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Twenty eight years exactly since the first resolution on Roma was passed by the European Parliament, the EU is finally publishing its Framework Strategy on Roma. But is there any progress to report? On 24 May 1984 the European Parliament passed resolution C172/153, which acknowledged that “gypsies still suffer discrimination in law and practice,” and called on the governments of European member states to
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On May 9, 2012, the Policy Center for Roma and Minorities team and the children from the Alternative Education Club had the honor of hosting H.E. Ms. Ulla Väistö, Ambassador of Finland to Romania. Ms. Väistö, the embassy First Secretary Mr. Marco Pribilla and 11 members of the Subcommittee for Administration and Security of the Finance Committee of the Finnish Parliament visited the Club
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The children from the Alternative Education Club started the month of May in full force—on the football pitch, thanks to old and new Policy Center for Roma and Minorities (PCRM) partners such as the Romanian Football Federation (RFF), UEFA and the Terre des hommes Foundation. On May 1, Open Doors Day at the RFF training camp in Buftea, 120 children from disadvantaged communities (60
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22 March 2012: the biggest, and most expensive EU event ever on discrimination against women, promoted as an ‘Extraordinary meeting on discrimination against women and social inclusion in Europe,’ takes place in Brussels. The meeting focuses on the national strategies and EU framework meant to address discrimination and exclusion faced by women. The official agenda prepared by the European Commission shows 29 speakers. Two
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On March 21, we celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the Children’s Balloon in Herăstrău Park, where 100 children of different ethnic backgrounds (Romanian, Roma, Hungarian, French and Middle Eastern) participated in team games for several hours. The event, which was organized by Terre des Hommes in partnership with UEFA, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and other organizations,
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FARE Network is recruiting anti-discrimination monitors for Euro 2012 football matches taking place in Poland and Ukraine. The monitors selected through the application process (final day to apply is April 2) will attend matches to watch for incidents of discrimination and to collaborate with the fans embassy teams to prevent and solve any such incidents. Monitors, who receive transportation, lodging and a ticket to
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Debate House teachers are taking place in a second professional development workshop this Saturday, March 10. The workshop focuses on two main themes: debate and public speaking (first part) and feedback and evaluation in education (second part). The sessions are led by experienced facilitators (two members of the ARDOR team and teacher Roxana Marin), who will engage the teachers in discussion and interactive, hands-on
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As a partner of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bucharest, we announce the third annual academic conference, which will take place on May 18-19 at the University of Bucharest. The theme of this year’s conference is Redefining the Nation: Ethnicity and Nationhood in Communist and Post-Communist Societies. Romanian and foreign undergraduate and post-graduate students of relevant subjects (political studies, anthropology,
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities partner Asociația Ovidiu Rom has launched a new component of its Each Child in Kindergarten project. In 2012, the organization is organizing a public information campaign on the importance of early education and the impact of a child’s first years of life on that child’s the cognitive development. International studies show that children who start their education early
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