Educating Roma children: good practice from Slovakia through the ERNE project
14-15.03.2013
The second meeting of the ERNE project was held on the 14th and 15th of March in Slovakia. On that occasion, the project partners had the opportunity to experience first hand some good practices in Roma inclusion by visiting a local school for both Roma and non-Roma children in Kremnica under the supervision of Ján Hero, the school Director.
The school started its operations in September 2008 and is part of a larger approach to Roma inclusion in the fields of housing, employment, health, culture and education. Its aim is to:
- Set the right conditions for Roma students to develop by offering a quality education;
- Prepare students for university studies and the employment market;
- Fight against discrimination and poverty by providing support (travel cost, meals, health and hygiene, boarding facility…) to students and creating an open environment for both Roma and non-Roma (Slovak) students to get to know each other and socialise.
The curriculum includes all of the "traditional" Slovak curricula with additional courses in Romani language, culture and history which help to boost confidence of Roma children and gain a better understanding of their background and the reasons why they face discrimination.
For more information about the school,
go here
15-16.01.2013
The
kick-off meeting of the ERNE project (European Roma Integration good practice
exchange and policy network), was held in Graz, Austria on the
15th and 16th of January.
The
ERNE project, of which COFACE is a partner, aims at identifying,
exchanging and transfering good practices, developing policy recommendations
and raising awareness about Roma integration in the field of education. And
more specifically, in pre-school, vocational education and training, high
school and higher education (university).
The
project started officially in December 2012 and will run until November 2014.
COFACE's
main role will be to attend the various meetings to provide expertise and disseminate
the results of the project via its website, member organisations and lobbying
activities.
Here
below, you will find the full list of partners of the project:
City of
Koprivnica (Croatia)
Zukunftsbau GmbH (Germany)
European
Neighbours (Austria)
ERIO (European NGO)
Súkromné gymnázium Kremnica
(Slovakia)
Universitatea „Ştefan cel Mare” din Suceava
Facultatea de Stiinte Economice si Administratie Publica (Romania)
Formazione Co&So Network (Italia)
Kulturverein
österreichischer Roma (Austria)
COFACE
- Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union (EU NGO)
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Published on 25 Jan 2013
Updated on 02 Apr 2013
