EU Antisemitism Envoys share insights on developing a U.S. national strategy (08/03/2023)
Following the announcement by U.S. President Biden on 12 December 2022 to adopt a U.S. national action plan to counter antisemitism, six Special Envoys on combating antisemitism, including EU Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, met at the White House with U.S. officials and Congress representatives to share best practices and insights.
The European Commission opens public consultation on 'Defending European Democracy' (08/03/2023)
As announced in the 2023 Commission Work Programme, the Commission intends to put forward a ‘Defence of democracy’ package to strengthen the resilience of the EU democratic space against covert foreign interference.
European Commissioner Vice-Presidents address EUJS EU Activism Seminar 2023 (09/03/2023)
European Commission Vice-Presidents Schinas and Jourová met with Jewish students as part of the EU Activism Seminar organised by the European Union of Jewish Students to discuss EU policies that have a direct impact on Jewish life in Europe and beyond.
Information session - European Remembrance call for proposals - EUR 10 million (24/02/2023)
On 17 February we opened the new European Remembrance call for proposals with EUR 10,2 million, the biggest Remembrance call today with 4 priorities. On 7 March, from 9.30 – 12.30, the European Commission will organise an information session including policy priorities, application and evaluation process.
CERV programme – Call for proposals on European Remembrance including remembrance, education and research on the Holocaust (19/01/2023)
For the very first time, the European Commission provides over EUR 10 million for projects on European Remembrance with a particular priority on strengthening Holocaust remembrance, education and research and combating Holocaust denial and distortion. The planned opening date is 16 February 2023 and the deadline for submission is 6 June 2023.
CERV Programme: Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime (25/01/2023)
The European Commission opened on 24 January 2023 a call for proposals with the objective of 'Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate crime and hate speech'. Projects under this priority should aim to enable civil society organisations to establish mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities to support the reporting of episodes of hate crime and hate speech; to ensure support to victims of hate speech and hate crime; and to support law enforcement, including through training or data collection methodologies and tools. Projects should also focus on activities that tackle hate speech online, including reporting content to IT companies, designing countering narrative and awareness raising campaigns, and educational activities to address the societal challenges of hate speech online. The deadline for submission is 25 May 2023.
Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination (CERV-2023-EQUAL) (13/12/2022)
The European Commission has published on 12 December the EQUAL call for 2023 as part of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme (CERV). The available call budget is EUR 20 mio. This call will fund projects preventing and addressing antisemitism as well as fostering Jewish life in line with the 2021 EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The deadline for submission is 20 June 2023.
Statement by High Representative on Russia’s misuse of the Holocaust in its current aggression (25/01/2023)
20 January 2023 - Contemporary Europe was built on the ashes of the Holocaust; it is a defining, terrible legacy of European history. This is why next week, we will commemorate the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Calls for European cooperation 2023 - Culture strand of the Creative Europe programme (28/11/2022)
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.
Expert meeting “Nazi Memorabilia and their misuse to antisemitic ends“ (02/12/2022)
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.
The exhibition #FakeImages displayed at the European Commission premises (29/11/2022)
8 November 2022
European Commission teams up with ODIHR and World Jewish Congress to improve security for Moldavian Jewish community (29/11/2022)
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.
Latest EU evaluation shows worrying trend: platforms review less flagged hate speech (28/11/2022)
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.
Horizon Europe info day - Infrastructures (28/11/2022)
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.
Survey on antisemitic attitudes in the European Union (27/10/2022)
The European Commission published a call for tender on a 'Survey on antisemitic attitudes in the European Union' with No. JUST/2022/OP/0011 (internal ref. JUST/2022/PR/REM/RIGH/0020).
WEBSTREAM: Civil Society Forum on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life (13/11/2022)
