1. S’ COOL AGENDA
2007/2008
Keep tracK of your daily
activities and homeworK and
help to fight discrimination, racism
and xenophobia by using this agenda!
2. The European Union has designated 2007 as the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All in
order to launch a major debate on the benefits of diversity for European societies. The Year will
also seek to make the people more aware of their rights to enjoy equal treatment and a life free of
discrimination.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has devoted attention to the
European Year 2007 in order to raise awareness about racism and xenophobia through (1)
Meetings, (2) Cooperation with media, EU institutions, Inter-governmental organisations and
social partners (3) Information, educational and promotional activities and (4) Publications.
This school agenda has been produced by the FRA in the context of the 2007 European Year
of Equal Opportunities for All. Alina Cibea and Helen Fyfe contributed substantially to the
development of this pilot project.
For more information, please visit the FRA web site at http://fra.europa.eu/fra
and the 2007 European Year website at http://equality2007.europa.eu
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6. Living in a diverse place like Europe means
having to interact with people with a wide
range of background and experiences.
This diversity is Europe’s asset – yet more
than two thirds of all Europeans believe that
discrimination is their everyday reality.
(Eurobarometer, Discrimination in the European Union)
How much do you know about
Inside this agenda you will find very
useful information:
• Commonly used words and their
meanings, with examples from real-life
• Core human/fundamental rights
instruments and intergovernmental
organisations
• Stories from the everyday life of
people in Europe
• A test to check the human rights
temperature in your school
• Tips for what to do to help fighting
discrimination in your society
• Questions to think about and discuss
with your friends
• Links to youth programmes
• Fact sheets on the European Union
and much more…
7. dis crimination,
racism and
p ba
xenoohooibia
xen ph
in Europe?
European legislation is
helping to ensure that
everyone has a right to be
treated equally, regardless
of their race, sex or ethnic
origin, religious beliefs,
disabilities, age or sexual
orientation. These laws aim
to stop discrimination in the
areas of daily life such as
education, employment and
housing.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_rights/index_en.htm)
9. According to Article 13 of the
Amsterdam Treaty, the EU
has the competence to take
appropriate action to combat
discrimination based on sex,
racial or ethnic origin, religion
or belief, disability, age or sexual
orientation.
(EU, Treaty of Amsterdam)
Discrimination
We can talk of discrimination when someone is treated badly because he or she is different.
• ere is a cause (for instance the ‘race’, gender, ethnic origin etc. of the person or group
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discriminated against)
• ere are actions that are qualified as discrimination (for instance rejection – not wanting
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to have a black person as a friend, restriction – prohibiting entrance of gay people to a
music club, exclusion – not hiring women etc.)
• ere are consequences, which can also be the purpose of the discriminatory action.
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Sometimes, the only way to tell whether there is discrimination is by looking at the effects
on groups of people.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_rights/index_en.htm)
Discrimination
More examples of discrimination:
is not always easy
- job advertisements that say “disabled people need
to spot! In the
not apply” or “foreigners not allowed”
following pages you
- calling people insulting names because of their
will find some of the
colour or their age or because of some physical or
different forms it
mental disability is discriminatory and degrading
can take.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/
fundamental_rights/index_en.htm)
10. November
2007
MONDAY 12 TUESDAY 13 WEDNESDAY 14
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Dive rsity D
Event
“I think that everybody
is different and everybody
has the right to be different
– without exception, no matter
what the mentality, the colour
of skin or the religion is. But this
doesn’t mean that he or she must be a
second-class human being because of these
differences. May people be much more open-
minded to foreigners and their way of life,
that’s my wish!”
Rivka, 21, Germany
11. Week 46
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12. November
2007
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15. Direct discrimination
Occurs when a person is treated worse than another in a comparable situation for
no other reason than their racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or
sexual orientation.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_rights/rights/gloss_en.htm)
Direct discrimination
Philip, 22, says
“I was refused
entry into a nightclub
because of
my skin colour.”
Everyone may be discriminated against on some
occasion or other. What could be the grounds
that you might be discriminated against?
Why does discrimination take place
and what forms does it take?
In Italy,
the owner
of a bar in
Verona was
found guilty
for unlawful
discrimination by the
Check out the European Union’s anti- Court of Cassation for
discrimination campaign at having refused to serve
www.stop-discrimination.info and the non-EU citizens coffee in
comic strip “What? Me? A racist?” at order to keep them away
http://ec.europa.eu/publications/young/ from his bar.
txt_whatme_racist_en.pdf (EUMC, 2006 Annual Report)
16. Indirect discrimination
Did you know
that 51% of the
people surveyed by
Eurobarometer think
that not enough effort is
being made in their country to fight
Indirect discrimination? (Eurobarometer,
Discrimination in the
discrimination European Union)
When a provision, criterion or
practice that seems neutral is
introduced, but it turns out that
it harms or excludes certain
categories of people. So it looks
like everyone is getting equal
treatment, but in fact this is
not really the case.
Indirect discrimination
can be unintentional.
(http://ec.europa.eu/
employment_social/fundamental_
rights/rights/gloss_en.htm)
Example of indirect
discrimination: when
an employer insists
that a candidate
should speak a
particular language,
yet that language is
not actually needed
for the job.
17. Week 48
December
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18. December
2007
MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 5
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“My name is Stanislav, I’m half
Austrian and half Bosnian, and I
currently live in Austria. Once I’ve
successfully finished my studies in a
business college I started applying for
jobs with the same self-confidence as all
my class mates. Once a respected company
had a job offer for which I fulfilled all criteria. I
sent my file to them, but I didn’t get any answer. As I didn’t
want to let this job pass me by, I decided to insist, this time by
going personally to see the manager. On his table there were
two piles of papers – one with Austrian surnames and the
other only with foreign names. He told me the job had been
already filled, but I knew from my friends this was not
true because interviews were still undergoing.”
Stanislav, 24, Austria
19. Week 49
December
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December
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22. December 2007
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23. 2007 is the
European Year of Equal
2007
Opportunities for All
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have
designated 2007 as ‘European Year of Equal Opportunities
for All’ as part of a concerted effort to promote equality
and non-discrimination in the EU.
(EP and Council of the EU, Decision No. 771/2006/EC)
Objectives
of the Year:
• ights – All people in the
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European Union are entitled to equal
treatment, irrespective of their sex,
racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief,
disability, age or sexual orientation
• epresentation – Positive measures
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are often needed to make sure those who are
discriminated against can participate more in society
• ecognition – we should be aware of the great benefits
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there are from a diverse society – we can learn
from each other
• Respect – we must respect one another
and avoid using stereotypes
(http://equality2007.europa.eu)
Given the definitions and examples that
you have read, would you say that you
have found yourself in the situation of
being discriminated for any of the above
grounds? What about discriminating
Celebrating Diversity, Ensuring Equality
against someone else? If yes, can you
remember how many times it has
happened and what forms it has taken?
Visit the website of the Year of Equal
Opportunities for All:
http://equality2007.europa.eu
24. Find also
Know your
in this agenda a
more detailed list of
intergovernmental
organisations and
important international
Fundamental
human rights documents
relevant in
Europe!
Rights! What is the relationship between
this Convention and the Charter?
The European Union (EU) has always stated its
commitment to human rights and fundamental The European Convention is a text from
freedoms. This was recently confirmed with the the Council of Europe, which is made up
proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental of over 46 European countries, including
Rights in December 2000. Under six headings Russia. The Charter, on the other hand, is
- Dignity, Freedoms, Equality, Solidarity, a text from the European Union, which
Citizens’ Rights and Justice - its 54 articles set currently has 27 Member States.
out the European Union’s fundamental values The scope of the protection provided by
and the civil, political, economic and social these two texts is different. The Convention
rights of EU citizens. of the Council of Europe relates solely
(http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/index_ to civil and political rights, whilst the
en.htm) Charter of the European Union covers
additional aspects, such as the right to good
Moreover, all EU Member States are already administration, workers‘ social rights, and
signatories to the European Convention for the bioethics. In addition, the Charter covers
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental those political rights of Union citizens that,
Liberties – agreed by the Council of Europe by definition, cannot be included in the
in 1950 and other International treaties and Convention of the Council of Europe.
conventions. (http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/index_
en.htm)
73% of the EU citizens want the EU Did you know
to play a greater role in promoting that starting with
and protecting fundamental rights in 2007 the European Union
Europe. has a new Agency for
(Eurobarometer, Role of the EU in Fundamental Rights based
Justice, Freedom and Security area) in Vienna that provides EU
institutions and Member States as well
as the general public with assistance in
What type of appropriate
accessing help and expertise related to
legislation exist in your country? fundamental rights? Check
How effective is it? http://fra.europa.eu
25. Week 51
December
THURSDAY 20 FRIDAY 21 S AT U R DAY 22
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357-8
December January
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January
THURSDAY 3 FRIDAY 4 S AT U R DAY 5
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December January
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31. Racism and racial discrimination
Is a type of discrimination based on the beliefs that distinctive human
characteristics, abilities etc. are determined by ‘race’ and that there are
superior and inferior ‘races’. (CoE, COMPASS)
“Any doctrine of superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically
false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and there is no
justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere.”
(UN, Preamble to the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Racial Discrimination)
There is a special European Commission against Racism
and Intolerance (ECRI), which belongs to the Council of
Europe (www.coe.int/ecri/)
In 2000, the Council of the European Union passed
the so-called Racial Equality Directive, which implements
the principle of equal treatment between persons
irrespective of racial or ethnic origin.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_
rights/pdf/legisln/2000_43_en.pdf )
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32. The Benefits of a diverse Europe
Recent research with companies across Europe shows how creating and managing a diverse
organisation can provide real benefits, whether they are in the private, public or not-for-profit
sectors, whether they are large or small. This observation is also central to the 2007 European
Year of Equal Opportunities for All.
These benefits can include:
• Attracting, recruiting and retaining people from a wide “talent” base;
• Reducing the costs of labour turnover and absenteeism;
• Contributing to employee flexibility and responsiveness;
• Building employee commitment, morale and “discretionary effort;
• Managing better the impact of globalisation and technological change;
• Enhancing creativity and innovation.
(EC, The Business Case for Diversity Good Practices in the Workplace)
Don’t forget, you have fundamental rights! On difference
To find out what these are, read the The social and cultural reality to which you
Charter of Fundamental Rights on belong is the result of a conglomeration of
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/ differences of all kinds, since it is ultimately
default_en.htm. a mixture of individuals. And yet we do
not normally consider these differences
to be an overwhelming obstacle to living
together.
(CoE, “All different – All equal” Education pack)
Ideas!
your
for
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January
THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 S AT U R DAY 19
17-349 18-348 19-347
SUNDAY 20
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January February
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36. January
2008
MONDAY 21 TUESDAY 22 WEDNESDAY 23
21-345 22-344 23-343
Xenophobia
Comes from a Greek word meaning “fear of foreigners” and it describes attitudes of rejection, hostility or violence
against people from other countries or belonging to minorities. Xenophobia has its origin in the insecurity and the
fear projected onto what is perceived as “the other”. (CoE, “All different – All equal” Education pack)
37. Week 04
January
THURSDAY 24 FRIDAY 25 S AT U R DAY 26
24-342 25-341 26-340
How would
you get out of this
vicious circle: “I
fear those who are
different because I don’t
know them and I don’t
know them because
I fear them”?
SUNDAY 27
27-339
Can you think of recent examples
of xenophobia in your country?
Against whom are they targeted?
Why do you think that happens?
Imagine yourself from the
outside. How would you be
seen by someone living in
another society?
58% of people surveyed by
Eurobarometer thought that being a
January February
foreigner in a Member State meant Wk M T W T F S S Wk M T W T F S S
that they would be less likely to get 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 1 2 3
2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a job, be accepted for training or 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
be promoted than a national with 4 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 8 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
5 28 29 30 31 9 25 26 27 28 29
equivalent qualifications or diplomas.
(Eurobarometer, Discrimination in the
European Union)
38. January
2008
MONDAY 28 TUESDAY 29 WEDNESDAY 30
28-338 29-337 30-336
“My name is
Melanie and I’m 16 years
old. The greatest difficulty
for me is that as a person of
mixed origin (half Ivory Coast
and half Austrian). I am at home
neither here nor there. Wherever
I am, I am regarded as being a foreigner,
either ‘white’ or ‘black’. It happens to me when
I live in my mother’s country of origin, Austria,
and it happened to me when I was living in my
father’s country, Ivory Coast.
I wish people would accept
me just the way I am!”
Melanie, 16,
Austria
39. Week 05
February
THURSDAY 31 FRIDAY 1 S AT U R DAY 2
31-335 32-334 33-333
SUNDAY 3
34-332
January February
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February
THURSDAY 7 FRIDAY 8 S AT U R DAY 9
38-328 39-327 40-326
SUNDAY 10
41-325
February March
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43. Gender equality/ Equality between men and women
As early as 1957, the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community enshrined
the principle of equality between men and women. Yet there is still a clearly unfavourable
situation of women in relation to men, especially on the labour market. This is what the
“Roadmap for equality between women and men” adopted in 2006 aims at improving.
(EC, Report on Equality between women and men – 2007)
equa
lity?
The European
Institute for
Gender Equality
will start functioning
in 2008 in Vilnius, In Spain and Hungary, close
Lithuania. It will work to half of the public feels that
together with Member States women are at a disadvantage in
and EU institutions to ensure that society. However, in Denmark
Community policy in the field of and Greece, there are just about
gender equality is fully implemented. as many people who feel that
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_ being a woman is an advantage.
social/fundamental_rights/index_ (Eurobarometer, Discrimination
en.htm) in the European Union)
44. Opportunities in Europe –
How can you benefit from diversity?
Take advantage of the many opportunities available to you to in Europe.
Here are some suggestions:
Get involved in the European Voluntary Service Spring Day for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/sos/vh_evs_proceed_en.html is an annual citizen-
driven initiative aimed
to encourage young
Go on an ERASMUS exchange and study abroad – ask your
people to debate,
university for details reflect, learn and
ERASMUS celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! make their voices
heard on European
Have your voice heard in the European Youth Forum issues. Currently more
http://www.youthforum.org/ than 3,000 schools
have registered on
Work abroad for the summer http://www.anyworkanywhere.com/ the website, bringing
thousands of teachers
or http://www.eurosummerjobs.com/
and pupils across
Europe into the debate.
Travel around Europe! Join the discussions,
make friends across
Look out for international student centres at your college or Europe and find all the
university contests, games, blogs,
E-cards and at www.
“I joined a tandem group and met people from all over the world springday2007.net!
and practiced my foreign languages”
In 2007 Europe has become even more diverse with two more countries
joining the European Union. Welcome Bulgaria and Romania!
r Idea s!
r you
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February
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49. Week 09
March
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50. March
2008
MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 5
63-303 64-302 65-301
Intolerance
A lack of respect for practices or
beliefs other than one’s own. This is
shown when someone is not willing
to let other people act in a different
way or hold opinions different from
their own.
(CoE, Council of Europe Cartoon books
against intolerance)
51. Week 10
March
THURSDAY 6 FRIDAY 7 S AT U R DAY 8
66-300 67-299 68-298
SUNDAY 9
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What examples of intolerance can you think of?
Try to include those that you perceive as “different” from you and your
peers in your games and activities, too. Get to know them better, learn
what they like and what they dislike, listen to their stories and share your
thoughts with them.
March April
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living in other countries. Make friends with young people of different
backgrounds than your own.
53. Week 11
March
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54. March
2008
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As a European
citizen, you too
should be aware
of the importance
of developing active
European citizenship which
is open to the world, respects
cultural diversity and is based on
the common values of the
European Union!
55. 2008ê
2008 is the Year of
Intercultural Dialogue
The European Parliament and the Council of the
EU have designated 2008 as the ‚European Year
of Intercultural Dialogue‘ to contribute the on-
going process of intercultural dialogue.
(EP and Council of the EU, Decision No.
1983/2006/EC)
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Europe aims to promote
international relations and a world
based on peaceful coexistence and
intercultural dialogue.
Visit the Intercultural Dialogue
website:
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/
dialogue/year2008_en.html
Objectives of the Year:
• Seek to raise the awareness of all those living in the EU, in particular young people, of the
importance of engaging in intercultural dialogue in their daily life;
• Work to identify, share and give a visible European recognition to best practices in promoting
intercultural dialogue throughout the EU, especially among young people and children;
• Foster the role of education as an important medium for teaching about diversity, increase the
understanding of other cultures and developing skills and best social practices, and highlight the
central role of the media in promoting the principle of equality and mutual understanding;
• Raise the profile, increase the coherence of and promote all Community programmes and
actions contributing to intercultural dialogue and ensure their continuity;
• Contribute to exploring new approaches to intercultural dialogue involving cooperation between
a wide range of stakeholders from different sectors.
(EP and Council of the EU, Decision No. 1983/2006/EC)
56. Intercultural society
Different cultures, national groups
etc. living together within a territory,
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maintaining open relations of
interaction, exchange and mutual
recognition of their own and
respective values and ways of life.
(CoE, “All different – All equal”
Education pack)
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– Making multiculturalism a resource
In Finland in 2005 the ETMO project models for creating
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communities – was completed. The proj
non-discriminatory work cultures.
(EUMC, 2006 Annual Report)
A very good way to learn about a certain topic is by doing research and
gathering
information. Pick a theme from those in this agenda and find out more
about that
specific form of discrimination than share your findings with your friends
.
57. Week 12
March
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Interculture
is a process of
active tolerance
and maintenance of
equitable relations,
where everyone has the
same importance and there are
no superiors or inferiors, better or
worse people. March April
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59. Week 13
March
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60. March
2008
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Disability
A condition that disables, as
a result of an illness, injury or
physical handicap; the expression
is also used as a term of legal
disqualification or incapacity.
(CoE, COMPASS)
Persons with disabilities have
the right to independence, social
integration and participation in the
life of the community.
(CoE, European Social Charter, Article 15)
61. Week 14
April
THURSDAY 3 FRIDAY 4 S AT U R DAY 5
94-272 95-271 96-270
What
do people with
disabilities want?
“Nothing special, nothing
unusual. We want to be able to
attend our neighbourhood school,
to use the public library, to go to
the movies, to get on a bus and go
shopping downtown or to visit friends and
family across town or across the country. (…)
We want to be seen as real people, as a part of
society, not something to be hidden away,
pitied or given charity.” Adrienne Rubin
SUNDAY 6
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Barhydt, April 10, 1996
(CoE, COMPASS)
The EU Disability Strategy aims
to provide disabled people with
the same individual choices and
control in their daily lives as
non-disabled people.
(http://ec.europa.eu/employment_
social/disability/index_en.html)
How can people with
disabilities participate in
the daily activities at your
school?
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2008
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“I was born
with hearing difficulties,
but thanks to modern hearing
equipments I have been able to
attend normal schools. One day I was
reading a book on a bench in the school
courtyard when some classmates came
around. They started calling me names
and took the book away from me. It was not the
first time they were harassing me like that. I told them
this was not funny and asked nicely for my book back, but
they started pushing me. I wonder whether someone can
really feel good about hurting someone else. You know,
if you’re seen as “different” it’s more difficult to
make friends, but once you have a friend
then it’s more likely that it’s a
real one.
Dario, 16, Italy
63. Week 15
April
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