FUEN CONGRESS 2021
26.10.2023In 2021, the Annual Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities took place in Trieste/Trst, Italy between 9-12 September.
Trieste/ Trst is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, currently home to 200,000 people. Besides the Italian majority, the largest minority community are the Slovenes. Their organisation, SSO was the host of the congress.
The event’s topics included the future of Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity, education models of European minorities and a panel on the Slovenes in Italy.
The FUEN Prize was awarded to UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes.
Due to the restrictions still in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the congress was organised in a hybrid format, delegates from countries with travel restrictions were able to follow the Assembly of Delegates live and to cast their votes in the online system.
Pressemeddelelser
- FUEN member Turkic organisations at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- FUEN’s European Dialogue Forum Participated in the 17th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- 8th Forum of European Minority Regions: Day Two Highlights the Role of Minority Languages in Entertainment and Media
- 8th Forum of European Minority Regions: Exploring the Role of Minority Languages in the Digital Age
- The 8th Forum of European Minority Regions Starts Tomorrow – Follow the Discussions Live on YouTube!
- FUEN calls on MEPs to support the re-establishment of the Minority Intergroup
- Interview: Elizabete Krivcova on Her Role as an Advocate for Minority Rights in Latvia
- Participants of the 27th AGSM Seminar see extremism as a clear and present danger
- Interview: Christina Gestrin on Digital Challenges and Opportunities for Swedish in Finland
- Meet the Innovators: Iona Mercer and Mirren Buchanan on Revolutionizing Gaelic Learning with “SpeakGaelic”