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On 16-17 November, the Commission organised in Brussels its first ever ‘Civil Society Forum on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life’ as part of the implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life (2021-2030). The Forum brought together 200 representatives of Jewish civil society organisations and communities, Holocaust museums and memorial institutions, and academics, researchers and independent experts to discuss the current challenges in combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, and to think about how to develop new concrete actions and projects to further step up the fight against antisemitism in the EU.
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Opening Session
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Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, opened the Forum and emphasized that Jewish people are once again targeted and scapegoated through conspiracy myths and false narratives around the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the economic difficulties caused by such crises. As part of 2022 European Year of Youth, he announced the launch of the preparatory work for the Network of Young European Ambassadors to Promote Holocaust Remembrance at the Forum. Ana Gallego, Director-General for Justice and Consumers, stressed that antisemitism is unacceptable. She noted that 55 actions of the almost 100 actions in the EU Strategy are already being implemented. Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish life, highlighted the vital role civil society plays to combat antisemitism and emphasised the added value of close cooperation across Europe.
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Young European Ambassadors to Promote Holocaust Remembrance
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The Opening Session was followed by a panel discussion with young European ambassadors on Holocaust remembrance and representatives of two projects: "My Story is Your Story" initiated by the Israeli MFA and the "Network of Young Ambassadors of Memory" of the Mémorial de la Shoah.
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Parrallel Workshops & Networking Spaces
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Eight workshops gave possibility to participants to exchange with experts, develop ideas and projects in small groups of 5-6 people. Topics included: combating online antisemitism; fostering Jewish life; Jewish culture and heritage; the future of Holocaust Remembrance; fighting antisemitism as part of the fight against all forms of racism and discrimination; responding to antisemitic incidents; research on Jewish life and contemporary antisemitism; education on antisemitism, Jewish life and the Holocaust. Further synergies took place during the networking spaces where participants moved freely between a number of theme-based stations, choosing to engage with those topics that were most relevant or interesting to them.
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MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES
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Expert meeting “Nazi Memorabilia and their misuse to antisemitic ends“
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24 November 2022 - Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised on 24 November an expert meeting on Nazi Memorabilia and their misuse to antisemitic ends. Nazi-related symbols, memorabilia and literature as well as contemporary permutations of them are easily accessible online.
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Displaying and selling such products may constitute hate speech under national laws implementing the Framework Decision when publicly inciting hatred and violence. However, even if this is not the case, such online availability may perpetuate Nazi ideology and stimulate an antisemitic subcultures. The event focussed on how Nazi Memorabilia are being defined and highlighted case studies and good practices of dealing with the displaying and selling of Nazi Memorabilia.
Vice-President Schinas underlined that
“the glorification of Nazism and neo-Nazism contributes to fuelling contemporary forms of antisemitism, racism, and related intolerances. Nazism, neo-Nazism and antisemitism are incompatible with Europe’s values. They represent a threat not only to Jewish communities and to Jewish life, but to an open and diverse society, to democracy and the European way of life.”
Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish life, highlighted that as part of the EU Strategy,
“the Commission will cooperate with industry and IT companies to prevent the illegal display and sale of Nazi-related symbols, memorabilia and literature.”
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The exhibition #FakeImages displayed at the European Commission premises
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8 November 2022
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The European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, hosted the opening of the exhibition "#FakeImages: Unmask the Dangers of Stereotypes" at the Berlaymont, on the occasion of the commemoration of Kristallnacht. The Exhibition curated by Kazerne Dossin “Memorial, Museum and Research Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights" in Mechelen, in partnership with the Arthur Langerman Archives for the Study of Visual Antisemitism at the Center for research on antisemitism at Berlin Technical University, is raising awareness on the impact of visual propaganda and is based on Arthur Langerman's collection, a Belgian survivor of the Holocaust.
#FakeImages presents antisemitic images from across the centuries, with a strong focus on propaganda before and during the Second World War, highlighing mechanisms that have a major impact on contemporary ideas and on society. The exhibition aims to help visitors to break through common patterns of misleading information such as stereotypes, prejudice, racism, deception and humour.
Vice-President Schinas underlined during the opening: “We are here to revisit the haunting images that fuelled such hate and retrace the painful path from propaganda to violence and genocide". After the official speeches, followed an insightful discussion between Arthur Langerman and Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life.
The exhibition will be showed in the EU Commission’s Head Quarter Berlaymont until 10 December. It will continue its journey to be presented at the United Nations in New York in January.
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European Commission teams up with ODIHR and World Jewish Congress to improve security for Moldavian Jewish community
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October 2022 - To address the rise of antisemitism in Europe and worldwide and the security threats it poses to the Jewish communities, the European Commission together with OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the World Jewish Congress are organising a series of events to build effective communication between National Security Institutions and Jewish communities.
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Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish life, emphasized that “Security is a major concern for the Jewish communities, and protecting and fostering Jewish life is a priority in the EU Strategy.”
EU Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Jānis Mažeiks, stressed the need that “Jewish communities should feel and be safer, and experience fewer antisemitic incidents both online and offline.”
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NEWS
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Latest EU evaluation shows worrying trend: platforms review less flagged hate speech
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The European Commission released the results of its seventh evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. This year's results unfortunately show a decrease in companies' notice-and-action results: the number of notifications reviewed by the companies within 24 hours dropped as compared to the last two monitoring exercises, from 90.4% in 2020, to 81% in 2021, and 64.4% in 2022.
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CALLS FOR TENDER 2023 - INFO SESSIONS
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Horizon Europe info day - Infrastructures
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The European Commission organises an info day on 6 December 2022 with the focus on the 2023 calls of the Horizon Europe Work programme 2023-2024, for its different destinations.
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Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures actions support the development of an integrated, inter-operable and effective ecosystem of Research Infrastructures and Technology Infrastructures in Europe. The info day will focus on the 2023 calls of the Work programme 2023-2024. In addition, the Info day will offer horizontal information on the submission, evaluation and management of the 2023 Research Infrastructures calls. The event is virtual and all sessions will be livestreamed on this platform.
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Calls for European cooperation 2023 - Culture strand of the Creative Europe programme
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The calls for European cooperation and circulation of European literary works 2023 under the Culture strand of the Creative Europe programme have been published by the European Commission. Their publication follows the launch of the new instrument to support mobility Culture Moves Europe.
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With a budget of EUR 60 million, the call for European cooperation is open to public and private structures in all cultural and creative sectors (heritage, live performance, design, book, visual arts, digital arts, fashion, etc.) wishing to experiment, in collaboration with other European organisations, with projects promoting the creation, circulation of works and artists in Europe, and innovative approaches. In particular, this call supports projects committed to the following transition challenges: audience development, social inclusion, sustainability, digital or international dimension.
Three project scales are possible: the small scale with a minimum of 3 partners (3 different eligible countries), the average scale with a minimum of 5 partners (5 different eligible countries) and the large scale with a minimum of 10 partners (10 different eligible countries).
Eligibility: European cooperation projects are open to all the cultural and creative sectors. However, considering that this action is part of the Culture Strand of the Programme, projects with exclusive audiovisual content and/or exclusively composed of organisations from the audio-visual sector are not eligible to apply.
Deadline for submission: 23 February 2023
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🗓 A first online information event
A webinar “Response to the 2023 Cooperation Call” to inform about the call is organised on Thursday 15 December at 10 AM. To participate in this webinar, please register via the online form.
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