Annual Report 2016 “Building Bridges in Diversity”
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 28 pages, pdf Description: Taking a lead from the Danish-German border region, the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), under the auspices of Germany’s 2016 Chairmanship of the Organisation of Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), took the notion of national minorities as bridge builders to the international arena. The idea of national minorities networking with authorities and civil society to build bridges across borders and within societies between minorities and majorities has not previously been scientifically investigated across the European Continent. In a year that saw xenophobia on the rise not only against newcomers but also against national and ethnic minorities, and in particular against Roma, the notion of building bridges was clearly topical.