Organisational structure

Structure and functioning of the Centre

For the discharge of all its tasks, the Centre has 95 employees (including the Support Point for Combating Poverty and personnel for specific projects with a fixed duration). The organisational structure of the Centre is composed of various services structured on the basis of their activities.

 

•  The Executive Board
The Executive Board submits a strategic plan and specific action plans to the Board. After the approval of the plans the Executive Board ensures their implementation. The Executive Board is also responsible for organising the work of the teams, preparing the positions of the Centre and internal and external communications.

The direct responsibility of the Executive Board covers the communication personnel, the legal advisor and the personnel department.


•  Communication
Five employees are responsible for the organisation of the Centre’s external communication: contacts with the media, information campaigns, brochures, website, etc. They contribute to the widest possible dissemination of information about the Centre and its interests. In addition, they participate in the planning and organisation of seminars and study days offered by the Centre.

•  The legal adviser
advises the Executive Board and coordinates the Centre’s legal work. He/she also manages the secretariat of the Board of Governors.

•  Personnel affairs
The personnel department implements the personnel policy and gives advice and information about it. The department ensures that the potential in terms of personnel is deployed as well as possible for the tasks of the Centre, taking into account the allocated budgets.

•  Internal control
Reception, accounting, IT and maintenance support the activities of the Centre. Without these services, the Centre cannot operate and would not be able to organise the numerous meetings and conferences.

•  Department of Racism & Integration
This department deals with situations where individuals or groups of persons are victims or witnesses of racist or discriminatory acts.

The fight against discrimination and the actions to promote integration are inextricably linked. Based on its observations and analyses of integration the service submits opinions and recommendations to the authorities. The service is also an agent for raising awareness in various environments (businesses, unions, etc.) and a driving force behind a range of initiatives.

•  Non-racial discrimination department
This service is responsible for assisting victims of discrimination based on sexual orientation, marital status, birth, wealth, age, religion or worldview, health, disability or physical characteristics.

• Training service
How are minority groups or people exposed to discrimination treated by the public services? How can diversity be introduced into an institution or company? How are conflicts resolved? How can we listen, act, teach and work in a multicultural environment? To this and many other questions the training department helps to find an answer. The questions come from a very diverse audience: police, judges, teachers, civil servants responsibles for reception in Public Centres for Social Welfare, prison guards, municipalities, students, social workers, trade unions, the private sector and associations. The training department has developed a preventive and pragmatic approach to training. The transfer of knowledge and reflection are based on a methodology that leaves much room for the experience of the participants.

•  The migration monitoring service
The activities of this service are grouped around two axes:

– ensuring the fundamental rights of foreigners in our territory, including in connection with the issue of visas, access and equality of the approval process for refugees, holding in detention centres, extradition from the territory and access to education and emergency medical help for people residing illegally in our country;

– monitoring and analysis of the migration problem.

•  Human trafficking department
The tasks of this service are to encourage, coordinate and secure the monitoring of the policy on the fight against human trafficking and to publish an annual report specifically on these issues with analyses and recommendations.

•  Support Point for Combating Poverty
The Support Point for Combating Poverty is one of the resources provided by the Regions, the Communities and the federal government for a coherent policy against poverty, insecurity and social exclusion. The service reports to the political leaders on its findings, analyses and proposals. These come from the consultation that the Support Point organises with the parties involved: associations in which disadvantaged groups are able to speak, Public Centres for Social Welfare, trade unions, professionals from various sectors, administrations, etc.