The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR) is a non-governmental organisation that focuses on monitoring tolerance in Europe and preparing practical recommendations to improve interethnic relations and intercultural communication.

The ECTR consists of prominent political and public leaders, scientists, Nobel Prize laureates and individuals who have gained global recognition for their outstanding achievements in the humanitarian sphere and promotion of tolerance.

The ECTR's first meeting was held in Paris on October 7, 2008. Former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski consented to chair the Council. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, was named co-chair of the Council.

The key task of the Council is to prepare initiatives capable of drastically influencing tolerance promotion in Europe and fighting all forms of racial, ethnic, religious and cultural discrimination.

In early November 2008, as part of the Week of Tolerance in Europe, the ECTR presented a European Convention on Tolerance and a concept for a White Paper on Tolerance to leading European integration institutions, first of all the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Both of these innovative conventions have great significance for promoting tolerance in Europe.

The European Convention on Tolerance in Europe is a complex of universal legislative steps to support tolerance and counteract all hate crimes.

The White Paper on Tolerance is to become a regular, systematic collection of tolerance practices and solutions for specific intercultural conflicts in European countries. The White Paper will be the first collection of its kind focusing on the transfer of positive practical experience.