our organisation

Praha, April 12th 2011Anaitze Agirre

SOS RACISMO GIPUZKOA – MUGAKkomunikazioa@mugak.org

OUR ORGANISATION

SOS Racismo/MUGAKSince 1993 in Gipuzkoa(Basque Country)Independent, democratic, multiethnic and pluralPart of Federation of Associations of SOS Racismo in Spain (11 groups) www.sosracismo.es Madrid, Barcelona, Asturias, Granada, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Alava, Navarra, Aragón, Valencia, Murcia

The Federation publishes an annual report about racism in Spain

SOS Racismo/MUGAK

Gipuzkoa

-2 Counselling Offices (legal advice, denounce of racism cases etc)

-Research Centre (MUGAK)

-Unnaccopanied migrant minors group

-8 workers

SOS RACISM COUNSELLING OFFICE (Donostia)

Started activities in 1992 in San Sebastian

Legal Counselling for migrant people

Cases in 2009: 1.905 people, 793 (41,62%) women and 1.112 (58,38%) men

Topics and types of adviceClaim of working permit and residence 327Support , help for legal procedures and others 242Renewal of working Permit and residence 128Denial for renewal of permits 121General information 179Family reunification 107Labour 88Nationality 95Deportation 106Marriages 50 EU Family residence permit 28Tribunals 27Denounces 34Visa 7Other 221

SOS RACISM COUNSELLING OFFICE (Donostia)

SOS RACISM COUNSELLING OFFICE (Donostia)

Regularly publishing of Workbooks

Media: Regular participation in radio programs and writing articles for press

Conferences

Mugak Research centreMedia Observatory

Monitoring of media about (re)presentation on ethnocultural minoritieswww.mugak.eu

Mugak Research centreMedia Observatory

Electronic daily press revue Since 2004 23 spanish newspapers 4000 subscribers in Spain

Press information database (internet) Since 2004 90.000 news

Mugak Research centreMedia Observatory

Press analisys (paper) Since 2002 Diverse topics : housing, labour, sports and media, human trafficking…

Mugak Research centreMedia Observatory

Diversity Address Book (web 2.0) http://ad.mugak.eu Information sources directory

MUGAK Research Center

MUGAK magazine. http://revista.mugak.eu

Since 1.995. Migration and racism Articles and analysis in deep

MUGAK research center

Research multidisciplinar experts groupDiverse research and reports about migrant population needs and diagnosis (migrant and migrant women in particular) Acces of migrant population to social benefits (Basque onbudsman project)

Unnaccopanied migrant minors group

Unaccopannied migrant minors group –counselling-

90 youngsters in 2009169 cases. 87 men and 3 women

32 minors. 58, 18 - 25 years.

Mainly from Marocco (88) 1 from Algeria 1 from Ghana

Unnaccopanied migrant minors,awareness-raising

Seminars, trainning for educators

Exhibitions

Sport and integration

Sport and integration

Research: Media, sport and integrationFARE Action week (october 2009)Best practice hand-book for media and sport clubsWorkshop with local government of Donostia-San Sebastian, Province Government, Football federation of Gipuzkoa and Observatory of Sports in Gipuzkoa (Kirolbegi)

Psico-social empowerment of migrant women

Psico-social empowerment of migrant women

Diagnosis and guide-book for prevention of gender violence against migrant womenPsico-social and rights empowerment in the Basque Country

Gipuzkoa Solidaria,

XIV Martxa Trintxerpe-Pasaia

Here I live, here I vote

Here I live, here I vote

SOS Racismo/MUGAK

Members of different european networks

MIGREUROP (Detention centers) BridgeIT- ICT and integration On Line/More Colour in the Media (Media)

XenoClipse(New technologies &Media literacy)

United Against Racism