The Centre also maintains links to several regions of tension in Europe through its Regional Associates in Georgia and Kosovo and provides multi-level trainings in institution and capacity building. This focus is organized through a Technical Assistance and Training Unit in the head office and in corporation with numerous NGOs throughout Europe. In that regard, the Centre draws upon the successful history of managing minority issues in the German-Danish border area where it is based. More...

A Justice and Governance cluster is concerned with the evaluation and further development of legal standards that may assist in consolidating democratic governance on the basis of ethnic diversity and human rights. Other thematic clusters include Politics and Civil Society focusing on minority politics, especially the ability of minorities to participate both through public office and civil society functions. A Conflict and Security cluster focuses on constructive conflict-management and addresses conflicts with an ethno-political dimension in the wider Europe. More...

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) conducts practice and policy-oriented research, provides information and documentation, and offers advisory services concerning minority-majority relations in Europe. It serves European governments and regional intergovernmental organizations as well as non-dominant groups throughout. The Centreco-operates with the academic community, the media and the general public through the timely provision of information and analysis. More...

On 15 December 2016 on invitation of the FUEN and carried out as an event of the House of Minorities interesting discussions were taking place within the framework of the project ‘Minorities in Caucasus – Dialogue for a stable future’ regarding the challenges of the minorities in Caucasus and the minority model of the German-Danish border region as a good example. More...

The Caucasus, the mountainous region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea is seen as a trouble area by Western Europe. Especially since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Caucasus with so many ethnic groups and languages does not seem to come to rest. More...

Today the ECMI (European Centre for Minority Issues) is inviting to a press conference regarding the project ‘Bridge building and integration in diverse societies’ . The project is organized in cooperation with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) and the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) and is dealing with the abilities of diverse ethnic groups and minorities as bridge-builders between states. More...

From 14-17 December 2016 a dialogue project will take place in the House of Minorities of FUEN in Flensburg with minorities from the Caucasus region. The minorities in the Caucasus region face major challenges in finding their role in civil society. The core of the project is to create a dialogue between different ethnic and language groups. More...

The FUEN strongly condemn the shameful events occurred on the occasion of 10th December World Human Rights Day, at the conference ‘National Minorities in Greece and Recommendations of International Organizations’ organized by the Friendship Equality Peace (FEP) Party and the Greek Helsinki Monitor. The event was held on Monday 12 December at the Athens Journalists’ Association conference room in Athens. More...

From the 1st to the 3rd December 2016, Udine (capital of the Friuli-region in Italy) will host an important European Festival of performing arts in European minority languages. Directors, musicians, writers, actors, singers will meet you there. More...

The Third Meeting of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Turkish Minorities / Communities Working Group (TAG) was held on 14-17 November 2016 in Berlin, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. More...