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Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities Flanders-Brussels
Minderhedenforum
Don’t talk about us but with us
Presentation
• ethnic-cultural minorities in Belgium• Objectives• Flemish policy• Political opportunity structure• Acces points• Representative• Organisation• Strategies
Our objectives
• talk with ECM instead of talking about them
• bringing together ECM
• strengthening the voice of ECM: one united voice = stronger voice
• increase the participation of ECM
• increase the understanding and respect between different groups in society
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: Flemish policy
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Inclusive approach
Categorical approach
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorites: political opportunity structure
‘Political opportunity structures consist of consistent – but not necessarily formal or permanent – dimensions of the political environment that provide incentives for people to undertake collective action by affecting their expectations for success or failure.’ (Tarrow, 1994, p. 85)
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: acces points
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Formal acces points
member Commission Diversity SERV
member VLOR (Algemene Raad en twee deelraden)member stakeholdersforum VDAB
= respresentatives employers, -employee and focus groups=education systeem,labour union-parents, …= eg. representative respresentartives different target groups
Informele acces points
Contact with Flemish departmentsContact with parlement commissionsContact with political parties
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Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: respresentative
• Flemish governement
• consists of 17 member federations:total: 1,500 local migrant organisations inFlanders & Brussels
• financed by Flemish government since 2000
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M I N DER H EDEN FO R UM
Forum for Etnical-cultural minorities: organisation
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: strategies
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: critical success factors
-policy windows-knowledge of file (usp)-advocacy coalition <->
isolation-political opportunity structure
Forum for Ethnic-Cultural Minorities: improvements
-Not respresentative-Not enough political support-Negative perception
Forum of Ethnic-Cultural Minorities
Thank you