On 24 October 2016 the ECMI started a new semester with the European Studies MA programme at the Europa-Universität Flensburg. The third semester students of the MA European Studies Programme were welcomed by Prof. Malloy who introduced the seminar and its aims. More...

The NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia project (2001-2005) aimed to enable non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Macedonia to put forward and implement joint interethnic projects that serve all communities. More...

The European Centre for Minority Issues offers training modules in various areas of minority protection and minority issues. In addition to our project related trainings that are tailor-made for certain target groups, we currently offer the following trainings every year:

Bei der Eröffnungsveranstaltung des Wintersemesters am 26. Oktober 2015 an der Uni Flensburg erklärte die ECMI Direktorin den Verlauf und die Themenbereiche der Vorlesungen zum Thema Minderheitenschutz. Sie ging u.a. auf die Fragen ein, welche Bedeutung der Schutz und die Rechte von Minderheiten in Europa haben und wie die primären Verstöße dieser Regelungen zu bewerten sind. Mehr...

This project (2003-2007) established all-Romani Expert Groups in four core areas: education, health, civil rights, and employment. More...

The project Educational Policy and Minorities: Pilot Project Ukraine (2004) aimed to investigate the current situation of minorities in Ukraine, and the requirements of education policies suited to the needs of minorities in this country, in order to assist the Ukrainian government in policy development. More...

The Minority Governance Concepts in Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century project (1999-2000) aimed to produce studies on:

1. general comparative surveys and descriptions of different types of self-governance
2. case studies analyzing existing autonomy models
3. comparison of the different proposals for minority self-governance in Central and Eastern Europe. More...

The "Establishment & Maintenance of Minority Ombudsman Institutions" Project aimed to expand the availability and effectiveness of ombudsperson institutions addressing minority issues in the wider Europe. More...

The principal aim of the project was to effect the publication of a handbook that exhibits the mechanisms for implementation of the ever denser structure of minority rights. In doing so, it sought to provide members of minorities with detailed information on mechanisms that can be effectively invoked to secure access to political participation, non-discrimination and to help faciliate the full expression of their collective identities. More...

The table provides a comparative perspective on the legislative measures for exempting national minority political parties from state/federal and/or local parliamentary thresholds in 30 European countries. The analysis reveals a conservative trend across Europe. Exemptions are in place in countries that have traditionally provided protection for national minorities after comprehensive post World War II inter-state settlements involving states and the respective minority kin-states (Italy-Austria and Germany-Denmark, as well as in Switzerland). Two of the countries, which signed specific Minority Treaties at the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I, have chosen to adopt exemption legislation after the Cold War (Poland and Romania). More...