Rights & Diversity

In the harbor, next to the Thessaloniki Cinema Museum five Stolpersteine were placed in memory of five Jewish harbor and dockworkers who were exterminated by the Nazis, at the Auschwitz camp, in 1943. [external_media:flickr.com/photos/125782775@N03/albums/72157671917788724]  

Divided democracy: For 25 years, the Heinrich Böll Foundation works with Memorial, the best-known Russian NGO. Through the years it has become a "political friendship" developed, is the basis for many joint projects.

Everyday democracy: Only "licensee" may use the city park Horsh Beirut - a trend which has been evident for many green areas of the Lebanese capital. Supported by the Foundation, campaigns and organizations want to conquer the city for the population back.

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ANASA multicultural center in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Greece and social entreprise POLYRIZON organize the multicultural festival I HAVE A DREAM: UNITED SECOND GENERATION on the 1 June with discussions and cultural activities. A discussion between the migrants' organizations and communites will take place in order to find a common ground for common actions and partnerships. On the 2-3 June a workshop will be held on social cooperatives for migrants and refugees who are interested to engage more in the field.

School principals and teachers from Athens, Thessaloniki, Edessa and representatives of organizations active in the educational field in schools and the Councils of Migrants' Integration paid a visit to Berlin in order to get informed on actions and educational programmes of german schools in encountering discriminations and racism. 

Around 120 young Europeans came together at The European Youth Dialogue (EYD) in the city of Thessaloniki, the European Youth Capital 2014. The event, which took place a few weeks before the elections for the European Parliament, is part of a series of youth events organised by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in different countries aiming to provide spaces for youth debates and networking throughout Europe in the pre-electoral period.

The dramatic increase in racist violence and discrimination is part of the crisis in Greece and a threat to democracy in the country. The report on "Racism and discrimination in Greece today," outlines the legal arsenal available to the Greek state to combat racism and discrimination and attempts to capture reality in order to protect the rights against racial insults.

The campaign select respect is an initiative of organizations, which are active in the field of human rights and the fight against discriminations and racism. Our common belief unites us: discriminations and social exclusion, that people face due to their gender, racial, ethnicity, sexual preference, disability, religious and political beliefs concern and affect everybody.