Consortium of Minority Resources COMIR
Over the last several years a number of organizations (NGOs, GONGOs, INGOs as well as IGOs) have been engaged in the development of online resources to facilitate the exchange of information, to support minority initiatives, to advocate minority rights in the region, and to evaluate and further develop universal, regional, bilateral and national standards that may assist in consolidating democratic governance on the basis of ethnic diversity and human rights. These organizations have adopted various strategies to collect and disseminate information. These strategies often result in overlapping efforts and parallel projects. Thus is seen the necessity of cooperation and coordination between various organizations engaged in the development of online resources, networking and dissemination of information on the issues of minority rights, multicultural politics and ethnic relations in Central and Eastern Europe, and in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Consortium of Minority Resources (COMIR) is an internet-based cooperative project that aims at promoting the free flow of information and dialogue in the field of ethnic relations, multicultural politics and minority rights. COMIR aims to establish a clearinghouse of information and activities relevant to Europe (OSCE region) to support democratic governance of multiethnic and multinational societies. To this end, COMIR develops and promotes virtual libraries, mailing lists, a database of full text documents, training materials, etc. Major initiatives include a Virtual Library, coordinated mailing lists, a meta-search engine across founders' web sites, a Minority Rights Practitioners Resource Pack, a best practice database, curriculum development and advocacy training.
Member organizations
(CEDIME-SE)
Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe-Southeast Europe, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanhr
Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI)
Ethnocultural Diversity Resource Center
European Academy
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
European Roma Rights Center
Forum Minority Research Institute
Human Rights Watch
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
LGI Managing Multiethnic Communities Project
MINELRES Project
Minority Rights Group International
World Organization Against Torture
COMIR Databases
Ethnopolitical Map of Europe
European Centre for Minority Issues
CEDIME-SE
Database of Minority-related UN Documents
MINELRES
Database of Minority-Related National Legislation
Minority Rights Information System MIRIS
European Academy, Bozen
Contact information for further reference
