August 2010 – Piloting Active Citizenship through Empowerment Youth Development and Good Governance Practices in Ferentari (Right PACE)

Project Name:	Piloting Active Citizenship through Empowerment Youth Development and Good Governance Practices in Ferentari (Right PACE)
Financer:	The Netherlands Embassy in Romania
Partners:	Policy Center for Roma and Minorities
Implementation time frame:	August 2010 – July 2011
Budget:	27500 EUR
Objectives:	Promoting non-formal education as an instrument for social inclusion and changing the negative attitudes towards the Roma minority Conducting a research in order to have a better knowledge of the needs of the vulnerable community of Ferentari Increasing the involvement of stakeholders in the social inclusion process
Results:	Expanding the Alternative Education Club existing in the elementary school no. 136 from the ghetto (Ferentari neighborhood, Bucharest) by supporting the specific activities dedicated to Roma and non-Roma children Publishing a research about the vulnerable community – “Hidden communities – Ferentari”, coordinated by Florin Botonogu, Ed. Expert, 2011, Bucharest Advocacy activities meant to connect the local public activities to the situation of the vulnerable community of Ferentari