At the beginning of September a group of experts from municipal or national institutions from 9 European countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Romania), active members of immigrant communities from these countries and NGOs met in Berlin to learn how advisory bodies for immigrants are organized in Germany.
Subjective Values Foundation launches a comprehensive project, called ’Get down to business’ – Program for talented immigrants of enterprising spirit. The project aims at helping immigrants of third countries accomplish their plans of establishing enterprises, and by this, advancing their integration and access to the Hungarian labour market.
For Black people, Roma, Muslims, migrants from non-EU countries, and women with a minority or migrant background living in Europe, discrimination is a major obstacle when looking for a job. Even once in employment, things don’t get better. This is the conclusion of ENAR’s 2012/13 Shadow Report on racism and discrimination in employment in Europe, released ahead of International Day Against Racial Discrimination. The Subjective Values Foundation is organising a round-table discussion with the experts of the report.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is on the 21st of March is to propagate the importance and necessity of the coexisting different cultures, to provide help in getting to know and accept each other and to commemorate to all those people who spent their whole lives with fighting against racism.
A study visit and seminar on electoral rights of third country nationals, organized for 28 participants from 9 states of Central and Eastern EU, took place in Malmö last week.
Foundation of Subjective Values has initiated a project to build a bridge between the civil societies of Hungary and Azerbaijan . Many NGOs both in Azerbaijan and Hungary will get the platform to share best practices on the fundamental rights. Delegation of young leaders from Azerbaijan will visit Budapest in April this year.
Brussels, 27 January 2014 – Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Anti-racist organisations are seriously concerned about the prevalence of anti-Semitism in Europe and pledge to join forces to curb racism in European society, whoever the victims may be.
A new project started in 2013 November. The EU Integration Fund financed activity is aiming to increase electoral participation of immigrants – to make sure that immigrants with permanent resident permits have the possibility to be active in political life at local and regional level, and on the other hand that mainstream politics is not xenophobic and completely ignoring interests of the large part of population.
The Transvanilla Transgender Association orgnised an official event of IDAHO in Hungary about the transphobia within the LGB community in form of a workshop and discussion. It was about the general lack of visibility of trans people, including (or especially) in the “LGBT” community.
We are gladly inviting all interested in the Asian culture and traditions to take a journey back in time and visit our photo exhibition in the Asia Center Budapest about the Lunar New Year Festival and enjoy the various and colorful collection of our photographs. The event was held in February 10th and we wish everybody good year of the snake, see you next year!