About

This is an Internet project of the European Center of Democracy Development dedicated to the creation and strengthening of the Civic nation in European countries.

European Centre for Democracy Development – is the Expert body registered in Latvia like an NGO. The goal of Organization – to study Xenophobia and Radicalism in Europe. ECDD published 10 annual Reports about Xenophobia, Radicalism and Hate Crime in Europe – the analytical investigation regarding Tolerance and made  4 international conferences "International Expert Forum of Tolerance. Xenophobia and Radicalism in Europe: Global Challenges", which were successfully held in Riga in 2016 – 2017 and in Athens in 2019 and one - online in 2021.

ECDD is funded by donations from induviduals and institutions. Specifically, in 2024-2025, ECDD is implementing the project "Analysis and contextualization of the content of the EU Internet-forum (EUIF) Knowledge Package on violent right-wing extremist and terrorist groups, symbols, and manifestations", funded by the European Commission. The project will povide updated knowledge infrastructure about proscribed right-wing extremist groups as well as expand to cover active violent extremist (VWRE) organizations, generate novel data and analysis about the connections of online and offline VRWE, and create resources on VRWE terms and content.

This website contains an annual pan-European report "Xenophobia, Radicalism and Hate Crimes in Europe", which is an analytical report on European problems of tolerance in general, including a comparative analysis of all the above indicators in different countries.

This is an interactive resource. Each user can take part in the formation of its content by sending information on any of its sections to the site through the "Contacts" section. The submission is then promptly checked by our moderators, and the article is posted on this website. Thus, this Internet resource guarantee objectivity and content. We will start building our own "Civic Nation"!

The website features the latest scientific Publications on human rights issues, political developments, interethnic and religious policies. All publicationas undergo peer review and carefully selected by the Editorial Board. The Documents sections contains the basic international documents related to the subject of human rights and the strategy of individual countries in the field of national policy. Conferences section contains the latest information about forthcoming and past conferences and round tables on this topic.

The project is supported by the European Center for Tolerance and by the European Center for the Development of Democracy (Latvia).

In December 2024 the European Center for Democracy Development together with the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue - USA announced the launch of the International Expert's Peace Inititive. This is a voluntary public movement of experts from around the world specializing in the problem of resolving international conflicts.

The head of the project and the editor-in-chief of the website is the President of the European Centre of Democracy Development Dr. Valery Engel