The European Year of Equal
Opportunities for All will be celebrated across the European Union in 2007 to
draw the attention of European countries to the problems created by
discrimination and the opportunities offered by diversity. The Year
will promote equal opportunities and raise awareness about the rights of
everyone to equal treatment, and about the benefits of diversity. The
celebration will be marked by hundreds of different activities staged throughout
the European Union with all 27 EU Member States taking part. The main aim is to
reach out to the general public and therefore most of the Year's activities will
be held on a local, regional, or national level. This will be supported and
complemented by several pan-European activities such as a campaign on European
antidiscrimination policies and legislation or the presentation of the results
of a Eurobarometer survey about European citizens' attitudes towards and
knowledge discrimination and inequality issues.
The European Year of
Equal Opportunities for All will be formally launched with a big opening
conference in Berlin from January 30th-31st, chaired by the German Presidency.