The 'NEVER AGAIN' Association will this week host a
conference to launch the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE)
programme to challenge extremism and racism at next year's UEFA European Championships
in Poland and Ukraine.
An audience of Polish government ministers, European
activists, former players and representatives of governing bodies
of football will attend the Polish Parliament and the Polish Foreign Ministry
Palace for an expert
seminar on
Tuesday and Wednesday. The seminar will set out the issues facing
the host countries of the Euro 2012.
The 'NEVER AGAIN' Association, who runs the FARE Eastern
European Monitoring Centre, recently launched a far ranging monitoring report,
documenting levels of racism and hate crimes in football settings since 2009.
The report highlighted continuing levels of anti-
Semitism in Poland
and far- right activity in Ukraine
as issues to be dealt with. Incidents of abuse and violence inside stadiums
over the past few weeks have underlined the message of the report.
Amongst the initiatives being launched this week will be a
FARE observer programme at the Euro 2012 and an ‘Inclusivity Zones’ concept
that will nominate hundreds of public spaces across Poland and Ukraine
as welcome and open places, where difference will be valued. The idea is
already being hailed as an innovative step and is expected to attract
widespread support.
The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association is an anti-racist educational
and monitoring organization established in Poland in 1996. Since 2009, ‘NEVER
AGAIN’ has coordinated the FARE East European Development Project supported by
UEFA in the lead up to Euro 2012 in Poland
and Ukraine.
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