BIM Annual Report 2008 - Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für ...
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Antidiscrimination, Asylum and Migration <strong>BIM</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
PAMECUS – Positive Action Measures in Europe, Canada, the United States and<br />
South Africa<br />
Summary<br />
The <strong>BIM</strong> is partner institution in a European Commission funded research study on “Positive Action<br />
Measures in the European Union, Canada, United States & South Africa” (PAMECUS) to better understand<br />
and analyse the role that positive action measures can play in practice in preventing or remedying<br />
discrimination.<br />
The <strong>BIM</strong> was responsible for the research parts on Austria and the Netherlands. This included the<br />
conduct of consensus workshops for stakeholders experienced in the fields of equal opportunities, antidiscrimination<br />
and diversity management in both countries, a research on the legal framework and the<br />
conduct of interviews with selected actors.<br />
The research is based on a very broad understanding of what positive action measures can mean: All<br />
measures targeted at members of socially or economically disadvantaged groups which are designed<br />
to prevent or compensate for disadvantages and discrimination, whether these have arisen in the past<br />
or are still ongoing, are therefore subject matters of the research assignment. The study is focusing on<br />
positive action measures in relation to age, disability, race, religion and belief as well as sexual orientation.<br />
Aspects of gender interrelated with other strands were also considered.<br />
Countries<br />
European Union, Canada, United States of America, South Africa<br />
Persons<br />
involved<br />
Project leader (<strong>BIM</strong>)<br />
Researchers<br />
Katrin Wladasch<br />
Kerstin Buchinger<br />
Susanne Fraczek<br />
Marta Hodasz (until April <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Contact person<br />
Katrin Wladasch, katrin.wladasch@univie.ac.at<br />
Lead<br />
organisation<br />
Centre for Inclusion and<br />
Diversity University of Bradford,<br />
UK<br />
Partner<br />
organisations<br />
<strong>Ludwig</strong> <strong>Boltzmann</strong> <strong>Institut</strong>e<br />
of Human Rights, AT<br />
University of Maastricht, NL<br />
University of Leicester, UK<br />
NHS Employers, UK<br />
De Montfort University, UK<br />
University of York, UK<br />
European Roma Rights<br />
Centre, HU<br />
Starting/<br />
end date<br />
Funded by<br />
December 2007 to February 2009<br />
European Commission – Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and<br />
Equal Opportunities<br />
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