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INTERCULTURAL INSTITUTE OF TIMISOARA

INTERCULTURAL INSTITUTE OF TIMISOARA. www.intercultural.ro. 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

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INTERCULTURAL INSTITUTE OF TIMISOARA

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  1. INTERCULTURAL INSTITUTE OF TIMISOARA www.intercultural.ro

  2. 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

  3. Major topics Intercultural education Education for democratic citizenship Support for Roma communities

  4. Major topics Cross-border cooperation Research Culture

  5. Activities on Roma issues • 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

  6. Activities on Roma issues • 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

  7. Activities on Roma issues • 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

  8. Activities on Roma issues • 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

  9. Other relevant activities • 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

  10. Intercultural Institute • Has published • several books and reports resulted from projects • the Romanian version of several CoE publications, including COMPASS • www.intercultural.ro • Information about activities and resources • Over 1000 visits/week

  11. Thank you for attention! Eugen Gherga & Romina Matei

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