EPNA | Conference: Forward Together – Emerging Strategies to Combat Antisemitism in Europe

Date: 13 February 2025
Time: 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: German Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin

Over the past year, the European Practitioners Network Against Antisemitism (EPNA) advanced its mission to join forces, foster bilateral and multilateral collaboration, share expertise, and implement effective strategies to counteract antisemitism in Europe by expanding its network to 63 member organizations, by organizing workshops in Hungary, Poland, and Serbia and awarding 10 microgrants under the European Alliance Programme to facilitate multilateral projects among our members. Together, we developed Future Practices—innovative approaches to effectively combating antisemitism that will undergo pilot testing in 2025.

The International Conference 2025 will bring together European practitioners, policymakers and leading experts to provide insights into the results and findings of our collaborative work over the past year and to discuss Future Practices and strategies in combating antisemitism in Europe.

The conference will feature a panel discussion titled “Combatting Antisemitism across Europe. Challenges Ahead and Political Responses” with leading experts and policymakers actively working to combat antisemitism, including the following participants:

Ambassador Christian Heldt, Special Envoy for Relations with Jewish Organisations, Antisemitism Issues, International Affairs of the Sinti and Roma and Holocaust Remembrance at the German Federal Foreign Office)
Alina Bricman, Director of EU Affairs at B’nai B’rith International
Michael Whine, UK Member of ECRI, Co-founder of the Community Security Trust and former Senior Consultant to the World Jewish Congress
Rosa Jellinek, Content Creator, Political Educator, Activist

Host: Benjamin Fischer, Chair of the Board, CeMAS, Advisory Board Democ

In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with participants and European practitioners over food and drinks, learn about innovative approaches to combating antisemitism, and gain insights into the outcomes of the collaborative work of the European Practitioners Network Against Antisemitism (EPNA), including emerging strategies for addressing antisemitism in Europe.

The EPNA International Conference will be realised in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office.

Register here!

Let’s move forward together in the fight against antisemitism in Europe.

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