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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and the District 5 Mayorality celebrates Sunday, May 29, between 10:00 and 12:00 am, on Livezilor St., the International Children’s Day. The event is dedicated to the children in the Ferentari area and in particular to the pupils at the Elementary School no.136 where Policy Center for Roma and Minorities launched in October the Alternative Educational Club with the financial support of the Netherlands Embassy in Romania. Also, pupils from the Elementary School no.147 will be involved in the event, as there are plans to open a new club at this school.
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The “Mass Football Day” Cup event, held on May 25, was a great opportunity for the two football teams from the Alternative Education Club from the Elementary School no. 136 in Ferentari to show what they learned during their weekly soccer practice. The activity is coordinated by ex-professional football player (junior league), Laurențiu Gheorghe who used to play for one of Romania’s most notorious football clubs, Dinamo București. For more than a year, around 30 children from Ferentari had the chance to take part in weekly football practices and compete in local and regional football tournaments.
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities, in partnership with the Romanian Association for Debate, Oratory and Rhetoric (ARDOR), PATRIR (Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania), Carturești Bookshops and the “Zile si Nopti” magazine” organize from May 27 to June 8 the national caravan „Challenge against discrimination”. The series of events targets high school students from five major cities in Romania, including the capital, Bucharest. The caravan format relies on debates as an educational instrument meant to stimulate critical thinking on social issues such as discrimination, racism and negative cultural stereotypes.

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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities in partnership with Strada Film and the Script Association, with the support of the European Commission, launched today the first script laboratory in Romania, Strangers Script Lab. The lab will take place in two different locations throughout the country between July and October.
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More than 10 children aged 11 to 14 and a representative of our organization attended the “Football for Opportunities” International Workshop in Budapest, at the invitation of the Polgar Foundation, between May 13 and 14. The children are enrolled in the football classes at the Alternative Education Club.
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Conferința studențească organizată în perioada 13-14 mai 2011 de către Facultatea de Științe Politice, Universitatea din București, în colaborare cu Institutul pentru Investigarea Crimelor Comunismului și Memoria Exilului Românesc (București) și cu Università di Bologna – Forlì (în cadrul proiectului european Me 2 EU: From Memory to Europe), invită la o reflecție asupra asumării și înțelegerii trecutului recent în societățile post-dictatoriale.
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Moțiunea dorește să pună un reflector asupra felului în care se vede laicitatea în România – ca relație de separare între stat și biserici – din prisma alegerii educaționale de a preda religia în școlile de stat. În comparație, în Italia educația catolică religioasă este materie opțională, în Germania situația diferă de la un land la altul iar în Olanda nu este prevăzută predarea niciunei religii, în schimb există școli confesionale sprijinite de stat.
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On 14 and 15 April, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities participated to the 4th annual meeting of the Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP). The FRP is a network for cooperation and exchange organised by the FRA to structure its dialogue with the civil society.
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More than 30 representatives of embassies, Romanian Government, presidential administration, NGOs and academia participated on Monday, April 11th, at the “Multiculturalism in Europe” debate, organized by Policy Center for Roma and Minorities together with the Department for European Affairs of the Romanian Government. The event took place at the Infoeuropa Center in Bucharest.
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