European Anti-Racism Network Conference 2002

The European Anti-Racism conference took place from November 1 - 3, 2002 in Egmond / The Netherlands. The conference was organised by us in cooperation with TIE Netherlands, Black Workers for Justice from England and a group of trade unionists of the French trade union SUD Rail.

Summary of the results

The conference was a big success. Approximately 60 participants from England, France, Poland, the US and the Netherlands discussed with each other and exchanged their experiences.

-> There is a conference report available.

• Appendix 1: Background to the conference

• Appendix 2: Conference program

• Appendix 3: Speech by Bob Purkiss

See also (NB Texts in Dutch only) :

• Press release

• Article about the conference in the EARN Newsletter (December 2002)

• Photo’s of the conference

• Reactions of participants

Website of the week on LabourStart

One day before the opening of the conference the EARN website was announced "Labour Website of the Week" on LabourStart (http://www.labourstart.org).

Target group

The conference was focusing on blacktrade unionists of different European trade unions and migrants who are occupied with equal opportunities or anti-racism policies.

Goals of the conference

1. To strengthen the position of black and migrant employees within the trade unions and companies;

2.  To exchange knowledge and experiences concerning the setup and the execution of equal opportunities policies;

3. To form a European network of black and migrant trade unionists.