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the national anti-discrimination system in the Republic of Moldova through inclusive society participation” funded by the European Commission/the Eu- ropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), in partnership with the Romanian PPI, the Moldovan PPI and NCCD:

Between August 3 and 6, several training sessions were delivered in Chișinău, Cimișlia and Leova to the representatives of local public authorities, in the field of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity.

The training sessions focused on the basic concepts such as stereotypes, historical prejudice, equality concepts, forms of discrimination, exceptions from discrimination. In addition, in- formation was provided about the procedures used to solve claims in cases of discrimination.

Attempts were made, together with the representatives of the local governments, to identify ways to prevent and fight against the actions of discrimination, the offending speeches in- stigating to discrimination in their current activities.

In addition, the second part involved workshops with the community members aiming at exercising the inclusive public speech and inclusive working instructions/procedures.

Between September 6 and 10, a working visit was paid to the peer equality institu- tion of the EQUINET network in Bratislava, Slovakia.

This was a thematic visit that provided an open working space for discussions among all three equality bodies participating in the project, with the following objectives and attributions benefiting all parties:

• • specific challenges of a quasi-judicial position; the weight of activities and best practices

in approaching such challenges;

• • discussion about their role in making sure that the proper penalties are issued in cases

of discrimination, taking into account the outcomes of the survey requested by Equinet in 2015.

The Romanian NCCD together with representatives of the equality institutions from Croatia and the Moldovan Republic participated in a study tour to Zagreb, on August 26, 2016.

The institutions shared their experiences and discussed about the strategies for fighting discrimination in their countries, the activity they carry out, presenting their activity re- ports with outcomes at national level and facilitating the exchange of information among institutions, to help them improving the efficiency of cooperation in fighting discrimination.

Between September 18 and 19, a second training was delivered in Chișinău to rep- resentatives of local public authorities, in the field of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity.

This training session, similarly to the first one, focused on the basic concepts such as ste- reotypes, historical prejudice, equality concepts, forms of discrimination, exceptions from

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