Point 4 - More Participation and Better Informed City Dwellers

To ensure better information for city dwellers on their rights and obligations, on protection and legal options and on the penalties for racist acts or behaviour, by using a participatory approach, notably through consultations with service users and service providers.

  • To organise, on a regular basis, municipal forums against racism, in collaboration with existing organs and mechanisms, in order to offer an opportunity to discuss the problems of racism and discrimination in the city, local policies, and their impact.
  • To commemorate each year, on the 21st of March, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with a range of initiatives to promote awareness and mobilisation among city dwellers.
  • To empower local NGOs to pursue their actions in providing information on and developing actions against racism and discrimination.

Kadıköy

With its approximately half a million population and central location in İstanbul with 25 km square area of land, the City of Kadıköy is the cultural and commercial center of the Asian side of the

ECCAR Award 2020

The ECCAR would like to announce a new opportunity for the member cities of the Coalition. We are in a period which requires a greater commitment to combat discrimination and all …

ECCAR Award 2020

The ECCAR would like to announce a new opportunity for the member cities of the Coalition.


We are in a period which requires a greater commitment to combat discrimination and all forms of…

Reelection of the President and new elected Vice-Presidents

Toulouse – France
Barcelona – Spain
Liège – Belgium
Athens – Greece
Nancy – France
Potsdam – Germany
Esch-sur-Alzette – Luxembourg
Bologna – Italy
During the last Steering Committee meeting of the ECCAR, held in Toulouse on 7 and 8 June 2019, the city of Bologna, represented by Benedetto Zacchiroli, was reconfirmed at the …