European Monitoring centre on Racism and Xenophobia: cooperation with the Council of Europe, EC agreement

The Committee has adopted the report by Mr Glyn Ford (PSE/UK) on the establishment of close cooperation between European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and the Council of Europe, as amended. Close cooperation between the Monitoring Centre and the ECRI (European Commission against Racism and Intolerance) as a Council of Europe body makes sense particularly with a view to the opportunities for continuing and consolidating the work done to date by the ECRI, but also in terms of avoiding duplication of the future work of these two bodies.�