We are all the same inside

EEM is the first youth initiative in Eastern Europe that fights against discrimination of minorities.
Even if we are a small group, we hope that through our work and projects we will convince others that discrimination hurts and that it must be stopped.
Just think that every act of discrimination is like a punch in the face for the person who feels it, just think about how powerful a nation would be if all its population would join forces, just think about the person next to you as another human.
We are all the same, why act different?

EEM says Hello

EEM (Eastern Europe Minorities) is an international youth network, which seeks to support and assist the integration of different minority communities and young people in Eastern Europe and fight against their being discriminated.
EEM was established in 2011 by youths from Estonia, Romania and Serbia, as a result of a European Youth Foundation Project (Council of Europe) based on promoting youth participation and democratic citizenship in Palermo, Italy.
The research and the group discussions have revealed rising levels of racism against minorities and the debilitating sense of isolation endured by many minority groups, not only within their own societies but also with similarly situated groups and communities in other countries.
In contrast to this cultural fragmentation and isolation, the youths behind EEM had a shared vision of inter-minority and majority co-operation.
Through it we hope to confront discrimination and disadvantage and the associated sense of insecurity, which many of young people in our countries feel. In facing and overcoming these challenges, we aim to achieve egual rights for all Eastern Europe minorities and develop special programmes for their integration.

OUR VISION:
Size doesn’t matter!

OUR AIMS&OBJECTIVES:
• To support and promote positive intercultural relations between minority and majority communities in Eastern Europe
• To overcome mutual prejudice among minorities and majorities and the perception of powerlessness that minority young people often feel.
• To sustain the participation and integration of minority communities in Eastern Europe.
• To initiate and promote tangible projects and examples of community development between people of different faiths, cultures and traditions.
• To provide a framework for co-operation and exchange between minority groups, especially those who feel most isolated in Eastern Europe.
• To contribute to the development of an inter-cultural Europe, open to and based upon the contribution and participation of all communities, particularly those facing exclusion and alienation from the process of European integration.