Policy Center for Roma and Minorities officially opened the doors of an alternative educational club at the Elementary School No. 136 located in the Ferentari neighborhood, Bucharest. The project aims to create a new, safe, but open, creative and challenging space for the children living in this area.
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At the end of September we met with Vasile Ionescu, Roma rights activist and leader. We talked about current issues in the Romanian society such as the vision of some NGO’s on how they perceive the Roma issues and about the beginnings of the Roma movement in Romania, of which he was one of the initiators.
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The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) expresses its disappointment that at yesterday’s European Council a decision on a concrete strategy has been postponed until next month. It is important that heads of government should take a firm and united stand against policies which deliberately stigmatize and discriminate against Roma.
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We gathered in a friendly atmosphere to talk about Bogdan Teodorescu’s book, “The Sword”. The event was more engaging and interesting as the author himself, Mr. Teodorescu was there to share with us his vision.
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June 2010 Policy Center for Roma and Minorities organized a meeting with Csaba Asztalos, President of the National Council Against Discrimination. The topic of the debate was freedom of speech versus human dignity and to what extent can the media use this freedom as an argument for using words that affect a persons’ dignity. Several ideas such as the quality speech of certain public
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities organized a football game against racism and violence with two schools in Bucharest. The teams were composed of Roma and non-Roma pupils. During the event, one of the schools’ principal confessed that usually the Roma pupils are enrolled in a high-school of arts and crafts, especially the boys, while the girls are less frequently enrolled in such schools due to reasons related to the traditional lifestyle.
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A new Read with Me event took place in the kindergarten and primary school of Stejarisu, Sibiu county. The event had as guest the well-known singer and actor Mr. Ioan Gyuri-Pascu, who read for and together with the 40 children of Stejarisu, the stories of Apolodor , the famous penguin.
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April 2010 Mrs Anca Harasim, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce Romania, was our guest, for a debate on “Ethics in the Business Corporate Environment”. Members of our organization and other young professionals discussed several issues related to business ethics like business models adopted in politics and businesses, government efficiency, corruption, equality, CSR, ethic conduct and it’s long term effects in effective
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