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Positive developments in the field of anti-discrimination
6. Training activities implemented by
the Fundación Secretariado Gitano
The Area of Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination
of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano has continued in
2013 and 2014 with its line of work in training and aware-
ness-raising of key stakeholders in promoting equal
treatment and combating discrimination against Roma
or other ethnic or culturally diverse groups.
Activities have mainly targeted jurists, law enforce-
ment officials, workers at social entities and university
students.
The FSG’s Area of Equality participated in the following
training activities through which it distributed informa-
tion on equal treatment and the Roma community.
•
Participation as receivers and givers of training in the
activity called “Fundamental Rights Platform Meeting”
organised by Youth-Jeunesse of the Council of Eu-
rope on 19 November 2013 at FSG headquarters in
Madrid. This activity targeted a group of Roma youth
and addressed the work being done to combat dis-
crimination, types of racial and ethnic discrimination
under European Directive 2000/43/EC and discus-
sions on the concept of multiple discrimination in
their everyday lives. A total of 16 young people took
part in this training.
•
Speakers at the “First Technical Seminar on acade-
mic success and the Roma community”. This semi-
nar was held on 22 November 2013 in Alcobendas
in the conference hall of the Valdelasfuentes sports
complex. The seminar focused on absenteeism and
academic failure as the main educational problem fa-
cing the Roma community today and also addressed
racial and ethnic discrimination in the classroom. 100
people, mostly educational professionals, attended.
•
Organisation and participation in the “Equal treatment
and Non-discrimination conference, understanding
different realities” mainly targeting police and security
forces in the region of Extremadura. This conference
was held in Mérida and Don Benito on 3-4 December
2013.
•
Training action under the I Training Scheme for Poli-
ce and Security Forces of the Traffic, Citizen Safety,
Transport and Civil Protection Council of the Don Be-
nito Town Council (Extremadura).
•
Participation in a training session organised by the
Kamira Federation called “Strategic Litigation. Me-
chanisms to combat discrimination in the media.
Participation of the Hate and Discrimination Crime
Prosecution Service.” This event was held in the con-
ference hall of the Ministry of Health, Social Services
and Equality on 19 December 2013. The main objec-
tive was to take a closer look at strategic litigation
and how to respond to media communications when
they can spark indirect discrimination in the light of
the proposed amendment of Article 510 of the crimi-
nal code (incitement to discrimination) and the increa-
se in the number of anti-hate prosecutors appointed
throughout Spain.
•
Participation in the seminar on Equal Treatment and
Non-discrimination organised by the ERA (European
Rights Academy) in Trier (Germany) held on 10-11 Fe-
bruary 2014. This training mainly targeted interested
lawyers in the sphere of equal treatment and non-
discrimination of the different social organisations
throughout all of Europe. 70 professionals attended
the training.
•
Presentation of Equality and anti-gypsyism research
at the Faculty of Law of the University of Salamanca
on 30 April 2014. Approximately 100 students atten-
ded that session.
•
Participation in the “Technical Training Conference on
Equal Treatment and Non-discrimination”. This confe-
rence was organised by the Department of Employ-
ment and Social Policies of the Basque Government.
It addressed the reality of equal treatment and non-
discrimination from different perspectives and zoo-
med in on different groups: LGTB, the Roma commu-
nity and immigrants. The conference was held on 21
May 2014 in the conference hall of the Bilbao hostel.
•
Teaching module on Discrimination and the Roma
Community at the Public University of Navarre (Pam-
plona). This activity forms part of the Specialised
Course on social intervention with the Roma commu-