2008 | Dublin | Level 1
Kazik Anhalt & Cormac O'Donnell
Central-Eastern European Network
The Central and Eastern European Outreach and Information Centre will work to provide advice on employment rights and statutory entitlements for migrants and aims to build good community relations through community development work and conflict mediation. Its development is a result of close co-operation between Kazik Anhalt of SIPTU and Cormac O’Donnell of Dublin City Council’s Office for Integration. They believe that the project can provide a targeted, culturally competent & holistic approach to the needs of the Central & Eastern European community.
Kazik, who is from Poland, understands the socio-economic needs of his fellow Poles both through his work for SIPTU and through his voluntary work with the Polish Information & Cultural Centre. As a Strategic Policy Manager, Cormac has built up strong relationships with the migrant community in Dublin. He believes that Dublin City Council can show leadership in reaching out to the migrant communities in the city.
Together they hope the project will support the needs of all Central and Eastern Europeans and have positive social inclusion outcomes for our society.
“The purpose of the network is to create an organisation that can play a proactive role towards building mutual understanding between citizens of Central and Eastern Europe and the indigenous people of Ireland.”
