The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) and the European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) have issued an open letter to M. Barroso, President of the European Commission, in an effort to raise greater awareness of the continued racism, discrimination and social exclusion experienced by the Romani people residing throughout Europe. Through this letter, the ERPC, of which ENAR is a member, calls on the College
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Perhaps many of the Center’s friends and followers sometimes wonder how our team and the children they work with through the Alternative Education Club (AEC) from school 136 in Ferentari have managed to orchestrate so many activities this past year. The answer is simple. Policy Center remains engaged through its various sports-related projects which go a long way to aide in the process of
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This month, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities is recruiting teachers for the third year of Debate House, a project that promotes multiculturalism, active citizenship and human and minority rights in Romania through the involvement of middle school and high school teachers and students in a series of seminars and debates during the 2011-2012 school year. Started in 2008 with support from the Open
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  Policy Center for Roma and Minorities is pleased to announce that the European Roma Policy Coalition’s (ERPC) Campaign for a European Union (EU) Roma Strategy, to which the Center is an active partner, has received the Best Campaign of the Year Award for 2011 through the prestigious European Public Affairs Awards (EPAA). After a long, arduous process of nomination which began in June,
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A celebration of civic implication and alternative education November 17. Children run up and down the stairs, impatient to finish the final repetition before the arrival of almost 200 guests. Many of them already met the kids while volunteering in the Alternative Education Club – people from embassies, ministries and other public institutions, as well as from NGOs and from the community in Ferentari.
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The second friendly football match” Love Football, No Racism, No Violence” organized by Policy Center for Roma and Minorities, The Romanian Football Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took place at the Romanian National Team training center at Mogosoaia -Bucharest. The match is part of a series of games which aims at raising awareness with regard to racism, discrimination and violence on football stadiums. We organised the first game on March 20th, on the occasion of the International Day for Racial Discrimination.
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The ninth edition of the Romanian PR Award presented last week the campaigns nominated in the 24 contest sections. The project submitted by our organization was among the 72 nominated projects from a total 212 campaigns, which helped Policy Center for Roma and Minorities receive an important recognition from an international jury with 38 members from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Holland and Romania.
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and the National Council for Combating Discrimination invite you to the first photo-voice exhibition of the children from the Alternative Education Club. The exhibition „Beyond the ghetto” will take place on Friday, October 21, at 17:00 at Casa de Cultură a Studenților. The exhibition is part of the “Days of non-formal education” event, organized by LEAP Association (Link Education and Practice).
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities lansează o bursă pentru jurnaliștii până în 30 de ani prin care li se oferă oportunitatea de a participa în cadrul unui proiect european având ca temă genocidul împotriva romilor comis în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial.
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Yesterday we celebrated one year since we opened de Alternative Education Club at School no.136 in Ferentari neighbourhood. The event took place at the school’s gym and it was a good occasion to demonstrate what we’ve accomplished in the year that passed and how alternative education has improved the lives of the over 120 children that came to us in these first 12 months of activity. We invite you to take a virtual tour of what happened at our anniversary.
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