Indicator in all countries

Has regional/local governance made a significant attempt at combating racism and related ideologies?

• Austria

  Initiatives at regional and local level similar to the federal level are mostly focussing on integration of migrants as a tool to combat racism.

• Bulgaria

  No.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  No, local governance has not made significant attempts at combating racism and related ideologies.

• France

  Yes

• Germany

  Yes.

• Greece

  No.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  In 2005 the Irish government launched ‘The National Action Plan against Racism.’  One of the 5 primary factors underpinning the plan is ‘effective protection and redress against racism.’

• Italy

  Yes there are some attempts

• Poland

  Sometimes local authorities support NGO projects aimed at combating racism and its manifestations, while within the “Equal treatment as a standard for good governance” project in 2012 a series of regional conferences titled “Administration against discrimination” were organized.

• Portugal

  Yes, there are some measures and programmes aimed at combating racism and related ideologies developed by local/regional governance, mainly in articulation with the national government.

• Romania

  In the context of descentralisation, the implication of the local governance in the field of combating racism needs to be strengthened, while at the same time sanctionning in a dissuasive manner local authorities which discriminate.

• Slovenia

  All relevant activities take place on the national level.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  Yes