Participants come from Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Spain and the Netherlands.
It also includes representatives of major academic institutions expert in the field of race relations and representatives of the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The meeting drew links between the rise of racism in the west and the rise of nationalism in the east. There is, at present, little case for intervention of law to strengthen the process of self-regulation. The experience of journalists and media organisations is that where law is used to monitor ethics of journalism it can lead to political interference. The issue of racism and ethnicity was discussed as part of a programme of seminars which have been carried out in 12 countries of Africa.