Annex 1: Board Members, Staff and Members of Sub Committees
Annex 2: Definitions
Annex 3: Protocol for political Parties
Annex 1
Board Members, Staff and Members of Sub Committees
NCCRI Board
- Anastasia Crickley Chairperson NCCRI
- Mohammed Haji ARASI
- Fintan Farrell Community Workers Co-Operative
- Christina McElwaine Dept. of Foreign Affairs
- Tom Kehoe Dept. of Health & Children
- Stephanie O'Donnell Dept. of
Justice Equality and Law Reform
- Liam Conlon Dept. of Justice Equality and Law
Reform
- Niall McCutcheon Dept. of Justice Equality and Law
Reform
- Pat McDonnell Dept. of Social Community and
Family Affairs
- Danny McElhinney Dept. of the Environment and Local
Government
- Paul Noonan Equality Commission for Northern
Ireland
- Deepak Inamdar EU Migrants Forum
- Peter Flood IBEC
- Donal O'Loinsigh Irish National
Teachers Organisation
- Conal O'Caoimh Irish Mozambique
Solidarity
- Seamus Cullimore Irish Representative to ECRI
- Peter O'Mahony Irish Refugee
Council
- Thomas McCann Irish Traveller Movement
- Bríd O'Brien National
Traveller Women?s Forum
- Rosaleen McDonough National Traveller Women?s Forum
- Phil Mullen NCCRI
- Marian Tannam Formerly Harmony
- Martin Collins Pavee Point
Staff
- Philip Watt Director
- Catherine Lynch Community Development Officer
- Kensika Monshengwo Training and Resource Officer
- Bronwen Maher Administrator
Education and Training Sub-Group
- Fardus Sultan Prnjavoric Formerly Bosnian CDP
- Tanya Ward City of Dublin VEC
- Ann Costello Clondalkin Travellers Development
Group
- Bernadette Crawford Comhlámh
- Karen O'Shea Curriculum
Development Unit
- Mary Gannon Curriculum Development Unit
- Blanca Blanco YARD
- Rhona McSweeney Dept. of Education and Science
- Seán MacNamara Dept. of Education and
Science
- Breda Naughton Directorate for Asylum Support
Services
- Donal O'Loinsigh Irish National
Teachers Organisation
- Mahin Sefidash Irish Refugee Council
- Thomas Tichelmann National Committee for Development
Education
- Fergus Dolan National Adult Literacy Agency
- Philip Watt NCCRI
- Phil Mullen NCCRI
- Kensika Monshengwo NCCRI
- Catherine Lynch NCCRI
- Annette Dolan Teachers? Union of Ireland
- Rory McDaid Union of Students of Ireland
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Sub Committee
- Peter O'Mahony Irish Refugee
Council (Chairperson)
- Juliette Cunliffe A Part
of Ireland Now
- Ann Moroney Access Ireland
- Dier Tong ARASI
- Josephine Olusola ARASI
- Catherine Kenny Irish Council
for Civil Liberties Women?s Committee
- David Joyce Irish Congress
of Trade Unions
- Katriona Goldstone Formerly
Irish Association of Minority Ethnic Women
- James Stapleton Irish Refugee
Council
- John Dardis SJ Jesuit Refugee
Service Ireland
- Brendan Hennessy NASC - Irish
Immigrant Support
- Philip Watt NCCRI
- Kensika Monshengwo NCCRI
- CatherineLynch NCCRI
- Gabriel Ohkenla Pan African
Organisation
- Joan Roddy Refugee Project,
ICJP
- Michael Murray Spiritan
Asylum Services Ireland
- Brian Ruane Trócaire
- Breege Keenan Vincentian
Refugee Centre
- Brian Moore Vincentian Refugee
Centre
Women's Sub Committee
- Anastasia Crickley NCCRI (Chairperson)
- Fardus Sultan Prnjavoric Formerly
Bosnian CDP
- Olga Baliakina Access Ireland
- Josephine Olusola ARASI
- Catherine Kenny Irish Council
for Civil Liberties
- Ronit Lentin Formerly Irish
Association of Minority Ethnic Women
- Mahin Sefidvash Irish Refugee
Council
- Catherine Joyce Irish Traveller
Movement
- Rachel Doyle National Traveller
Women?s Forum
- Maeve Healy National Women?s
Council of Ireland
- Anastasia Crickley NCCRI
- Catherine Lynch NCCRI
- Marian Tannam formerly Harmony
- Phil Mullen NCCRI
- Victoria Chan Women from
Minorities Europe
International Sub Committee
- Fintan Farrell Community Workers Co-operative
- Ann Scully Mercy Justice Office
- Rachel Doyle National Traveller Women?s Forum
- Anastasia Crickley NCCRI
- Catherine Lynch NCCRI
- Philip Watt NCCRI
Staffing Sub Committee
- Hugh Frazer Combat Poverty Agency
- Fintan Farrell Community Workers Co-operative
- Anastasia Crickley NCCRI
- Philip Watt NCCRI
Annex 2
Definitions
Racism
The UNESCO and UN declarations on racism and racial
prejudice are the most widely acknowledged definitions of racism and give a
clear statement that racism is without scientific foundation.
The UNESCO Declaration (1978) states:
?Any theory involving the claim that racial or
ethnic groups are inherently superior or inferior, thus implying that some would
be entitled to dominate or eliminate others who would be inferior; or which
places a value judgement on racial differentiation, has no scientific foundation
and is contrary to the moral and ethical principles of humanity.?
The UN international Convention on all Forms of
Racist Discrimination (1969) states:
?Any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference,
based on race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, which has the purpose
of modifying or impairing the recognition, the enjoyment or exercise on an equal
footing of human rights and fundamental freedom in the political, economic,
social, cultural, or any other field of public life constitutes racial discrimination.?
These internationally accepted definitions clearly
indicate that racism is more than a set of attitudes or prejudice. Racism is
a specific form of discrimination associated with skin colour and ethnicity.
It is an ideology of superiority and provides a rationalisation for oppression.
It also involves the abuse of power by one group over another group. So, while
racism involves negative stereotypes and assumptions it should not be reduced
simply to attitudes, thereby equating it with prejudice. The reality of unequal
power combined with prejudice enables some groups to treat others in racist
ways by denying them access to opportunities, resources and decision-making
processes.
Interculturalism
An Intercultural approach believes that the culture
of the minority group is important and requires recognition and acceptance.
The development of an intercultural approach implies the development of policy
that promotes interaction, understanding and integration among and between different
cultures and ethnic groups on the assumption that ethnic diversity can enrich
society, without glossing over issues such as racism.
The concept of interculturalism has evolved over
time and is now replacing earlier concepts such as policies based on assimilation
and increasingly interculturalism is replacing the concept of multiculturalism.
The assimilationist approach viewed ethnic diversity as divisive and conflictual
and tended to assume that minority groups were deficient, deprived and lacking
in cultural capital. The assimilationist approach promoted the absorption of
minorities into the dominant culture in the belief that that the socialisation
of all into a shared value system was the only way forward. The aim of this
approach was to make minority ethnic groups as invisible as possible.
The multicultural approach marked an important
progression from the assimilationist approach and acknowledged the need for
the recognition and celebration of different cultures and economic and social
support for their integration into society. However, multiculturalism has been
criticised as continuing to advocate that it was up to minorities to change
and adapt in order to succeed, without any significant acknowledgement that
racism exists and needs to be challenged through public policy. The emphasis
of the multicultural approach is on the need for ?toleration? and ?better community
relations? rather than acknowledging the need to change the negative attitudes
and practices of the majority population.
The concept of interculturalism is widely advocated
by the European Commission in its policy statements and through specific programmes.
Intercultural approaches are increasingly being applied to policy areas in Ireland,
particularly in relation to education policy. One of the key challenges facing
the National Consultative Committee is to work to ensure that the concept is
more widely understood and applied as a principle in informing the design implementation
and review of public policy.
Annex 3
Protocol for political Parties
The following parties have signed the Protocol for Political parties:
- Fianna Fáil
- Fine Gael
- Labour
- Progressive Democrats
- The Green Party
- Sinn Fein
- The Socialist Party
Anti Racism Protocol for Political Parties in relation to the conduct of election
campaigns
Preamble
Political parties who are signatory to this Protocol undertake
to ensure that election campaigns are conducted in such a way that they do not
incite hatred or prejudice on the grounds of ?race?, colour, nationality or
ethnic or national origins, religious belief and membership of the Travelling
Community.
Political parties agree:
- To send a consistent and clear message to their constituents that they reject
racism.
- To condemn any campaign materials or statements susceptible to incite hatred
or express prejudice on the grounds of ?race?, colour, nationality or ethnic
or national origins, religious belief and membership of the Travelling Community.
- To guarantee that when engaging in on-going debate in relation to groups
which are the potential targets of racism, such as asylum seekers and refugees
and Travellers, that such debate is conducted in a responsible way and with
respect to the dignity and rights of minority ethnic groups.
- To use appropriate and inclusive language and words when referring to people
of different ethnic backgrounds, in order to avoid creating prejudice or confusion.
- To inform all party-political campaigners about the intent and contents
of this protocol.
- To request that candidates standing for election sign the appended ?Declaration
of Intent?
