A centre monitoring racism in Eastern Europe and backed by UEFA has opened its doors in Poland, co-host of the 2012 European Championship with Ukraine, an official announced on Wednesday. 'UEFA is a patron and is co-financing our project,' Jacek Purski, deputy head of the centre, told selfnews. The new centre in Poland is part of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) project, supported by European football's governing body UEFA. Its work will involve monitoring and education as well as intervening against racism in Poland and Ukraine as well as in neighbouring Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Belarus and Moldova. 'National football federations, those responsible for organising national championships, clubs, fans' organisations, NGOs and national minorities are our main partners,' said Purski, who is already in charge of Poland's Kick Racism out of Stadia campaign. In March, UEFA organised United Against Racism, an international conference in Warsaw. 