SUPER – Support everyday fight against racism
ECCAR’s presidency Bologna, Turin and Reggio Emilia lead the way in the construction of an Anti-racism national plan
The SUPER project was selected among those funded by the European Commission under the REC call - Rights, Equality and Citizenship (Rights, Equality and Citizenship).
SUPER, which stands for SUPport Everyday fight Against Racism, is a project presented by the City of Turin as leader with the partnership of the City of Bologna, the City of Reggio Emilia, the Association of Turin Altera and the Mondinsieme Intercultural Center of Reggio Emilia and which provides training for law enforcement, public employees and community leaders and the construction of strategies and action plans against racism and hate crimes to be adopted at local and national level.
The project stems from the need to combat racism and hate crimes, as one of the main threats to social cohesion, as they affect the victims and their communities, spreading feelings of insecurity and division. In its 2019 Report, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) stressed the need to have action plans at all levels in the fight against racism; an indication accepted by the European Commission, which just a month ago presented its European Union action plan against racism for the five-year period 2020-2025.
In Italy, over the years and in the absence of an anti-racist national plan, some municipalities have initiated many projects in this sense, adopting their own action plans. In particular, Torino, Bologna and Reggio Emilia have consolidated leading practices, such as Bologna’s 2018-2020 “Plan for anti-discriminatory administrative action and human rights of new citizens”.
SUPER will strengthen the work the city of Bologna is doing in the fields of training of public officials and employees. It will also offer a dedicated platform to exchange experiences with other ECCAR cities which have already adopted local plans to fight racism and hate crimes.
More Information in Italian about SUPER: http://comunicatistampa.comune.bologna.it/2020/finanziato-super-il-progetto-per-il-contrasto-al-razzismo-nelle-citta?fbclid=IwAR1EN7LzWzQyMtJvVGCQrsuZB-hC-Lz_N1-JBqhQ1my0URenMXkhivJX24E
