Youth - Presentation at the European Parliament
On 6 November 2008, four young representatives of ECCAR’s Youth Forum visited the European Parliament in Brussels and presented a set of recommendations for preventing and responding to racist behaviour in amateur and professional sports.
These recommendations emerged from the Youth Forum, which took place as part of the second General Conference of the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism in Bologna.
The presentation of Aman Melles (Botkyrka / Sweden) and Julia Dubiel (Nuremberg / Germany) was attended by
Jan Figel, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO
Joan Laporta, President of FC Barcelona
Emine Bozkurt, Dutch Member of the European Parliament
Lilian Thuram, French former football star and
Hans Hesselmann, President of ECCAR and head of the Nuremberg Human Rights Office.
The recommendations are available as download: 2008 Youth Forum’s recommendations
