The RED portal is a map-based, user friendly independent tool providing a birds’ eye overview and a comparative insight of the situation regarding racism, xenophobia and discrimination against migrants and minorities, as well as positive and policy initiatives promoting equality  in different EU Member States (17 countries are covered in the RED System 1st implementation - 2012).

Its main components are the RED Early Warning System and the RED Atlas of Racism, Discrimination & Equality.

The RED Early Warning System (EWS) is a map-based web portal reporting on a real-time basis:

  • Racist & hate crime alerts/situations/incidents in EU Member States
  • Policy responses/positive initiatives regarding racism xenophobia and discrimination
  • Case Studies (combination of more of the above items for a more spherical understanding of situations and context)

For a given (and user selectable) timeframe 

Data input by national partners on important incidents –situation – trends regarding racism and discrimination in their countries

RED Alerts: when do we report in the RED Early Warning System? 

Criteria:

Major public or media attention - NGO highlight
Duration – sustained impact-significance – chronic pattern
Targeting-discriminating-victimising specific groups
Serious violence - killings
High intercommunity tensions – protests - clashes
Group incidents of same type(s)-victim group(s)s
State reaction-response (police-judicial-government) or lack of it despite public critique
Important ‘game changer’ law & policy – positive measures
 
 
Data input is performed by national partners on important incidents –situation – trends regarding racism and discrimination in their countries