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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Leading Roma organizations lashed out at the European Commission for failing to include Roma voices and input in the development of its new “EU framework for national Roma integration strategies up to 2020.” The groups complain that the new strategy for Roma integration, which was released this week by the executive arm of the European Union, misses an important opportunity to address the rising tide of anti-Gypsyism in Europe.
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The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) acknowledges the European Commission’s political commitment to Roma inclusion expressed today by the adoption of its EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies. The Commission s request to all Member States to develop and implement dedicated long-term strategies to promote Roma integration in four key areas ‒ access to education, healthcare, employment and housing and essential services ‒ and to allocate sufficient targeted resources to achieve progress, is a significant step forward.
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632 people participated Sunday morning at the “Vivicitta – Sport links people” cross, organized in Bucharest by Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti).
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On Sunday, April 3rd, starting with 9 AM, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities together with UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti) organizes in Bucharest the “Vivicitta” cross race, under the “United by sport” slogan.
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The friendly football match organized on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination finished with the score of 4-4. Each participant ”scored” in the effort to raise awareness about the issues of racism, discrimination and violence.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities, the Romanian Football Federation, The National Council for Combating Discrimination (NCCD) and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Bucharest organize a friendly football match on Sunday, the 20th of March. The participants include representatives of the diplomatic corps commissioned at Bucharest and popular names from the Romanian civil society and media.
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