SHADOW NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST RACISM(SNAPAR)
The SNAPAR is a tool for individuals to engage with the recently launched National Action Plan Against Racism
ABOUT SNAPAR
The Shadow National Action Plan Against Racism (SNAPAR) is a tool for individuals, organisations and policymakers to engage with the recently launched National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR). Following our wide-ranging consultations, drawing on the expertise of our network members and the lived expertise of people directly affected by racism, INAR has produced the Shadow NAPAR. This SNAPAR incorporates UN, EU and international recommendations and best practice, and is written to uphold the principles of solidarity and intersectionality.
The SNAPAR is a valuable tool for:
- Activists, policy makers and individuals who want to ensure the fullest implementation of the NAPAR, using international benchmarks and research findings.
- Policy makers seeking to improve their understanding of anti-racism and bring about effective change.
- Institutions and other stakeholders looking for a useful resource to help them be part of the broader push to eradicate racism.
The SNAPAR also importantly informs the work of the CINAPAR (Coalition for the Implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism), a civil society coalition that works collaboratively on policy and advocacy strategies to ensure full and effective implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism
SHADOW NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST RACISM
The SNAPAR has been written in direct response to the State NAPAR, offering a useful tool to learn from, critically engage with and reflect on this significant document from the State. It offers detailed context underscoring the necessity of the NAPAR as well as offering ways for fulfilling its deepest implementation.
Importantly, it proposes key steps needed to ensure the National Action Plan Against Racism is effective:
- Ensuring that the NAPAR is housed and chaired in the Office of the Taoiseach to guarantee support and buy-in at the highest levels of government.
- Ensuring the full resourcing of the NAPAR by setting aside substantial funding for the implementation of the Plan in the Annual Budget.
- Ensuring the monitoring, review and evaluation of the NAPAR annually; to be done in full partnership with all groups who experience racism.
- Ensuring that the NAPAR is iterative in nature; that it does not come to an end without a successor Plan, so that there are no policy gaps in combating racism and racial discrimination.
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NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST RACISM
On 21 March 2023, the government launched its National Action Plan Against Racism. While the NAPAR is a welcome development especially in terms of its language and acknowledgement of systemic and institutional racism, like any good policy, it needs to be effectively implemented to have a lasting impact. To ensure this, we recommend that the state must:
- Ensure that the National Action Plan is housed and chaired in the highest office of the land to guarantee support and buy-in at the highest levels of government.
- Ensure the full resourcing of the National Action Plan Against Racism by setting aside resources in the Budget for the implementation of the Plan.
- Ensure the monitoring, review and evaluation of the National Action Plan annually; to be done in full partnership with ethnic minority communities.
- Ensure that the National Action Plan is iterative in nature; that it does not come to an end without a successor Plan, so that there are no policy gaps in combating racism and racial discrimination
