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In the last few years in Russia, manifestations of xenophobia and racial discrimination have enormously grown and have affected ethnic youth in a particularly harsh way. In order to create solutions to these challenges, the antidiscrimination movement needs to analyse these issues together and more importantly, develop, share and disseminate good practice.

What Can You(th) Do?
The Conference will bring together around 80 participants from Russia and other European countries, and will provide a forum and working environment to promote the formation of civil society, active youth participation and a positive attitude towards cultural differences in Russia.

Building the capacity of youth organisations and bridging European and Russian human rights activists will be at the heart of this forthcoming Conference. Only by enabling intercultural learning and creating mechanisms for effective interaction between activists of youth and ethnic organisations we can propagate a culture of respect towards diversity among the youth in Russia.

This conference will, through a row of thematic-trainings workshops and plenary sessions, look at specific issues, such as promotion of active youth participation and equal rights, tackle the growth of racism, hate crime and xenophobia in Russia, the role of civil society in preventing and responding to hate crimes, and capacity building for ethnic organisations in Russia.
Using the diversity of the international UNITED Network, its supporters and experts in the field across Europe, the conference will use the sharing of good practices to further develop important tools and methods to address these issues and build a stronger and more effective civil society.

Conference prepared by: Centre for Interethnic Cooperation (RUS), Anne Frank Stichting (NL), Cazalla Intercultural (E), Red Cross Youth (CZ), Rotterdam Youth Council (NL), UNITED for Intercultural Action

More information: www.unitedagainstracism.org