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Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

With this strategy, the Commission is determined to significantly step up the fight against antisemitism to ensure a proficient perspective for the futurity of Jews in Europe. The Strategy sets out a series of measures to preclude all forms of antisemitism, secure and foster Jewish life, promote remembrance and pedagogy virtually Holocaust. The Eu will lead the global fight against antisemitism and employ all bachelor tools to call on partner countries to actively combat antisemitism, in political and homo rights dialogues and in its broader cooperation with partner countries. Deportment of the Strategy include: curbing antisemitism online, providing funding for the protection of public spaces and places of worship, setting up of a European enquiry hub on antisemitism and Jewish life, and creation of a network of sites "where Holocaust happened".

Read the Strategy in all European union languages here.

The three pillars of the Strategy

The Strategy foresees targeted actions across iii pillars, and seeks to identify the Eu firmly in the lead of the global fight against antisemitism, complementing measures within the Eu with international efforts along all the 3 pillars.

I. Preventing and combating all forms of antisemitism	II. Protecting and fostering Jewish life in the EU	Three. Educational activity, inquiry and Holocaust remembrance
For a European Union free from antisemitic hate oral communication and hate crime, online and offline.	For a European society aware of Jewish life, civilisation and history, past and nowadays, and where Jews feel safe.	For a Europe that remembers its past and looks into the time to come through research and education.

Leading the global fight against antisemitism

For a European Wedlock that uses all available tools and cooperates with Israel, other partner countries and international organisations to gainsay antisemitism.

Groundwork

Antisemitism - a European and global trouble

Today, antisemitism is worryingly on the ascent. Contemporary antisemitism occurs in many forms: old and new, from online detest oral communication to hate crimes and attacks on Jewish people, their properties and institutions, or as desecration of cemeteries and memorials.

• Every second European considers antisemitism every bit a problem.Nine out of ten Jews consider that antisemitism has increased in their land.
• 85% Jews consider antisemitism to be a problem.
• 79% of Jewish people did not written report their nigh serious antisemitic incident.
• 74% of people in the Middle East/North Africa region harbour antisemitic attitudes. In Western Europe, information technology is 24% and in Eastern Europe 34%, while in the Americas, it is 19%, in Asia 22% and in Sub-Saharan Africa 23%.

Security as the main business organization for Jewish communities

For Jews to participate fully in European life, information technology is essential that they experience safe and secure. Yet, security is the key concern for the Jewish customs.

• 44% of young JewishEuropeans have experienced antisemitic harassment.
• 71% of Jewish people at least occasionally avoid carrying and displaying items that could identify them every bit Jewish.
• 38% of Jews take considered emigrating because they do not feel safe every bit Jews in the European union.
• One 3rd (34%) of Jews avoid visiting Jewish events or sites at least occasionally because they would not feel safe there or on the way there

Scant knowledge and education about Jewish life, antisemitism and the Holocaust

Despite the long-continuing presence of Jews in Europe, people have scant knowledge of Jewish life and Judaism. Currently, Holocaust denial, distortion and trivialisation are increasing and are frequently used to feed hatred against Jewish people and to rewrite European and Jewish history.

• Merely iii% of Europeans feel 'very well informed' well-nigh Jewish history, customs and practices, while 68% say they are 'non informed'.
• 1 European in 20 has never heard of the Holocaust, and merely 43% of Europeans think it is sufficiently taught in schools.

Funding opportunities

The implementation of the proposed policy measures and targeted actions will be supported through diverse EU funding programmes, under the current multi-almanac financial framework 2021-2027.

• The Citizens, equality, rights and values (CERV) Program, with a upkeep of EUR ane.55 billion, is the largest funding EU programme ever to promote fundamental rights.
• The Justice programme has as its goal to strengthen democracy, rule of law, and primal rights.
• Horizon Europe is the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation.
• Creative Europe invests in actions that reinforce cultural diversity and respond to the needs and challenges of the cultural and creative sectors.
• Erasmus+ is the EU's plan to support educational activity, training, youth and sport in Europe.
• The Eu Internal Security Fund supports a wide range of actions in line with the European Security Calendar, aiming to ensuring a loftier level of security in the Union.
• The Cohesion policy funds contributes to strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Matrimony; information technology aims to correct imbalances betwixt countries and regions.
• The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) will channel the biggest share of external action funds to contribute to promoting sustainable development, prosperity, peace and stability.
• The Instrument for Pre-accession Aid.
• The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) is the European union programme that provides tailor-fabricated technical expertise to EU Member States to design and implement reform.

Implementation and monitoring

The strategy will be implemented over the period 2021-2030. Comprehensive implementation reports will exist published in 2024 and 2029. These volition be based on the input from Member States, also with regard to the implementation of their national strategies and policies.

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Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/racism-and-xenophobia/combating-antisemitism/eu-strategy-combating-antisemitism-and-fostering-jewish-life-2021-2030_en