The objectives of this call are to support national authorities of PROGRESS participating countries in:

• Developing their national policy to combat discrimination and promote equality beyond legislation;
• Fostering the dissemination of information on EU and national policy and legislation in the anti discrimination field as required by articles respectively 10 and 12 of the above mentioned directives.
• Identifying best practices which could be transferable to other participating countries;
• Better implementing their legislation on non discrimination adopted following Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC.

In the present call, the Commission wishes to support activities which tackle at least one of the following 5 grounds of discrimination: race and ethnic origin, disability, age, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

Following the 2007 European Year for Equal Opportunities for all and the design of national strategies by each country taking part in the Year's activities, national authorities can play a key role in identifying the needs in their country in terms of legislation implementation, policy development and awareness-raising activities as well as the key actors to involve in this process.

Funding from PROGRESS should complement existing or planned national activities in the field of non discrimination. Applications should clearly demonstrate the added value of European-level funding and take into account gender mainstreaming.

Deadline for submitting proposals: 19/05/2010

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