Collective Impact: Jewish Communities Empowered through Training and Advocacy

forthcoming

"The World Jewish Congress, the representative organization of Jewish communities worldwide, proposes the WJC Collective Impact project. The project supports the implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life and addresses critical challenges faced by Jewish communities by: -Building capacity and fostering cross-border cooperation among Jewish communities through initiatives like Regional Trainings, the National Community Directors’ Forum (NCDF), and Community Exchanges, strengthening communal responses to antisemitism. -Building capacity for policymakers to address antisemitism through training programs and exchanges of best practices and training, including through the Special Envoys and Coordinators on Combating Antisemitism (SECCA) forum and Gap Analysis Research, supporting the design and implementation of national strategies. -Emphasizing the importance of Holocaust remembrance as a shared European legacy through the #WeRemember campaign and the illumination of landmarks across the EU. -Building civil society and inter-faith coalitions to amplify collective efforts on combating racism, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance. -Developing data-based reports into the scale and trends in antisemitic incidents and emerging threats to inform policy development. -Mainstreaming gender equality within Jewish communities, through guidance documents and the Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) conference. Through this three-fold approach of building the capacity of (1) Jewish communities, (2) public authorities and (3) coalition-building partners, the project aims to improve responses to antisemitism and promote awareness of Jewish life across the EU. Taken together, through the proposed activities and a far-reaching dissemination strategy the project reaches over a million Europeans, making a tangible, whole-of-society impact."