nationals.

We responded to the European Commission’s consulta-tion on the right to family reunification of third-coun-try nationals living in the European Union. We called on the EU not to reopen the Directive for review as this may result in further restricting the rights of migrant families. Instead, we urged Member States to imple-ment current provisions properly and the EU to launch infringement procedures against those Member States who fail to do so.

We monitored developments in the EU Council and European Parliament in relation to the proposed Directive on seasonal workers. ENAR, together with PICUM, SOLIDAR and other organisations, sent a letter to MEPs ahead of a vote on the Directive urging them to improve the safe-guards for social protection, decent work and adequate housing standards for third country seasonal workers.

We also sent a joint NGO letter to MEPs to raise our concerns on a proposal for a Regulation to establish a European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) that would lead to an integrated management system for ex-ternal borders. We urged them to guarantee the funda-mental rights of all migrants and asylum seekers within this system.

In addition, we co-hosted a meeting on “Migrants and the Right to Equal Treatment in Cyprus”, together with PICUM, KISA, AEDH, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Cyprus, the European Commission Representation in Cyprus, and the Office of the European Parliament in Cyprus. The meeting had a positive impact enlarging a public debate on this issue in Cyprus.

We took part in the meetings of the European Integration Forum in June and November, where we raised attention to the fact that structural discrimination hinders the suc-cessful integration of third country nationals.

Promoting a human rights based approach to migration

“Naturalisation has a positive impact on mi-

grants’ integration in the EU labour market

and it has been proven that migrants don’t

take EU nationals’ jobs. Why then are so

many European politicians unwilling to fos-

ter citizenship for immigrants?”

10 December 2012

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ENAR members figure among the numerous human rights defenders acting and speaking out against racism and ethnic and religious discrimination in Europe. In so doing, they often put at risk their own safety and that of their families and/or are criminalised for their work. We therefore urged the EU and Member State governments to show political will to support and protect them as much as they do to support our colleagues outside the EU.

We published an ENARgy webzine on the situation of human rights defenders in the EU, raising attention to the need to apply protective measures for human rights defenders in Europe as many Member States are failing their duty to protect their citizens who are active against violence.

We also engaged in a campaign on the situation of hu-man rights defenders within the EU, following the legal proceedings that were launched in Cyprus against Doros Polycarpou, Director of ENAR member organisation KISA, in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Human

Rights Network (EMHRN), the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and Migreurop. On 5 November 2010, participants at a far-right demonstration against migrants and refugees in Larnaca, Cyprus attacked KISA’s multicultural Rainbow Festival. The police did not take the necessary measures to avoid the foreseeable clash and several festival-goers were seriously injured as a result, one of whom was stabbed. In March 2011, legal proceedings were launched by the police, falsely accusing Doros Polycarpou of pro-voking violence while he was trying to protect peaceful festival-goers. ENAR, EMHRN, PICUM and Migreurop, sup-ported by several other European NGOs, issued state-ments and letters calling for the criminal charges against Doros Polycarpou to be dropped and expressing concerns regarding the unfairness of the prosecution as well as the seriousness of growing racism in the country. Our action proved successful as charges against Doros Polycarpou were finally dropped in June 2012.

Protecting human rights defenders

“Strong EU legislation would improve the

dire conditions in which many people in sea-

sonal employment are forced to work and

live. These workers contribute to the EU’s

economy and there’s no reason why they

shouldn’t have the same working conditions

and social rights as EU workers.”

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EU institutions

ENAR worked and cooperated with key officials in the European Commission, in particular in the Directorates-General for Justice; for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion; and for Home Affairs. We also continued to have a productive relationship with the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.

ENAR continued to work in close cooperation with the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup to ensure anti-racism issues were high on the European Parliament’s agenda, and developed contacts with other key MEPs working on these issues.

ENAR also worked to shape the policy agenda of the presidencies of the EU. We issued our Memorandum to the Danish Presidency in January and to the Cypriot Presidency in July. Both included concrete recommenda-tions in a number of current policy areas on how to en-sure equality and non-discrimination for all in Europe.

Other key stakeholders

ENAR further developed its relations with a wide range of stakeholders in the field of anti-racism and anti-discrimi-nation, including the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

We for instance welcomed UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xen-ophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, to our office to meet with Brussels-based civil society representatives with the view to engage in dialogue and

identify current challenges in Europe. He also delivered the keynote speech at our Symposium on Varieties of European racism(s).

We also continued our cooperation with sister organisa-tions (AGE, ILGA, EDF, EWL, the Social Platform and the European Anti-Poverty Network), and with other organi-sations working in the fields of anti-racism and human rights, in particular ERIO and Amnesty International, notably in the framework of the European Roma Policy Coalition. ENAR deepened its partnership with trade un-ions in the framework of its Equal@work initiative. ENAR also took part in the NGO Platform on migration and asylum.

ENAR further developed its links with the business sector through a privileged relationship with a number of com-panies (Adecco Group, Ernst&Young, Le Groupe La Poste, L’Oréal and Sodexo), as well as through contacts with sectoral representatives such as Business Europe and CSR Europe.

Engaging with stakeholders

ENAR meeting with UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Mutuma Ruteere,

26 September 2012

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Communication

Media relations

Media coverage is critical for getting our message across. ENAR continued to improve its relations with the Brussels-based media. In 2012, we issued 38 press releases and state-ments on a wide range of issues, including Roma inclusion, racist discourses and ideologies in Europe and migrants’ rights.

Our work has been covered on radio and television, and in print and online media across Europe and beyond on a num-ber of topics, in particular our Shadow Report on Racism in Europe, far right discourses in Europe, migration and the Roma. Coverage has ranged from appearances on Euronews, Al-Jazeera English and Arabic, Sky News Arabia, Radio France and Russia Today, to mentions of our work and positions in European Voice, New Europe, EU Observer, Euractiv, Agence France Presse, United Press International, Spiegel International, Irish Times, Metro, La Libre Belgique, Ekathimerini, Inter-Press Service, among others. ENAR also contributed articles to vari-ous magazines and newsletters.

Communication tools and publications

ENAR’s website continues to attract a growing number of visi-tors. It is a window for ENAR and plays a key role in promoting-our work. ENAR also has Facebook and Twitter accounts,

which have growing numbers of followers and are another way of making our work and positions known to the wider public. ENAR’s weekly mail, published each week on the web-site, kept subscribers informed of the latest European news and developments related to anti-racism.

Our ENARgy webzine continues to provide analysis on a the-matic basis and to stimulate debate on anti-racism and equal rights.

ENAR published 4 reports in 2012: • “Far-rightpartiesanddiscourseinEurope:Achallenge

for our times”; 1

• “ReportofENAR’s thirdEqual@workmeetingonpro-moting equality in employment”; 2

• “Recycling Hatred: Racism(s) in Europe Today - ADialogue between Academics, Equality Experts and Civil Society Activists”; 3

• “HiddenTalents,WastedTalents?The real costofne-glecting the positive contribution of migrants and eth-nic minorities”; 4

1 For more information, see p. 7.2 For more information, see p. 9.3 For more information, see p. 5.4 For more information, see p. 5.

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ENAR’s governing bodies in 2012

ENAR General AssemblyENAR’s General Assembly is the sovereign body of the organisation. It is responsible for governing the organi-sation in areas such as the definition of ENAR’s annual work programme and the approval of the budget. It is composed of two elected representatives (Board member and substitute) from each national coordination and meets once a year.

ENAR Board The ENAR Management Board is responsible for directing the activities of ENAR. It focuses in particular on monitoring the implementation of the annual work programme and the tasks implied in the mandate of the organisation. It is composed of one elected member of each national coordination.

Dr. Chibo Onyeji, AustriaChair

Ms. Sarah Isal, United KingdomTreasurer

Ms. Adla Shashati, GreeceRepresentative of the southern region

Ms. Nicoletta Charalambidou, CyprusVice-Chair

Dr. Andreas Hieronymus, GermanyRepresentative of the northern region

Ms. Julia Kovalenko, EstoniaRepresentative of the eastern region

ENAR’s bureau is composed of seven members elected by the Board, who have the task of monitoring the managerial aspects of the network. Monika Bunzova, ENAR’s second Vice-Chair, resigned from her position in August 2012 following her departure from the Czech Helsinki Committee.

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Who’s who in the SecretariatENAR’s secretariat has 8 full staff members. It ensures the day-to-day work of the network and is the hub of all its activities at European level.

Staff newsFollowing the departure of Policy Officer Sophie Kammerer, Julie Pascoët was appointed new Policy Officer in March. Celina Kin-Armbrust, Campaign and Policy Officer, left in the fall. Emma McCarron joined the ENAR team as editorial and policy assistant from August to December. In addition, a number of interns supported the ENAR team in 2012: Hélène Brin, Noémie Broder, Caroline Cornil, Ines Maillart, Mylène Mattei, Donata Mitkute, Carolin Schütze, Agne Slabadaite, Jolita Staselyte and Neringa Tumenaite. We would also like to thank all the volunteers who contributed to ENAR’s work in 2012.

Fanny TchadjeuAdministrative Assistantfanny@enar-eu.org

Myriam De Feyter Deputy Director - Human Resources, Finance and Administration info@enar-eu.org

Claire FernandezPolicy Officerclaire@enar-eu.org

Shannon PfohmanDeputy Director - Policy shannon@enar-eu.org

Julie PascoëtPolicy Officer julie@enar-eu.org

Juliana Wahlgren Networking Officerjuliana@enar-eu.org

Georgina Siklossy Communication and Press Officer georgina@enar-eu.org

Michaël Privot Directormichael@enar-eu.org

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Finances

This financial statement was audited and approved by CdP Partners for the period January-December 2012 in March 2013 - full details upon request. ENAR would like to thank the European Commission for their financial commitment to the continuity of the network’s activities. ENAR would also like to express its gratitude to the Open Society Foundations, Runnymede Trust, Levi Strauss Foundation, Adecco Group, Ernst&Young, Le Groupe La Poste, L’Oréal and Sodexo for their valuable support of ENAR activities in 2012. We also wish to thank the law firms McDermott Will & Emery and Dechert LLP for their pro bono work for ENAR during this year.

January - December 2012Income Expenditure

European Commission- DG Justice Foundations/Organisations - Open Society Foundations- Runnymede Trust/Levi Strauss Foundation- Centre for European Policy Studies ENAR member organisations - ENAR National Coordinations Private companies - Adecco Group- Sodexo- Le Groupe La Poste- Ernst & Young

Other

€ 817,254.11

€ 99,932.01€ 36,529.25

€ 1,000.00

€ 42,899.99

€ 4,128.46€ 5,000.00€ 5,000.00€ 5,000.00

€ 4,428.56

Staff

Travel

Services

Administration

€ 563,995.10

€ 103,584.03

€ 246,787.34

€ 106,805.91

Total income € 1,021,172.38 Total expenditures € 1,021,172.38

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