The National Action Plan Against Racism
(NPAR) will be published later this year. The overall aim of the plan
is to provide strategic direction to combat racism and to develop a
more inclusive, intercultural society in Ireland based on policies that
promote interaction, equality of opportunity, understanding and
respect.
To support the aims of the plan, the
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in association with the
National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)
wishes to announce a grant scheme to enable organisations to raise
awareness about racism and highlight cultural diversity in Ireland.
The initiative should seek to focus on
at least one of the five themes of the NPAR, which are as follows:
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1.
Protection:
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Effective protection and
redress against racism.
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Including a
focus on discrimination, assaults, threatening behaviour, and
incitement to hatred.
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2.
Inclusion:
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Economic inclusion and
equality of opportunity.
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Including focus
on employment, the workplace and poverty.
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3.
Provision:
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Accommodating
diversity in service provision.
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Including a
focus on common outcomes, education, health, social services and
childcare, accommodation and the administration of justice.
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4.
Recognition:
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Recognition
and awareness of diversity.
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Including a
focus on awareness raising, the media and the arts, sport and tourism.
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5.Participation:
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Full participation in
Irish society.
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Including a
focus on the political level, the policy level and the community level.
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Grants will be made available to
public, voluntary and community sector groups/non-government sector for
the development of actions, initiatives or projects which:
- Promote Strategic alliances within the community & voluntary
sector, particularly in relation to existing initiatives in community
development partnerships and area development management initiatives.
- Provide linkages between existing infrastructure and new
developments, and encourage participation and networking of groups at
both local and regional level.
- Build the capacity of minority groups to participate and
represent themselves in all aspects of Irish Social, political and
cultural life.
- Mainstream existing projects & work in this area to ensure
effective and efficient use of resources, sharing information and
learning across different sectors.
- Provide for institutional change to tackle the potential issue of
racism in the workplace and in service provision.
Scheme
A will provide for amounts of between €3,000 and €7,000 which
- Stimulate a public awareness of racism
- Help to create the conditions that make it more difficult for
racism to exist; and/or,
- Promote an inclusive approach to minority ethnic groups.
Scheme B will provide for
amounts of between €10,000 and €15,000 which are strategic projects
involving a number of partners which offer the potential to assist in
the development of an integrated and sustainable approach to
anti-racism and which add value to existing initiatives or which
develop new initiatives in this area.
More information on the grant scheme including application forms, grant
guidelines and conditions, criteria etc. are available at www.nccri.ie
or www.justice.ie or www.knowracism.ie by phone
01-8588000 or by writing to:
NCCRI
20 Harcourt St
Dublin 2
The deadline for the receipt of
completed application forms is 5pm
Friday 29th October 2004.
