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...

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 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...

From 23 until 26 November the sixth edition of the European Minority Film Festival will take place in Husum, Germany. Already for a period of 10 years our North Frisian member organisation “Friisk Foriining”, in cooperation with the Cinema Centre Husum, plays movies based on the motto “Great Films of Small Nations”, made in the languages of European peoples, who cannot rely on a cultural motherland. More...

This week the 25th anniversary meeting of the Working Group of German Minorities inside FUEN (AGDM) took place in Berlin. The 50 participants of this anniversary event came from 29 different minority organisations and 19 European and Central Asian states. They are of great importance for the Federal Republic of Germany because they promote the German culture and especially the German language abroad – and because they work as bridge-builders between the different states. More...

From 7-10 November 2016 the 25th annual meeting of the Working Group of German Minorities inside FUEN (AGDM) is taking place in Berlin. More than 50 persons representing 29 minority organisations from 19 European and Central Asian states will meet at the jubilee event. They all are very important for the Federal Republic of Germany, because they work abroad for maintaining the German culture – especially in regard to the German language – and for understanding between peoples. This year even the German Chancellor Angela Merkel will honour their commitment personally. She will receive the guests in the Chancellor’s Office on 9 November. More...