Janusz Onyszkiewicz will share his memories and impressions from the struggle against the Communist regime in the 1980s, the Round Table Talks in which he took part, first free Polish elections and the first years of Polish democracy. Janusz Onyszkiewicz was a leading “Solidarity” figure, a spokesperson for the “Solidarity” movement under Communism who, after […]
6 European Parliament and 7 local election candidates will field questions around integration, diversity and migration at the ‘New Communities in the Elections’ event 28th April ‘14, at 6pm in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin.
Political Parties ignoring immigrants because they think they are unlikely to vote in local elections Report: Inclusive Politics for a Diverse Republic The perception among political parties that immigrants are unlikely to vote in the upcoming local government elections has undermined commitments to integration within political parties, according to a new report. In the last […]
The conference entitled GO to VOTE – Mobilising the Migrant Community to Vote will be held at the European Parliament Dublin, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, on Saturday 15th March from 10:00 am to 3.00pm. The Objective of the seminar is to facilitate and develop strategies with Migrant community representatives in order to ensure that they […]
South Dublin Mayor, Cllr Dermot Looney, Ambassador of Republic of Poland, Marcin Nawrot and the Head of European Parliament Office in Ireland, Francis Jacobs will be among the honourable guests who will address the participants during the opening of the event on Saturday the 30th November at 11:30am in the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin. AGENDA ENG […]
(ENG) We would like to invite you to attend our conference entitled “Improving Migrant Democratic Participation in Ireland” which will be held at the European Parliament Dublin, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, on Saturday 19th October 2013 from 10am to 4.30pm. AkiDwA, Africa Centre and Forum Polonia are working together to increase the democratic participation of immigrants. AkiDwA promotes the equality of migrant […]
Thirty years ago, in 1983, Lech Wałęsa received the Nobel Peace Prize for his engagement in the trade unions and his fight for democratic Poland. Seven years later he became the first democratically elected President since the end of World War II. To commemorate this anniversary we invite you to a meeting with Danuta Wałęsa, […]
Local Government Training Course for Polish activists who want to engage in the local politics in Ireland will be launched by Lord Mayor, Emer Costello, Minister O’Dowd and Polish Ambassador as a part of “Vote! You are at home” campaign. 2nd September, 3pm at the Polish Embassy, 5 Ailesbury Rd The training run by Forum […]
Barka Ireland primarily works with Eastern and Central European migrants in Dublin who are in social and economic difficulties. We work with people on individual basis trying to find best option for them to prevent them from becoming homeless, or to move out of dependency on homeless services. Our services are free of charge. We […]
