The first two days will be dedicated to the FUEN Congress. More details on the varied thematic agenda and exciting cultural events and sightseeing will follow soon. All participants will be accommodated at the Congress hotel. More...
Tove Malloy to deliver a keynote lecture during the Cornish Festival
A nine-day Cornish Festival will be organized between 25th of February and 5th of March in Penzance, Cornwall (UK). The festival will celebrate the Cornish language, culture and heritage and will include various academic and entertainment events at the Acorn in Penzance. More...
National minorities as bridge builders: final report is released!
The ECMI’s project on Bridge Building and Integration in Diverse Societies is now finalized with a report titled “Dynamics of Integration in the OSCE Area: National Minorities and Bridge Building”. The report investigates how national minorities contribute to bridge building in international relations, and identifies some good examples of initiatives across the OSCE area. More...
HÖOK: Medical students helping Hungarian minorities
The National Union of Students in Hungary (HÖOK) and the Students’ Union of Semmelweis University organised a series of medical examinations in 6 Hungarian communities from Перехрестя (Tiszakeresztúr), пийтерфолво (Péterfalva), Запсонь (Zápszony), Бадалово (Badaló) and Велика Добронь (Nagydobrony) in Ukraine. More...
Supermajority Requirement in the Minority
By Jake New. Stanford faces criticism for policies requiring a supermajority or unanimous vote when deciding responsibility in sexual misconduct cases. Few other institutions have a similar process. Read more...
ECMI is 20!
To celebrate our two decades, we gathered our team and friends for a press conference and a reception at Kompagnietor in Flensburg on 7th of December.
“For 20 years ECMI has had a presence in 15 countries, with 250 projects, hosting 27 visiting researchers and 231 interns, with total 283 staff members in headquarters and regional offices.” More...
EPP team is in Ukraine: functions and competences of executive bodies responsible for minority policy
What are the executive bodies responsible for minority policy? How do they function? These are the main topics of the current EPP seminars taking place on 12-14 December 2016 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The EPP seminar on functions and competences of bodies of executive power responsible for minority policy has started yesterday in Kyiv. More...
Our Minority Rights cartoon is now online!
Over 40 guests from different organizations in Brussels joined the ECMI and the Centre Maurits Coppieters for the official launch of the cartoon on minority rights. More...
International conference on kin-states in Central and Eastern Europe in Berlin
The conference, entitled “The promotion of national minorities by their ‘mother countries’ in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th and 21st century“, is organised by the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe, the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, and the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity. More...
What are minority rights? ECMI answers with an educational cartoon
ECMI is happy to announce the release of its educational cartoon “What are minority rights?”. The cartoon answers the question by introducing the basic principles of minority rights and referring to the key provisions of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). More...