Published on the Global Forum on Migration and Development Web Portal (https://www.gfmd.org)
Date Shared:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 10:26
Title:
The Anti-Rumour Strategy (ARS), Spain
Countries and areas:
Spain
Partner(s):
City of Barcelona
Tags:
Discrimination and Xenophobia
Summary:
The Barcelona Anti-Rumour Strategy is a line of action of the Barcelona Interculturality Programme. They generate tools and discourses for dispelling these rumours and stereotypes, and thus to move ahead towards living together in a more intercultural and cohesive society.
The following actions are implemented:
Organising awareness-raising campaigns based on a variety of formats (comics, badges, cups, guides, handbooks) and actions through websites and social media.
Taking action with a territorial approach, providing neighbourhoods and districts (services, public facilities, schools) with free activities for anti-rumour awareness-raising and intercultural reflection (workshops, participatory theatre plays, debates and so on). These proposals are put together in a catalogue of activities that is renewed each year since 2012.
Providing free training as well, in order to share anti-rumour arguments and tools for communication with the public. People attending these training sessions become anti-rumour agents.
GFMD Source:
GFMD 2017 - RT 3.2 Background Paper - "Strengthening cooperation – Enabling Civil Society Contributions in Migrant Integration"