Dear colleagues,

The conference "Working together to fight antisemitism in Europe" will take place on 10 September 2020 as part of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Preventing and fighting antisemitism is a task which cuts across different departments, ministries, government levels and policy areas at both the national and the European level. This online-conference is intended to inspire ideas for pursuing a holistic approach to this task, with the further intention of addressing it on the European Level. The online-conference will be opened by Dr Markus Kerber, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.

Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel will welcome participants with a video message. Additional speakers are Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and Dr Franziska Giffey, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

The options for reporting on the conference on 10 September 2020 are explained below. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will take place online.

Programme

The following programme items are offered for reporting:

8.30

Doorstep

Statements by Dr Markus Kerber, State Secretary; by Dr Felix Klein, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Antisemitism; and by Dr Ludwig Spaenle, Bavarian State Government Commissioner for Jewish Life and against Antisemitism, for Remembrance and Historical Heritage; a few follow-up questions will be allowed.

Note:

The doorstep will be offered in the form of a video conference and as a photo opportunity. Please refer to the organisational information below regarding participation. The doorstep will also be livestreamed in English and German on www.bmi.bund.de/eu2020-livestream and on the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s Twitter account, @BMI_Bund.

Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the photo opportunity for TV reporting can only be offered as led by the pool. See below for pool leaders.

An open photo opportunity for photojournalists will be offered for a maximum of three photographers. These will be chosen in order of registration.

Please see below for information on accreditation.

9.00

Start of the conference

with opening photos

Akkreditierungshinweise

Organisational information:

 Participation / accreditation:

Registration is required for all journalists wishing to take part in this event. Permanent accreditations issued by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government will not be valid. Journalists wishing to participate in an event must register online at http://www.akkreditierung.bundesregierung.de by 12.00 on 8 September 2020.
No accreditation after this deadline will be possible.

 Information on the registration process: 

1. Please enter your user name and password. If you do not yet have a BPA accreditation profile, you must register for a new account. You will then receive a user name and password, which you can use to log in.
2. Please check your data under "Mein Profil verwalten" (manage my profile) or, if you are registering for a new account, enter and save your data.
3. Switch to the event list under "Anlässe verwalten" (manage events), select the relevant event and register by clicking the button "Anmelden" (register)
4. A new window will appear. After you have ticked/selected the information on accreditation, on data sharing and on the review of security-related circumstances, please confirm by clicking the button "Daten speichern und akkreditieren" (save and accredit data).
5. Once you have filled everything in, "Anmeldung in Bearbeitung" (registration in process) will be displayed under "Status/Anmelden" (status/registration) in the event list. If your request for accreditation is successful, you will receive confirmation of your accreditation by email.
6. Up-to-date information on the event is available at all times under "Anlässe verwalten" (manage events) in your profile at www.akkreditierung.bundesregierung.de.
7. You can delete your profile at any time after your accreditation expires.

 If your request for accreditation is successful, you will receive individual links to specific programme items a few days in advance which you can use to join these events.

 Live television:

ARD, as the host broadcaster, will provide a live television signal of all events open to the media and will make it available to interested organisations upon request.

Contact: Michael Schultz, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio:

Tel. +49 (0)30 22 88 1710, Produktions-Dispo

You can also receive the signal at no cost and copyright-free via the usual distribution channel from the EU in Brussels.