IM Cultural Institute

Category: Projects

  • Combating Anti-Muslim

    Combating Anti-Muslim

    Proposal: Combating anti-Muslim hate through legal empowerment, cultural counter-narratives and civic inclusion in Europe

    Implementation: 2026 to 2027

    Call: CERV-2025-EQUAL – Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination

    Topic: CERV-2025-EQUAL-ANTIMUSLIM

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 499 650,54€

    Keywords: Racism, xenophobia, and other forms of intolerance, equality, human rights, inclusion, discrimination, Islamophobia, civic participation, cultural diversity, digital observatory, justice, education

    Objective: The project aims to combat anti-Muslim hatred and structural discrimination by promoting equality, inclusion, and civic participation across Europe. Through a transnational partnership of NGOs, municipalities, cultural actors, and legal experts, the project develops a European observatory and digital tool to document anti-Muslim acts, strengthens access to justice through legal clinics and multilingual guides, and fosters cultural counter-narratives to challenge stereotypes.

    The initiative combines research, advocacy, and education to empower both institutions and citizens, ensuring long-term structural change and resilience against hate. Pilot actions will take place in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands, creating a model of coordinated response between civil society, local authorities, and EU institutions. The project directly contributes to the CERV priority on “Combating anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination”, and supports the European Union’s core values of dignity, equality, and rights for all.

    Partners:

    • Fonds De Dotation La Passerelle “Cité Du Savoir Et De La Culture”
    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Nordic Diaspora Forum
    • Centro Internazionale Per La Promozione Dell’educazione E Sviluppo Ets
    • Ayuntamiento De Mislata
    • Centro Internazionale Per La Promozione Dell’educazione E Sviluppo Ets
  • Anti-Semitism & Cultural Dialogue

    Anti-Semitism & Cultural Dialogue

    Proposal: Listen, They’re talking about you

    Implementation: 2026 to 2028

    Call: CERV-2025-EQUAL – Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination

    Topic: CERV-2025-EQUAL-ANTISEMITISM

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 293 356,28€

    Keywords: Combatting Anti-Semitism, Antisemitism, Education, Cultural Dialogue, Memory, Artistic Creation, Audiovisual Media, European Cooperation

    Objective: The project addresses the rise of identity tensions and contemporary antisemitism in Europe. The project targets young people aged 15 to 25 from underprivileged neighborhoods, particularly those who are disengaged from formal educational or institutional frameworks. The project partners deploy proven methodologies and pedagogies that ensure their mobilization, ongoing support, and transition from participants to active citizens. 

    The project extends on a European scale with cultural and popular education actors fostering connections between young Jews and young people from underprivileged neighborhoods.

    Built around four pillars – memory, culture, digital, and citizen voice – the project integrates the transmission of Holocaust history, artistic creation, the production of educational digital content, and reflection on identities and contemporary antisemitism. 

    Gender mainstreaming, incorporated at all stages, ensures exemplary governance, practices, and results in terms of gender equality and diversity. With 70 local actions, 3,500 young people involved, and over 500,000 expected views on the digital productions, a major European event will conclude the project by bringing together partners, young people, political decision-makers, and journalists to share results and strengthen European cohesion. Funded according to a lump sum model, the project ensures rigorous management and sustainable impact.

    Partners:

    • Espoir 18
    • Innovation Hive – Kypseli Kainotomias
    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Multikulti Media
    • Union Des Etudiants Juifs De France
    • Kimso
    • Albatros Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft Für Soziale Und Gesu
  • EU Integration Through Stories

    EU Integration Through Stories

    Proposal: Capturing European Integration in Motion

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2024

    Topic: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-EUINTEGRATION

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 393 615,00€

    Keywords: EU integration, Transition moments, European identity, integration, freedom of movement, intergenerational cooperation

    Objective: The project focuses on capturing the essence of European integration through the lens of elderly travelers who have experienced the freedom of movement across the continent. By highlighting the stories of these individuals, the project aims to bring generations together and promote the diversity of European citizens through shared memories. Through collaboration between young artists and elderly travelers, the project will create interview series, comic book, and exhibitions to showcase the transformative impact of European integration. By making European identity more accessible and inclusive, the project seeks to strengthen the narrative surrounding European integration and create positive peer-to-peer impact.

    Partners:

    • Bratislavsky Institut Pre Politicku Analyzu
    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Jugend-& Kulturprojekt EV
    • Univerzita Sv. Cyrila A Metoda V Trnave
    • Kauno Kino Centras Romuva
    • Funky Citizens
    • Kiinteistö Oy Kaapelitalo
  • AI to Counteract Hate Speech

    AI to Counteract Hate Speech

    Proposal: Using AI Tools to Counteract Hate Speech and Hate Crimes

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI – Promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

    Topic: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH

    Type of Action: CERV-PJG – CERV Project Grants

    Proposed Budget: 610 244,50€

    Keywords: hate speech, disinformation, counteracting, protecting european values

    Objective: Given the growing scale of hate speech in public spaces, especially online, this project aims to comprehensively examine the phenomenon of hate speech in various socio-cultural contexts and develop a tool using generative artificial intelligence to identify and report hate speech in each language. The project focuses on the analysis of hate speech, development of innovative technological solutions, as well as social education in the field of recognizing and counteracting hate speech. The aim of the project is to strengthen the protection of EU values by providing an effective tool supporting the fight against hate speech, which will enable citizens to report cases of hate to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

    Partners:

    • Instytut Dyskursu I Dialogu
    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Grupa Tipmedia Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
    • Fondatsiya Savremenna Plevenska Mediya
    • Fundación Centro De Estudos Eurorrexiónais Galicia Norte De Portugal
    • Asociacion Consortium Local-Global Coglobal
    • Action For The Civil Society
    • Interaktion – Verein Für Ein Interkulturelles Zusammenleben
  • Decolonize

    Decolonize

    Proposal: Decolonize and deconstruct narratives by building an inclusive educational history

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2024

    Topic: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 192 915,00€

    Keywords: Decolonization, Colonialism, Equality, Inter-cultural dialogue, Minorities, Migration, collection of testimonies, digital storytelling, raising awareness, uncovering the colonial narratives, historical roots of racism, anti-racist education; deconstruct narratives, inclusive society.

    Objective: This project addresses the historical silence surrounding colonial legacies in Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, with the aim to confront their influence in contemporary structural racism. As such, this project tackles the 3rd priority of the 2024 CERV call: Migration, decolonization and multicultural European societies, as it focuses on exploring the enduring effects of colonialism and decolonization processes.

    The collection of testimonies of first, second and third generation African immigrants amplifies the power of their voices and illustrates the impacts of decolonisation processes felt today. This entails the use of digital storytelling into a documentary to bring together the narratives of African immigrants across generations. Through this, the project promotes an inclusive understanding of colonial history, as the power of testimony is seen as a tool for raising awareness on the experiences of African immigrants in a culturally sensitive way. In this sense, the project aims to uncover the colonial narratives intertwined with the historical roots of racism, which fuel today’s inequalities and discrimination.

    At its core, the project promotes anti-racist education to deconstruct these narratives and contribute to a more inclusive society. Through transnational workshops and memory forums, it raises awareness and empowers various target groups (parent’s associations and school communities, high school students, civil society organisations, current teachers at the secondary level and university students who are pursuing their career in Teaching History) to challenge personal biases and advocate for anti-racism within their communities. In the case of the memory forums, there is an emphasis on a gender-based approach to further explore the specific experiences of women. In general, the project bridges the gap between past colonial narratives and present-day manifestations of racism, advocating for anti-racist education.

    Partners:

    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Universidade Do Minho
    • Multikulti Media 
    • Público-Comunicação Social Sa
    • Eekhout Academy
    • Stichting Caat Projects
  • DeCol

    DeCol

    Proposal: DeCol – Decolonize and deconstruct narratives by building an inclusive educational history

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance – 2025

    Topic: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION

    Type of Action: CERV-LS – CERV Lump Sum Grants

    Proposed Budget: 256 365,00€

    Keywords: Decolonization, Colonialism, Equality, Inter-cultural dialogue, Minorities, Migration, collection of testimonies, digital storytelling, raising awareness, uncover the colonial narratives, historical roots of racism, anti-racist education, deconstruct narratives, inclusive society

    Objective: This project addresses the historical silence surrounding colonial legacies in Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, with the aim to confront their influence in contemporary structural racism. As such, this project tackles: Migration, decolonization and multicultural European societies, as it focuses on exploring the enduring effects of colonialism and decolonization processes.

    The collection of testimonies of first, second and third generation African immigrants amplifies the power of their voices and illustrates the impacts of decolonisation processes felt today. This entails the use of digital storytelling into a documentary to bring together the narratives of African immigrants across generations. Through this, the project promotes an inclusive understanding of colonial history, as the power of testimony is seen as a tool for raising awareness on the experiences of African immigrants in a culturally sensitive way. In this sense, the project aims to uncover the colonial narratives intertwined with the historical roots of racism, which fuel today’s inequalities and discrimination.

    At its core, the project promotes anti-racist education to deconstruct these narratives and contribute to a more inclusive society. Through transnational workshops and memory forums, it raises awareness and empowers various target groups (parent’s associations and school communities, students (18 to 25 years old), civil society organizations, current teachers at the secondary level and university students who are pursuing their career in Teaching History) to challenge personal biases and advocate for anti-racism within their communities. In the case of the memory forums, there is an emphasis on a gender-based approach to further explore the specific experiences of women. In general, the project bridges the gap between past colonial narratives and present-day manifestations of racism, advocating for anti-racist education.

    Partners:

    • IM Cultural Institute
    • Universidade Do Minho
    • Alda – Association Européenne Pour La Démocratie Locale
    • Multikulti Media
    • Público-Comunicação Social Sa
    • Eekhout Academy
    • Stichting Caat Projects
    • European Research Center for Social Development
    • Intersectionality Lab – Research Center
  • Audience Development and Film Education

    Audience Development and Film Education

    Proposal: Strengthening Civic Responsibility and Engagement through European Network for Youth

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call: CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU – Audience Development and Film Education

    Topic: CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU

    Type of Action: CREA-PJG – CREA Project Grants

    Proposed Budget: 1 091 116,45€

    Keywords: Film Education, Film education, Civic participation, Youth engagement

    Objective: The project will try to redefine what it means to experience cinema. Many children, particularly in peripheral and marginalized areas, have never had the opportunity to watch a film in a cinema, or, in some cases, to view a film in its entirety. Reintegrating this experience is crucial to promote a more comprehensive and holistic development of young people’s skills. Engaging with film language promotes students’ awareness of media tools. By serving as an educational practice that encourages attention and reflection, it creates a shared space where personal experiences can be compared with the stories depicted on screen. Moreover, this process prompts critical reflection on European cultural identity and the students’ regions of origin. The general objective of the action is defined as promoting EU films among primary and middle school children, as a tool to reinforce their civic participation and their preparedness to discuss issues that affect the world around them. Therefore, the project not only will let younger audiences discover cinema (developing a passion for it and having the skill to see movies with a critical approach), but it will also make them better citizens, more aware and more engaged in the public discussion.

    Partners:

    • Ratatoj Aps
    • Im Cultural Institute
    • Beactive, Producoes Interactivas Sa
    • Espacio Rojo
    • Kauno Kino Centras Romuva
    • Roundstone Media Ltd
    • Universidad Complutense De Madrid
    • Università Degli Studi Di Torino