Policy paper on Equality and Diversity
Convinced of the benefits of the diversity of people in European societies, the European Youth Forum calls in this paper for the development of an ambitious political agenda to celebrate diversity in Europe. Only an engaged commitment from European policy makers and in fact all Europeans at all levels can indeed help Europe get rid of persisting high levels of discrimination.
Through this Policy Paper, the European Youth Forum is proposing a method to embrace diversity in Europe. As the main representative body of young people in Europe, the European Youth Forum urges its institutional partners at all levels to recognise youth organisations as key players in the development of diverse yet equal European societies.
Read the policy paper adopted at the Council of Members, Prato, Italy, 28-29 April 2006.
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