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Liberal deputy Alexandru Muraru was appointed at the latest government meeting as representative of the Romanian Government on the Board of governmental representatives of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) project.
"The government remains unwaveringly committed to combating anti-Semitism, both nationally and internationally, including through the implementation of the measures under the EHRI project. As the government's special representative for promoting memory policies, combating anti-Semitism and xenophobia, I will continue to pay special attention to these aspects and particularly to the need to ensure coordination among the institutions and structures specializing in Holocaust education and memory, as well as in the fight of anti-Semitism," Alexandru Muraru said in a statement issued on Thursday.
According to the cited document, EHRI's mission is trans-national Holocaust research, commemoration and education. The EHRI Preparatory Phase (EHRI-PP) running between 2019 and 2022 has the specific task to transform EHRI from a project into a permanent organization that will help secure the future of Holocaust research, commemoration, and education. EHRI has been added to the Roadmap of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) in 2018.
Currently, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure project has 15 partners from 13 countries and is coordinated by the Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD); Romania has been a partner since 2017, through the "Elie Wiesel" National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania.
