A recommended structure for a national report is to contain the following chapters:
- Executive Summary in native language and in English
- Table of Contents
- İntroduction
- Significant incidents and developments in the country during the period under review
- Discussion of Islamophobic incidents and discursive events in various fields:
- Employment; have there been any discrimination in the job market based on (assumed) Muslimness of a person?
- Education; has Islamophobic content become part of any curricula, text books, or any other education material?
- Politics; has Islamophobia played any role in politics (election campaigns, political programs, personal utterings, etc.) on a regional or national level?
- Media; which media events have focused on Islam/Muslims in an Islamophobic way?
- Justice System; have there been any laws and regulations argued with Islamophobic arguments or any laws restricting the rights of Muslims in their religious lifestyle?
- Cyber-Space; which webpages and initiatives have spread Islamophobic stereotypes?
- Central Figures in the Islamophobia Network; which institutions and persons have fostered Islamophobic campaigns, stirred up debates, lobbied for laws, etc.
- Observed civil society and political assessment and initiatives undertaken to counter Islamophobia in the idem fields
- Conclusion: Policy Recommendations for politics and NGO’s
- Chronology
- CV
It is recommended to collect information via (critically) analyzing media reports, contacting offices and NGO’s who combat discrimination, doing expert interviews with leading scholars and policy makers in the field.
Language: English.
Dissemination: Reports will be accessible online via an extra web-page for the project. In addition, all reports will be translated into Turkish and published online and in print.
Countries:
Long report (6.000 words): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands,Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Russia, Bosnia Herzogovina, Norway, Sweden, Finland.
Short report (3.000 words): Croatia, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo
Professional fee:
– 1.000 € for a long report
– 500 € for a short report
Deadlines:
Call for Applications until: 10 May 2015.
Application should entail:
- CV
- Expertise in the field of racism studies, including Islamophobia Studies (list of publications)
- List of NGO’s in the country, with whom one would cooperate to get information on Islamophobic incidents on the ground
- Send email to: islamophobia@setav.org
- 10 January 2016: Deadline for single reports
- 10 February 2016: Review of single reports
- 15 March 2016: Publication