“Making Monitoring Work” Standards and Stadardised

Framework for Monitoring Racist Incidents

Presentation to Dublin City Joint Policing Committee

30th May 2011

Catherine LynchENAR Ireland

About ENAR Ireland

We are a national network of organisations working collectively to highlight and address racism at a local, national, European and international level.We are the Irish Coordination for the European Network Against Racism, a network of 700 NGOs across the European Union.

OverviewContext – racism and anti-racismWhy Monitor racist incidents? ENAR Ireland Response – standard frameworkProgress to date – overview of pilotNext steps and reflection

Informed by ENAR Shadow Report and Report on Racist Violence and Crime, mapping exercise, consultation and practice.

Key issues - General

Current context – recession, risk factorsEvidence of racism, e.g. EU FRA and TUI researchPervasiveness of racism and inequalityChange in infrastructure – impetus for developing work in this area

Overarching Issues – Europe

1. Global economic crisis

2. Acknowledgment and Data collection

3. Implementation of legislation

4. Incidents: reports and investigations

5. Racism and the political arena: Far right parties and extremism

Snapshot comparisonIssue Europe IrelandEconomic Crisis Risk factor for increase

in racismRisk factor.Budget cuts.

Racism in the political arena

Rise of far right.Racist discourse from mainstream

Context different. Issue more invisibility as economic issues press

Racist violence and crime

On the increase Concern re. increase and under-reporting

Implementation of legislation including EU ‘Race’ Directive

Some improvement and evidence of impact

Previously ‘Champion’ – but budget cuts significant.

Multiple Discrimination/Intersectionality

Evidence but limited capacity to respond

Evidence, challenges to respond also acknowledged

Roma and Travellers Target Target.

Manifestations of Racism/legislative frameworkRacist violence and crime

Discrimination in goods and services

Discrimination in employment

Individual and institutional

Why report and record racism

Evidence base for policy and practice responses – giving directionProvides information both on extent of racism and problem areas inc. hotspotsProvide redress for people experiencing racism and offer supportMany forms of racism are against the law Racism cannot be tolerated.

PrinciplesAddress barriers – access, trust, confidence, action

Standards and standardisedThe system, is built on principles of:

Anti-racism and protection IndependenceAccessSustainabilityTrustCollective and holisticIndividual/institutional forms.

Layers - Recording and evidence base

Referral

Support

Follow up

Review and analysis Data collection must have a purpose!

Response – principles to practice Ensure the development of a standard framework for monitoring of racist incidents

Comparable and credible information Potential for identifying individual and institutional forms of racismUtilise existing civil society infrastructure

Support organisations to record racist incidents, make appropriate referrals and support individualsEnsure a range of methods to report racismReview, analysis and action. Broad stakeholder buy-in: towards action, prevention, change

Progress to date

Support from key stakeholders Mapping exerciseConsultationPilot including –

Training and agreement Agreement and ‘Roll out’Review

Data collected about - Incident

Violence and crimeGoods and servicesEmployment

‘Victim’Basis of discrimination

Age and gender

Perpetrator (generic)Individual Institution

Action/outcome

Stakeholders/partners include:

People experiencing racism/organisations working with themData collectors‘Data users’Policy/change facilitators

Priorities and next steps

Ensuring access across the country Buy-in from ‘data users’Looking at how independent/NGO reporting can support official mechanismsMoving forward – change

Conclusion: Purposeful Data Collection Individual redress – referral, support, outcome, policy/leg change. We need the evidence – numbers matter. No incident ‘too small’!Individual and trend/analysisNGOs play a vital role in ensuring reporting of incidents and supporting individuals Racism is criminal: Report it!

Report online –

www.enarireland.org

Thank you for your attention.

ENAR Ireland01-889711055 Parnell Square WestDublin 1EnarIreland@gmail.comwww.enarireland.org