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On January 28 and 29, 2016 the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), the Center for Human Resources Development (HRDC), Stara Zagora Municipality and the International Youth Centre - Stara Zagora hosted the first meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) to the campaign of the Council of Europe "No hate speech movement" 2016-2017.

The meeting was held at the International Youth Centre in the town of Stara Zagora, funded within  BG06 "Children and youth at risk" Program to the EEA Financial Mechanism.
The main objective of the event was to bring together institutions and organizations that were relevant and proactiveon the issue of prevention of hate speech among young people in Bulgaria, enabling them to discuss and plan future joint initiatives.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Ministry of Education, HRDC, Municipality of Stara Zagora, IYC Stara Zagora, Eurodesk network, Association "Opportunities without borders", Center "Amalipe" and other youth organizations, as well as the campaign coordinator for the Council of Europe, Mr. Menno Etema.


During the first day of the meeting Mr. Etema presented the campaign "No hate speech movement"for the period 2014 - 2015 and outlined the priorities of the Council of Europe on the topic for 2016 - 2017. The main activities and possibilities for cooperation within the campaign were discussed.

Specific activities in the campaign will be:

· March 8 - campaign against sexist speech.

· June 22 - European Day for the Victims of hate speech

· December 10 - Human Rights Day online

 

During the meeting, the advisor to the Minister of Education, Mr. Robert Djerassi announced the intentions of the Ministry of Education and Science to conduct  a "no hate speech" day and "March of courage" (crosses with the participation of officials from institutions) on April 8.


More information about the campaign can be found on the website of the movement: http://www.nohatespeechmovement.org/.