Action and Protection League
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
2
accredited persons
Staff
3
2.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
- Building a European antisemitism monitoring network: One of APL’s aims is to heighten the awareness of antisemitism in the European societies. The primary tool in achieving this is continuous professional monitoring of antisemitic incidents in public life. Neither Jewish communities nor individual Jews can be protected unless there is data on antisemitic incidents and that these are collected and analysed. - European antisemitism survey: Action on antisemitism has to be preceded by a scientifically thorough situation analysis. APLE has launched a unique research for Europe, which will investigate antisemitic prejudice in the population of 16 countries. The countries to be studied are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. - European project: School book revisions reflecting on how Jewry and Israel are represented: Based on the experience and knowledge (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Action and Protection League as an expert organisation that combating Antisemitism is an advisory organisation to the committee of regions regarding the EU new strategic on combating Antisemitism. Our representatives are attending the EP delegation for relations with Israel and more committees and frameworks, that relevant to combating Antisemitism. On November 20-23 APL will hold an exhibition in the EP in Strasbourg under the topic "Reforming school textbooks to ensure positive Jewish representation” , where we will present our education program. We are consistently in contact with MEPs in order to provide them tools and information regarding combating Antisemitism. Action and Protection League also produced the Antisemitism Prejudice survey in 16 EU member states, which also delivered to MEPs in order to provide information and tools to EU decition makers and help them to shape the right policy.
Communication Activities
APL just holded a conference on antisemitism in Brussels, between October 12-13, 2021, together with our partner organisation EJA, where we announced about our new antisemitism survey and new antisemitism index. In November 20-23 2023 APL presented an exhibition on Antidemitism in Education in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Tamas Deutch and mep Gyorgy Holvenyi. in November 21st 2023 APL held a conference on the same topic, in the European Parliament with a panel discussion with MEP Antonio Lopez, MEP Susanna Ceccardi, MEP Kinga Gal and MEP Charli Weimars. In February 22nd 2024 APL held an opening ceremony for an exhibition about the Jewish refugees from Ukraine in the European Commission, hosted by Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
International Holocaust Remembrence Alliance (IHRA) European Jewish Association (EJA)
Organisation Members
European Jewish Association https://ejassociation.eu/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.