European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

Domains of activity: anti-discrimination, migration, religious affairs.

Formally established as a Not-for-profit organisation (AISBL) in Brussels, 1998.

Mission: ENAR’s mission is to foster a collective civil society voice and to influence decision-making in the European Union in order to:

• Redress the negative consequences of discrimination based on colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion or culture,
• Promote diversity and create the conditions for equal participation in a community characterised by a plurality of values,
• Ensure that anti-racism and anti-discrimination are mainstreamed across all sectors of EU public policy.

Membership in other networks: Social Platform, European Anti-Poverty Network, European Roma Policy Coalition.

Interest/involvement in European and EU political matters: ENAR, being one of the few European anti-discrimination networks, has been tasked to lobby and advocate by all possible means for equality for all in Europe and for the removal of the hurdles barring the way to equality for religious and ethnic minority people in Europe. The European Union being the source of more than 75% of all legislation in Europe, ENAR has been set up to focus expertise and forces at this very level and has become the reference INGO for EU institutions for issues linked to racial and religious discrimination in the EU. Developing the same approach trough ICD and the Platform is another way of reaching our objective of realising equality for all in Europe.