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Lessons and proposals from Romanian seminars and workshops Florin MOIS Ă

„Identificarea şi reducerea prejudecăţilor ca sursă de conflict între populaţia romă şi neromă - studiu comparativ al cazurilor din Bulgaria, Italia, România şi Slovenia – REDUPRE”. Lessons and proposals from Romanian seminars and workshops Florin MOIS Ă. Seminars and workshops in Romania.

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Lessons and proposals from Romanian seminars and workshops Florin MOIS Ă

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  1. „Identificarea şi reducerea prejudecăţilor ca sursă de conflict între populaţia romă şi neromă - studiu comparativ al cazurilor din Bulgaria, Italia, România şi Slovenia – REDUPRE” Lessons and proposals from Romanian seminars and workshops Florin MOISĂ

  2. Seminars and workshops in Romania • 1. Timisoara, December 2012 • 2. Timisoara, May 2013 • 3. Cluj Napoca, May 2013

  3. Seminars and workshops in Romania • A mixed approach of training tools and methods • Presentations • Role play • Small group activity • Case study • Debate • Film presentation • Available materials: • PowerPoint presentations • Support materials • Reports • Articles • Legislation

  4. Seminars and workshops in Romania • A mixed approach of training tools and methods • Presentations • Role play • Small group activity • Case study • Debate • Film presentation • Available materials: • PowerPoint presentations • Support materials • Reports • Articles • Legislation

  5. Timisoara, December 2012 • General topic: “Social economy and economic reinsertion of the Roma: arguments in favor and against” • Participants: 22 • Roma NGOs active in Banat area • Non-Roma NGOs • School principals, teachers, School Inspectorate • County Office for Roma – Prefecture • City Halls representatives • Public Administration structures • National Agency for Roma – regional offices • Mass local Media • Regional Radio station Timisoara • Local consultants • CED staff

  6. Timisoara, December 2012 • Agenda: • General REDUPRE presentation and research findings • Problems faced by Roma communities –the participant’s perception • Status of policies towards Roma in Romania • Problems, priorities and solutions for the Roma condition • Economic reinsertion of Roma – success stories and failures (focus on Timis, Arad and Bihor counties) • Stereotypes and prejudices • Conflict mediation and resolution • Practical tools for reducing stereotypes and prejudices against Roma

  7. Timisoara, May 2013 • General topic: “Roma women beyond stereotypes” • Participants: 19 (14 women, 5 men) • Roma NGOs active in Banat area • Non-Roma NGOs • School teachers • County Office for Roma – Prefecture • City Halls representatives • Public Administration structures • National Agency for Roma – regional offices • CED staff

  8. Timisoara, May 2013 • Agenda: • Public policies for Roma in Romania – between documents and reality • Roma women in public policy documents in Romania • Discrimiation of Roma women • Roma women participation in public life • Recomendations

  9. Cluj Napoca, May 2013 • General topic: “The situation of Roma in Romania: problems, public policy solutions and involvement of local authorities” • Participants: 20 participants, covering • Roma NGOs active in Banat area • Non-Roma NGOs • School mediators • Health mediators • County Office for Roma – Prefecture • Public Administration structures • National Agency for Roma – regional offices • Local exerts on Roma issues • Roma students • RCRC and CED staff

  10. Cluj Napoca, May 2013 • Agenda: • Public policies for Roma in Romania – between documents and reality • Analysis of the status of affairs in education, health, employment and housing • Opportunities for funding available in the next period for Roma programming • Involvement of local authorities in solving the problems faced by Roma • Involvement of local authorities for improvement of relationship between Roma nad non-Roma • Recomendations

  11. Main lessons learned • The participants expressed during the workshops • Roma issue is a very complex one • Multi-dimensional • Inter-related • Inter-conditional • Different perspectives on the Roma issue are not sufficiently discussed and shared • Communication issues • Social distance • Social capital of Roma • Different perspectives on the problem are not reflected in official documents

  12. Main lessons learned • Diversity of Roma groups not enough know by non-Roma • Discrimination is a key issue for the Roma • Double discrimination of Roma women is still widespread, • Low political will to deal with the Roma issue • Low capacity at local level – reflected in lower representation of the Roma in Local Councils, local administration etc. • Limited capacity of NGOs to better contribute to the improvement of the condition of Roma • Project approach versus long term involvement of donors and implementors – leave measures at half stage of intervention

  13. Proposals • Continue training/workshops covering subjects like: • Successful experiences in the field • Getting to know better the Roma and their diversity • New concepts in the public area – social inclusion, public policies, social economy, anti-gypsysm, flexicurity, etc • Advocacy tools • Promotion, awareness campaigns • Antidiscrimination – concept, tools, institutions • Results of recent research • Know-how – project elaboration and management of implementation – structural funds • Development of local partnerships – NGOs and local institutions

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