Dr James Carr EU Commission funding award

Dr James Carr has secured funding of almost €500,000 under the EU Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values initiative (DG Justice and Consumers). The project, entitled Sustainable Alliances Against Anti-Muslim Hatred (SALAAM) will be led by Dr Carr as PI and the University of Limerick as lead coordinating partner of a consortium that includes non-governmental community organisations: Doras, the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Irish Network Against Racism. SALAAM consortium partners will work with Muslim communities and Local Authorities in four Irish Cities in the context of the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty and related forthcoming legislative and policy changes. Initiatives that will be developed during SALAAM include: sustainable training programmes for Local Authority staff and Muslim communities; IT resources; supports for those who experience anti-Muslim racism; and public awareness campaigns, among others. The project will last for two years and starts on March 1st.