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International presence of the National Council for Combating Discrimination in foreign meetings, debates and reunions on discrimination The National Council for Combating Discrimination continued, in 2016, to strengthen the cooperation relations with similar bodies and authorities, by means of a bilateral, regional or international dialog.

The presence of the institution’s representatives, at international level, in meetings, debates and reunions improved the awareness about the activity NCCD and its visibility, the rela- tions with the similar institutions in other European countries and helped establishing new cooperation relations. Below are some of the foreign events that took place in 2016:

Between July 10 and 12 and October 14 and 25, Trier hosted the seminars on the topic “Application of European Union anti-discrimination legislation”, orga- nized by the Academy of European Law, with NCCD represented by the Legal Department.

The seminars focused on the two European Directives against discrimination based on race or ethnic origins in certain fields and discrimination based on disability, age, sexual orien- tation or religion/beliefs in employment/labour field. Workshops were organized and the participants were asked to solve discrimination cases, to identify whether or not a breach of non-discrimination occurred, who broke it and which European legislation was trespassed.

The following topics were presented and debated upon in the seminars:

• • The legal framework with respect to equality in Europe;

• • An overview of the European legislation on equality and definition of key concepts;

• • Evidence of discrimination: the transfer of the burden of proof and the access to

evidence;

• • Remedies and penalties in cases of discrimination;

• • Discrimination based on race and sexuality: main features and case-law of the EU

Court of Justice;

• • The case-law of the EU Court of Justice on age discrimination;

• • Disability and reasonable adaptation concepts in the EU legislation and the Convention

of the Rights of People with Disabilities;

• • Religious freedom in jobs within Europe;

Between August 3 and August 6, a number of meetings took place in Chișinău with the employees of the Council for Discrimination Prevention and Elimination and Provision of Equality in Moldova.

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