Klik om het opmaakprofiel van de modelondertitel te bewerkenYouth supporting Roma intergation

Timisoara, 23.05.2012

I AM ROMA

Three actions … one goal!

•Social rights are human rights – 2006

•Forum on intercultural dialogue – 2007

•YES to intercultural dialogue – 2008

The context

•Non-formal education

•Working for less privileged young people

•Events supported by Youth program (European Commission)

Social rights are human rights

•Timisoara, 2006

•30 young people,

youth workers and social

workers from 15 European

contries – 7 days in Timisoara

•Methods: interactive games, role plays, small group discussions, Forum theatre,

street event

Social rights are human rights

•Results:

• One public event • More then 20 media covering • One booklet • One movie • One public manifesto

Social rights are human rights – Manifesto

•STOP TO SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION

•ALL DIFFERENT ALL EQUAL

•FOR DIVERSITY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

•STOP MINORITIES OPPRESSION

•TIME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS SAY NO TO RACISM 

•STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

•FREEDOM OF SPEECH

•STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION

Social rights are human rights

Forum on intercultural dialogue

•October 2007 Timisoara

•25 young people from 20 countries – members of the Council of Europe

•4 working days – using as method filed visit, interaction with the community

Forum on intercultural dialogue

•Aim:• To stimulate local actors to engage in

intercultural dialogue at local level, discuss methodological approaches and influence European practice in this field

•Objectives:• To experience a process of intercultural dialogue• To establish contacts and networks which they

can use as a resource for their future work in intercultural dialogue

• To explore methodological approaches to Intercultural Dialogue

Forum on intercultural dialogue

•Results:• Interactions with the community – one day

in the neighborhood – taking interviews

• Influence of the White paper on intercultural dialogue

• Media coverage during all the days of the event

YES to intercultural dialogue

•Training course: July 2008

•Target group: • Staff or board members of youth and / or

social organizations, youth and social workers

• Participants coming from the local Roma organization Parudimous

YES to intercultural dialogue

•Methods:• Working together with the representatives of

the Roma community• Working individually, in small groups, in

plenary or forum discussions, • Experiential intercultural learning (learning

by doing).• Working with Forum Theatre• Within the diversity of this training course,

the group experienced various situations instead of just talking about them.

YES to intercultural dialogue

•Results:• One public street event • 42 young people – 28 young

people, youth workers, social workers coming from EU countries, together with 14 young Roma – living, working, sharing the same space for 7 days

• Visit to Maguri community • Media coverage

Commune elements

•Interactive methods •Working together with the target group•Street events – using theatre •Involving media: before, during and after •Share the work done: booklet, movie, manifesto, influencing public policies •Low costs events: total budget of the three events … 60000 EUR

Thanks you for your attention!

Intercultural Institute Timisoara

2012