PRESERVERE is concerned with fighting intolerance, racism, xenophobia and discrimination against vulnerable ethnic and racial groups and, in particular, Roma, Jews, Muslims and people of African descent. Starting from the premise that any system tasked with protecting the vulnerable from discrimination must, first and foremost, rely on an effective legal framework, the project implements activities concerned with the better enforcement of the law.
DURATION OF THE PROJECT: 24 months (1st February 2022 until 31st January 2024)
UCLan Lead: Dr Nasia Hadjigeorgiou
Researchers: Dr Katerina Kalaitzaki, Dr Nadia Kornioti
DELIVERABLES:
E-Book #1
Title: “The implementation of the EU anti-racism legal framework in 6 European states: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, and the Netherlands”
This contains one European, one comparative and six National Reports on the implementation of the EU legal framework on combating intolerance, racism, xenophobia and discrimination in the different national contexts (including features of the domestic legislation that are likely to have an impact, positive or negative, on the implementation of the law).
The analysis was made with data collected from 13 Focus Groups with 70 legal professionals and frontline workers in 6 European Countries and 42 individual interviews.
The individual reports are also availablefor download on Academia, in English and in two national languages (Italian and Greek).
Online Toolkit and Capacity Building Sessions
Online Toolkit and Capacity Building Sessions (trainings) in six European countries addressed to legal and frontline professionals aiming at offering valid, credible and accessible learning sources to proactively identify instances of violations of the EU framework; encouraging practices of reporting; assisting in the better enforcement of the EU law on anti-racism and anti-discrimination.
TARGET:
+210 Legal professionals
+210 Frontline workers and other social services staff
PRESERVERE online Platform: The platform is aiming at equipping professionals in the field of law, front line workers and stakeholders with knowledge and skills regarding their professional practice in what regards that preventing and fighting racism and xenophobia through a more effective implementation of the European legal framework that has already been transposed in Member States. It focuses, in particular, on professionals who are expected to enforce this framework, but are often unaware of or unfamiliar with it and therefore, unable to rely on it in order to protect and empower victimised groups.
White Paper offering key lessons learned and recommendations
This e-book, is produced in continuity of the first e-Book ‘The Implementation of the EU Anti-Racism Legal Framework in 6 European States: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, and the Netherlands’. It contains the overall analysis of the Piloting activity of the Training Toolkit, taken from the Common Report; The extract of the 7 national Piloting Reports, containing Case Studies and representing 7 white papers that will critically evaluate the existing European legal framework and the national laws and procedures transposing it in the respective partner countries. Lessons learnt and recommendations.
The final conference associated with the PRESERVERE project was successfully held on January 17th in Nicosia. The event was coordinated by the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) in collaboration with UCLan Cyprus. Dr. Nasia Hadjigeorgiou, Deputy Head of the School of Law at UCLan Cyprus, and Dr. Katerina Kalaitzaki, Lecturer in EU Business Law at UCLan Cyprus, represented UCLan Cyprus and their involvement in the PRESERVERE project. Dr. Nasia Hadjigeorgiou, in particular, explained the primary pillars and outcomes of the PRESERVERE project during her presentation.
