“No-hate” Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) from the Republic of Moldova visited the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau to discuss their engagement in initiatives of promoting equality and inclusion in the society.
The Young European Ambassadors brainstormed on how to increase equality in the Republic of Moldova by creating synergies with envisaged EU/Council of Europe projects, but also by applying their own initiatives of promoting “NO to hatred and discrimination” messages, and good examples and best practices of more inclusive societies, based on European values and standards. In this context, they reiterated the importance of maintaining the platform of mutual learning and exchange with their peers from Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans, with focus on protection of marginalized and vulnerable groups in the society.
"I'm glad to see that the second group of Young European Ambassadors from Moldova was able to participate in this project. Developing a deeper understanding of the topic and ensuring alignment are also important steps in Moldova's European Union accession path. Such projects equip young people who aspire to build a society based on human rights and equality with the knowledge and tools they need to advance these goals, especially at a time when we see attempts to divide communities and spread discrimination through hybrid actions”, said Daniel Bîzdîga, YEAs coordinator in Moldova.
The Head of the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau, Falk Lange, also saluted their engagement and openness for collaboration.
This meeting was organised as follow-up to the joint initiative at the regional level on countering hatred, which started with trainings in 2023, aiming to involve the Youth and to develop an educational programme for Young European Ambassadors with the objective to discuss European values and standards on human rights, non-discrimination, combating hatred and creating counter-narratives to hate speech.
This event was organised as part of the European Union and Council of Europe joint programme “Partnership for Good Governance”, in the framework of the project Combating discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes in the Republic of Moldova.
