Justice – Research and Projects

The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies has participated in the Steering Committee and the Training of Trainers (ToT) initiative of the DATA Equality project that took place on December 3rd and 4th at the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA) in Athens, Greece. The ToT’s objective was to ensure that all consortium members fully understand and acquire the skills necessary to utilise and test the new methodology developed by the project. This prepares them to become a pool of expert trainers for the upcoming cascade training phase scheduled for Spring 2026, and that will be developed by the Euro-Arab Foundation.

In addition to the ToT progress, the researcher and project coordinator of the Euro-Arab Foundation, José Luis Salido Medina, and the researcher, Paula Cano Cruz, shared the latest updates of the European Handbook on Equality Data during the Steering Committee.

The Euro-Arab Foundation is part of the consortium of DATA EQUALITY project, an initiative that has developed a methodology to endorse inclusive data practices for civil society. The project has established as a high priority the guarantee of inclusive data practices on the security and justice work fields, giving its impact on citizens, with the Court of Appeal of Venice, Italy, as the coordinator, alongside partners such as the High Prosecutorial Council of Albania.

The Euro-Arab’s contribution is based on its extensive experience on cooperation, training and research between Arab and European States. Therefore, its role is to promote studies and research, platforms and forums, as well as methodology development and capacity building.

On 16 and 17 April, the European Commission is bringing together in Brussels the coordinators of projects funded by the Directorate-General for Justice (DG JUST), the department responsible for EU policies on justice, consumer rights and gender equality. The more than 100 people invited to the event will receive information on the new rules for funding and justification of expenditure, as well as guidelines for the quarterly review of each project to be submitted to the Commission.

The Euro-Arab Foundation’s Director of Research and International Projects, Javier Ruipérez, together with Euro-Arab researcher, Daniel Pérez, are participating in the event as coordinators of VicTory and as partners of the Data Equality project, both funded by DG JUST. The first one is focused on preventing discrimination in the use of data and the latter on improving the application of restorative justice for victims of hate and extremism.

In addition to the training sessions, the event serves as an opportunity for the different entities to develop synergies and establish contacts to create networks, which is essential in this type of projects focused on promoting cooperation between justice professionals, victim support workers, victims themselves, researchers and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Participants will also receive workshops on gender mainstreaming or how to include a gender perspective in all their work.

The meeting will also address the call of the CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values) programme which, together with the Justice programme, is part of the European Commission’s new Justice, Rights and Values funds. One of the projects funded by CERV is ReBel, of which the Euro-Arab Foundation is a member. It aims to foster social understanding of migrants and improve migration policies by working closely with migrant women. Another ongoing CERV project, in which the Foundation is involved, is HATEDEMICS, which aims to empower NGOs/CSOs, journalists, youth or public authorities against hate speech rooted in misinformation and targeting vulnerable groups.