#DiasporaVote!

EU Legislative Interests

#DiasporaVote! operates as a safe space for all members from racialized communities to speak up, share and find solutions to issues faced by their local communities. We offer them a place to be themselves and get support from the same like-minded people. We educate diasporas members on their rights, the European policies and the EU institutions. By doing so, we help them better understand the environment in which they evolve; We also want to give the diaspora more opportunities when it comes to their implication in activism and politics at the local and global level. Our main policy targets are civic engagement; education; anti-racism; human rights; environment; gender equality & employment; youth & culture. Currently we are working on the following EU specific legislation: EU Anti-racism Action Plan; the resolution on the role of culture, education, media, and sport in the fight against racism; the resolution on the future EU Action Plan on Textile; the EU Pay Transparency directive and the reform of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) regulation

Communication Activities

All current and past project can be found on our website EP election campaign 2023-2024  13 national events  357 people attending  Attendance and participation of 100 people for the first in-person meeting in brussels  Attendance and participation of 100 people for the concluding event  18 other actions including media appearances and external engagements  22 young ambassadors trained from 7 EU countries  7 courses developed: Community Engagement, Digital Literacy ; Event Management, EU policy-making, EU-US relation, media and journalism and public speaking available with English subtitles and sign language  11 displays in the public space of the face of Europe across Belgium  Policy Dialogue with 7 MEPs  5 policy papers presented  un EP election campaign 2023-2024 include in sentences the following information: MEP engagement online/hybrid meeting (3)  Organised event (3)  Election info session  Italy EYE  LevelUP Brussels  Events attended in Belgium (8)  Media appearance (4)  Us mission interview  “Europe talk back” podcast  TRT Francais interview  “Changing the table” podcast by Migration Policy Groups The face of Europe 2021-2024  Online and in-person campaign representing 40 Faces of Europe published Work with your MEP 2021  53 youth participants  5 MEPs -MEP Herzberger-Fofana and ARDI on the implementation of the EU anti-racism action plans; with MEP Arena they work on the review of the GSP+ regulation; with MEP Yenbou, they worked on an own-initiative report on the role of culture, education, the media and sport to fight against racism; with MEP Bricmont, they work on a resolution in regards to the upcoming EU strategy on textile and with MEP Rafaella they worked the EU Pay Transparency directive.  6 mentors  5 policy papers with recommendations  3 trainings provided in FR, EU, DE and NL: EU policy making, FIDO, SDGs  Meeting with Belgium Environmental Minister Zakia Khattabi  Meeting with Equinox  Meeting with Michaela Moua  Diner with MEPs  Meeting with Cabinet Member Savignat (Commission Urpilainen in charge of cooperation)  Lunch with Marlène Simeon Director of Operations for the Council of Europe Minicipalities and regional  Lunch with Anneleen Maleseviv from Fido  Meeting with Cabinet member Mr.Silvan Agnius and Ms Precila Mpagnu-Mpanu (Commissionner Dalli in charge of Equality and Gender)  Meeting with Cabinet Member Iris and Mattia (Vice-president Suica in charge of democracy and demography)  Meeting with Cabinet member Mette (Executive Vice-president Vestager in charge of competition and digital)  Meeting with Cabinet member Mr. Christoph Nerlich and Ms Anouk Faber (Commissioner Schmitt in charge of employment and social affairs) The conference on the future of Europe 2021-2022  6 events organised in France, Belgium and Germany  283 participants  Presentation of 4 positions papers with recommendations European Youth events 2021-2023-2025  174 delegates  2 workshops developed by delegates provided to 400 youth participants Response to EU consultation in 2025 1) EU Anti-racism strategy 2) MFF post -2027 3) EU civil society strategy 4) EU democracy Shield 5) Gender equality strategy 6) LGBTQI strategy 7) Migration and Asylum Strategy 8) Report on the application of the racial equality directive and employement equality directive

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

We are members of the European Commission Permanent Anti-Racism Civil society Forum and of the European Natwork Against Racism (ENAR) -https://www.enar-eu.org/

Organisation Members

We only have individuals members (60+) and we coordinate an EU-Wide Network of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Disability Youth Rights composed of 13 members