Description
The project addresses the issues related to discrimination, intolerance and hate speech targeted at the Roma minority in Bulgaria. The project aims at promoting greater tolerance towards the Roma and providing Roma young people with a creative platform to address their issues in public. First, a 2-day training of 22 participants on intercultural communication, tolerance and conflict-solving will be organized. Second, about 30 participants will take part in a 2-day seminar on minority integration issues. Third, 4 performances of the interactive documentary play WE.doc will be held to promote good practices of conflict-solving. Fourth, a photo exhibition of Roma portraits will be organized for 2 weeks. Next, 8 young Roma actors will take part in a master class for modern social theatre. Finally, a documentary about the project and an online forum will be created. The project will benefit the Roma, the decision-makers and the community in general by promoting greater tolerance.
Summary of project results
The project addressed the issues related to discrimination, intolerance and hate speech targeted at the Roma minority in Bulgaria and contributed to improving the artistic skills and acquiring specific knowledge for work in a multicultural environment and new social skills of the young people involved in the project. Involvement in the development of the activities and their content set precedents for replication in the local communities and for taking adequate steps to solve the current issues by means of documentary drama and intercultural methodology. Maintaining physical and virtual place for performance as well as presenting the ideas and materials of contemporary art through events, training, dialogue, films, a website and an exhibition supported на creation of young artists regardless of their ethnic background. A documentary was shot and an online platform was created that would help upgrade the project outcome.
Summary of bilateral results