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This is the name of the programme being launched today by the FC Barcelona Foundation, UNESCO and the European Parliament to fight racism. The initiative is designed to get young people to analyse the phenomenon and provide solutions to it.
June – October 2008: Young People’s Forum
The Young People’s Forum will be held as part of the ECCAR, a coalition set up in 2004 by
UNESCO and which includes 72 cities in 16 European countries. The overarching aim of this
coalition is to combat racism by offering local authorities an action programme which enables more
effective implementation of anti-discrimination policies.
November 2008: The Manifesto
Once the Forum has finished, young Europeans from cities that are members of the ECCAR will
draw up a manifesto which is to contain the conclusions drawn from the debates, and this will
culminate with the reading of their recommendations to the European Parliament.
This final stage of the project, planned for the middle of November 2008, will be attended by
representatives from the Young People’s Forum, the European Parliament, UNESCO, and FC
Barcelona and its Foundation.
For more information about the ECCAR click
here.