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www.intercultural.ro
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Established in 1992 by a group of teachers from Timisoara, with support from Timisoara municipality, County School Inspectorate, West University of Timisoara and the Council of Europe Mission: to promote the values and principles of the Council of Europe concerning the intercultural approach in education, cultural policy, research and civil society
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Introducing intercultural education in schools with majority and minority children Introducing intercultural education in the educational activities of museums Training sessions, pilot activities implemented and resource materials published Use of ICT in intercultural education and development of intercultural competencies for European project managers and teams Promotion of civic education in schools Development of sustainable school-community relations Facilitation of the relations between civil society and public authorities in a multicultural environment The education of Roma children The image of Roma in the media The development of the civil society inside Roma communities The improvement of the relations of public authorities with the Roma communities. Intercultural education Education for democratic citizenship Support for Roma communities
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An integrated regional cooperation framework developed under the name of Banat NGO Network – BANNET Continuous cooperation with NGOs and minority organizations from Serbia, focusing on cross-border youth exchanges, training and promotion of European values. Other regional cooperation activities organized with the support of the CoE, of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe and of the EU, in cooperation with partners from Hungary, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina and other countries of the region Priority education policies in Romania and Europe Intercultural dialogue in Romania Social research on the cultural needs and offer in Timis and Arad Social psychology researches in the educational field Development of the cultural strategy of Timis county Development of the cultural strategy of Arad city Consultancy for the youth strategy of Timisoara city Strategic proposals for the development of cultural tourism in Banat region Cross- border cooperation Research Culture
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1996 – 1998: coordination, with Romani CRISS and in cooperation with the Institute of Educational Sciences and with two partners from France, of the first national level project on Roma education in Romania ◦ The project piloted the employment of Roma school mediators and initiated the training of teachers working with Roma children 1997 – 1998: the first project in Romania on the image of Roma in the press ◦ Press monitoring, workshops with journalists, Roma and public institutions, publication 1998 – 1999: local projects in Timisoara and Timis County ◦ Human Rights Education, improving cooperation between Roma an local authorities, intercultural education Activities on Roma issues
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1998 – 2001: coordination of a European project on the “Integration of Roma culture in school and out-of-school education” ◦ partners from Romania, France, Slovakia and Spain ◦ The first COMENIUS project with Eastern European coordinator ◦ Produced a guide for teachers which was included as a good practice in the Compendium, “Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice” published by OSCE, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Council of Europe, and UNESCO Activities on Roma issues
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2000 – 2005: Local projects in Timis County to promote civic participation of young Roma ◦ Projects involving young Roma from several rural communities in Timis County ◦ Projects involving Roma students working for disadvantaged communities in Timisoara ◦ Support for setting-up Parudimos Association ◦ Timisoara Roma youth Centre on partnership with Parudimos 2005 – 2007: Training of teachers on Roma history & culture and intercultural education ◦ Pilot face to face training ◦ Online training of over 400 teachers 2007 – 2008: Piloting of the European Guide of Roma Mediators developed by the Council of Europe
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2007 – 2009: Action research in schools with high percentage of Roma children in Timisoara 2011: Romanet: Centres for Roma Inclusion in Vojvodina and Timisoara ◦ Cross-border cooperation Romania-Serbia 2011: High-school students suggest solutions for the problems of Roma ◦ Civic education method (Project Citizen) adapted to address Roma issues
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Cooperation with the Council of Europe ◦ Project “Education of Roma Children in Europe” ◦ Trainings for teachers and mediators in the Republic of Moldova and Kosovo ◦ European Training Programme for Mediators Research on Priority Education Policies (positive action for Roma in education) LAPS & RAPS
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Has published ◦ several books and reports resulted from projects ◦ the Romanian version of several CoE publications, including COMPASS www.intercultural.ro www.intercultural.ro ◦ Information about activities and resources ◦ Over 1000 visits/week
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Thank you for attention! Eugen Gherga & Romina Matei
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