Implementation issues

• Author: Matthias Mahlmann
• Pages: 87-88

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8 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES

8.1 Dissemination of information, dialogue with NGOs and between social

partners

a) Dissemination of information about legal protection against discrimination (Article 10

Directive 2000/43 and Article 12 Directive 2000/78)

The Anti-Discrimination Agency has produced informati on material, commissioned studies

and held conferences on discrimination matters.440

The German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte) has

launched a sp ecial w ebsite f or an onlin e man ual with the t itle A ctive ag ainst

Discrimination.441

The Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) (BPB) offers

comprehensive information on the topic of discrimination, which is available either on its

website or in various print publications.442

Furthermore, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and t he Federal

Office of Justice provide online access to up-to-date national law free of charge.443

b) Measures to encourage dialogue with NGOs with a view to promoting the principle of

equal treatment (Article 12 Directive 2000/43 and Article 14 Directive 2 000/78)

There are various anti-discrimination initiatives in Germany, most importantly relating to

discrimination on the grounds of race and ethnic o rigin including (institutionalised)

cooperation with NGOs and social partn ers.444 Legislative consultation processes routinely

include a wide range of NGOs.

c) Measures to promot e dialogue between social partners to give effect to the principl e

of equal treatment within workplace practices, codes of practice, workforce

monitoring (Article 11 Directive 2000/43 and Article 13 Directiv e 2000/78)

The Anti-Discrimination Agency, for example, has sought to communicate the value of anti -

discrimination policies for an efficient economy through a conference on the matter and

related publi cations an d programmes, including and underlining the role of social

partners.445

440 On the activities of the agency, see www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/DE/Home/home_node.html.

441 See www.aktiv-gegen-diskriminierung.de.

442 For more information see www.bpb.de.

443 See www.gesetze-im-internet.de.

444 One example is the Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance (Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz), founded

in 2000, which with active support from the German state, currently brings together hundreds of initiatives

working against racism and xenophobia, amongst other things: www.buendnis-toleranz.de. For other

examples of initiatives against discrimination including social partners see chapter 10 below. The

programme ‘Live democracy’ (Demokratie leben) supports a variety of initiatives to combat racism and other

patterns of discrimination, see https://www.demokratie-

leben.de/foerderprojekte/modellprojekte/handlungsfeld-vielfaltgestaltung.html.

445 The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, for instance, has launched a funding programme for the period

2019-2020, supporting partner projects to combat discrimination in the labour market. Under the motto

Strengthening partnerships for a non-discriminatory labour market - Bundling forces (Partnerschaften für

einen diskriminierungsfreien Arbeitsmarkt stärken - Kräfte bündeln), civil society organisations, together

with partners from business, trade unions and interest groups will be subsidised to develop effective

instruments to prevent or eliminate discrimination in the workplace. See:

https://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Dokumente_ohne_anzeige_in_Publik

ationen/Foerderaufruf.html.