Project organizations working in the field of anti-discrimination education feel the need to update their methods and match them better to the individual situation in a given country's region, as well as to strengthen and prepare better their staff in this issue - especially In the current situation of social or ethnic tensions. We want to involve three institutions, of which the 9dwunastych association in Białystok (Poland) and the Anne Frank Educational Center (AFEC) in Frankfurt Main (Germany) represent organizations working directly in the field of anti-discrimination work. The involvement of the big local authority like D.G.A.S.P.C. in Oradea (Romania) will in turn help to work out the tools, that enable better inclusion of excluded groups and work with the majority group from a public institution perspective. We want the model developed in this way can be used by NGOs and public institutions in other countries. All partner organizations work in regions and places with very diverse structures - Frankfurt am Main in Germany is one of the most multi-ethnic cities in Europe, the Podlasie region in Poland has a significant Orthodox minority, and a significant share of minorities such as Belarusians, Ukrainians and Chechens and is at the same time a rural region. The city Oradea in Romania in the Bihor region has a significant share of the Hungarian and Romani minorities. The Frankfurt am Main region is economically one of the richest regions in Europe, while Bialystok and Oradea are the capitals of some of the poorest regions in the EU in terms of GDP. Each of the partner organisations has a slightly different area of activity that complement each other well - each of them will be presented during a three-day international workshop. During each workshop, we want to focus on the selected part of anti-discrimination work. The thematic areas for participating countries are as follow: 1. Poland - gender equality, working with youth in the area of anti-discrimination and diversity managment; 2. Germany - antisemitism, racism, islamophobia and hate speech; 3. Romania - anti-discrimination in context of inclusion of minorities (like Roma people), inclusion through education (like instruments for educating iliterated adults). During each workshops we will match anti-discrimination tools and methods to the individual situation in the countries concerned and create scenarios, that can be applied in their situation. We also want to subject them to reflection, resulting from the natonal, socio-historical and economic specifics and to test them in international conditions of the countries of Western, Eastern and Southern Europe. So in each organization there will be a team of people forming a working group - (from 7 till 12 people) who will take part in international workshops rotatable. The methods and knowledge gained there will be tested in the time between the international workshops (field work) in working groups. During this time, people from disadvantaged groups with whom the project organisations cooperate will be invited to give feedback. Scenarios of the activities carried out during each three-day international workshop, tested additionally in time between the international workshops, will constitute a basic part of the e-book. The e-book will be one of the main results of our activities, we plan to develop, as well as the increase in the competence of our staff. The e-book will be an element with which each organization will be able to reach a significant number of potential recipients, especially since the organizations in the project have a wide network of contacts - institutions and people they can reach. The 9dwunastych association has contacts with all the most important organisations dealing with anti-discrimination education in the region and country. The partner in Romania DGASPC is a very large public aid institution and AFED in Frankfurt am Main is one of the most well-known institutions dealing with anti-discrimination education in Germany. Our basic working tool will be various methods of anti-discrimination education. We treat them broadly - because anti-discrimination education is not only a set of methods concerning majority-minority and disadvantaged groups. But it is also a very important and effective tool for the social inclusion and empowerment of these groups. In order to build a society that is open and able to function in a diverse social context and to reflect more widely on the benefits of anti-discrimination education.
- to equip educators, multipliers with adequate tools in order to encourage and enable them to different anti-discrimination activities that can be applied in the real situation in their region, place of residence, work, etc. In addition to the activities during the project (workshops, working group meetings, etc.), our e-book developed during the project serves this purpose. - increase the competences of persons and organizations dealing with current and future migration, anti-discrimination issues and those operating in the local environment, - to pay attention to the impact of social and historical experiences in former socialist countries (especially Central and Eastern Europe but not only) with their specific approach to migration, diversity etc. We express the view that through anti-discrimination education the idea of social inclusion can be brilliantly realised, as it is not only a set of methods concerning majority-minority and disadvantaged groups, but also an important and effective tool for social inclusion and empowerment of these groups. And it serves to build an open and viable society, in a diverse social context.
- the lack of "cultural translation" of the anti-discrimination methods of education, especially for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, - low level of including the anti-discrimination education as a strategic competence in the education, training of employees, NGO workers, human rights institutions and emancipation of excluded groups, - political hostility towards anti-discrimination education in individual countries (e.g. Poland) in a national and local level, which is a challenge in building equality policies; - lack of knowledge and prejudice of gender and transgender identity at schools (in all partner countries)