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Campaigning together: what lessons learnt from countering hate speech in Europe?

The workshop will focus on the lessons learnt, from the point of view of cross-national campaigning, during the No Hate campaign. Successful initiatives in civic mobilisation to combat hate speech and extremism will be highlighted, including those supported by the EEA & Norway Grants. The discussions will explore effective forms of coordination among civil society organisations and on instruments for successful joint campaigning.

 

Facilitator:  Carmen Marcu, Adviser Secretary of State at the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Romania)

 

Presentations:

Csaba Asztalos, President of the National Council for Combating Discrimination (Romania)

Marius Jitea, Member of the No Hate Speech Campaign European Team & Project officer in the Education and Training Division Youth Department, DG II – DEMOCRACY Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation, Council of Europe (Belgium)

Irina Drexler, National campaign Coordinator of the No Hate Speech Movement Romania (Romania)

 

Discussants:

Miriam Ekiudoko, President of Ebony African Cultural, Arts and Human Rights Organization (Hungary)

Ana-Maria Stancu, President of E-Civis Association (Romania)

Karolina Hansen, Postdoctorate Associate at the Center for Research on Prejudice of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw (Poland)

Ján Orlovský, Executive Director of the Open Society Foundation Slovakia (Slovakia)