(Stephanie Vandike) Capture details of Cornwall Council activities and This Action Plan gathers information. promote awareness of them to inform the formal Published on the Cornish Minority submission to Government in 2019. Working Group webpage. Writing the contribution to the Government Compliance Report. (Stephanie Vandike) Correct factual inaccuracies within the Council of Letter to Council of Europe correcting Response received 12 April – in accuracies Europe’s Fourth Opinion Report inaccuracies and request made to proof noted by CofE, unwilling to share future read the next opinion report publications as they are kept confidential. March 2017 (Stephanie Vandike) Media (FCNM Articles 6, 9) Outcome – To be agreed Recommendation Actions (responsible officer) Outcome 76. The authorities should intensify their efforts 20 March 2017 – Daily Politics show Response outstanding to counter the increasing climate of inter-ethnic discussed topic of ‘are the Cornish prejudice and hate speech by stepping up efforts oppressed?’ and initiatives to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue, firmly condemning Derogatory comments made by former derogatory and racially hostile language in public Secretary of State, Eric Pickles – letter of discourse and calling on all political parties to complaint sent to Tony Hall and show refrain from using it. The Advisory Committee Editor, Robbie Gibb on 24 April 2017. also calls on the authorities to engage with media outlets to promote a more nuanced understanding and reporting of facts to avoid fuelling intolerant and ethnically hostile behaviour while promoting the use of less derogatory
(Stephanie Vandike) Capture details of Cornwall Council activities and promote awareness of them to inform the formal submission to Government in 2019. This Action Plan gathers information. Published on the Cornish Minority Working Group webpage. Writing the contribution to the Government Compliance Report. (Stephanie Vandike) Correct factual inaccuracies within the Council of Europe’s Fourth Opinion Report Letter to Council of Europe correcting inaccuracies and request made to proof read the next opinion report March 2017 (Stephanie Vandike) Response received 12 April – in accuracies noted by CofE, unwilling to share future publications as they are kept confidential. Media (FCNM Articles 6, 9) Outcome – To be agreed Recommendation Actions (responsible officer) Outcome 76. The authorities should intensify their efforts to counter the increasing climate of inter-ethnic prejudice and hate speech by stepping up efforts and initiatives to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue, firmly condemning derogatory and racially hostile language in public discourse and calling on all political parties to refrain from using it. The Advisory Committee also calls on the authorities to engage with media outlets to promote a more nuanced understanding and reporting of facts to avoid fuelling intolerant and ethnically hostile behaviour while promoting the use of less derogatory 20 March 2017 – Daily Politics show discussed topic of ‘are the Cornish oppressed?’ Derogatory comments made by former Secretary of State, Eric Pickles – letter of complaint sent to Tony Hall and show Editor, Robbie Gibb on 24 April 2017. Response outstanding