At the Sixth Steering Committee meeting of the EU and Council of Europe joint action “Combating hatred and intolerance in North Macedonia” beneficiaries, partners and stakeholders, agreed to boost their co-operation and co-ordinated efforts to improve efficiency on combating hatred and intolerance, especially among youth.

The members of the Steering Committee meeting had productive discussions on the results and impact of the action, emphasising that importance of building capacities of public institutions to develop harmonised institutional approach to tackle discrimination and hate speech, as well as work with the local communities, especially the youth to raise awareness regarding the dangers of hate speech. 

Some of the notable results were the support to the development and implementation of the Action Plan on Equality and Non-discrimination, the Call for small grants, as well the preparations of the Guidelines for teachers and parents aiming to recognise and combat hate speech and bullying.

The action “Combating hatred and intolerance in North Macedonia” is part of the European Union and the Council of Europe joint programme “Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Türkiye”.