Call for Proposals to Promote the Effective Implementation of the Principle of Non-Discrimination: Together for equality

Programme(s): Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme-REC Programme 2014-2020

Topic(s): REC-RDIS-DISC-AG-2019

Type of action: REC Action Grant

Funded under: Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme

Project ID: 881944

Objective: According to the EU MIDIS II report and Being Black in the EU report by the European Union’s Fundamental Agency Finland is not a safe and equal society for people with African descent. After the first EU MIDIS report policy measures were developed and implemented, but yet the new results show that the measures were insufficient, and the situation has deteriorated in many aspects. All in for Equality project was developed based on the main findings of the report, and aims at making a real difference for people belonging to ethnic and religious minorities in Finland. Thus, main objective of the project is to tackle discrimination and harassment of people belonging to ethnic and religious minorities in Finland. Specific objectives are as follows: - to develop tools and methods for bystanders and professionals to react and intervene in discrimination and harassment - to raise awareness of the bias leading to structural discrimination in different spheres of the society - to support educational institutes in their task to promote equality - to increase knowledge and awareness of employers’ and professionals in the employment sector on non-discrimination and diversity - to strengthen the Finnish Diversity Charter by developing new tools for the network - to strengthen sense of belonging and participation for young people belonging to the ethnic and religious minorities - to enhance trust towards public authorities and the Finnish society Activities include media campaign and a training campaign in secondary schools, diversity management programme for employers and a programme of active participation for young people belonging to ethnic and religious minority groups. Expected results are increased awareness of the cultural and societal barriers and structural discrimination, as well as increased preparedness for majority population to react on discrimination and harassment. This will be enabled by the practical tools and methods developed by the project.