Description
The project addresses the need for the Roma to know their civil rights and mechanisms to discuss strategic integration documents. The project aims at empowering Roma children in the town of Tsarevo by raising their knowledge about democracy and civil rights. First, 11 multiethnic teams will be set up from 22 Bulgarian and Roma students, 7th-11th grade, from N. Vaptsarov High School in Tsarevo. The 11 multiethnic teams will be trained as trainers in the rights of the child, civil rights and multiethnic solidarity (36 classes). Second, the 11 teams will train 200 of the students,7th-11th grade. Third, 12 Roma representatives will be trained in strategic planning, monitoring, assessment of strategic documents. Finally, the municipal action plan for Roma integration for 2013-2014 will be reviewed by 5 Roma representatives and guidelines for the new period 2014-2020 will be prepared. The project will benefit the students involved, the Roma and Bulgarian communities in Tsarevo.
Summary of project results
As a result of the project 12 members of the Roma community in Tsarevo Municipality were trained to plan, implement and monitor policies and strategic documents. Five of them were actively involved in the review of the Action Plan of Tsarevo Municipality in implementation of the strategy of Bourgas District for integration of Bulgarian Roma and other socially disadvantaged people living in equivalent to the Roma conditions 2013-2014, the public discussion of the guidelines for the plan for 2014-2020 and the follow-up meeting for its coordination. 22 Bulgarian and Roma students from Tsarevo Municipality from different age groups were trained as trainers via the peer-to-peer approach on civil rights, multiethnic solidarity, tools for self-help and empowerment of minority communities. The students and participants from the two ethnic backgrounds were trained in an environment of understanding, tolerance and mutual respect. The multiethnic team of trainers who were trained via the peer-to-peer approach will continue to disseminate their knowledge among young people in informal conditions after the end of the project. The Roma representatives in the team working on the Action Plan of Tsarevo Municipality will continue to take part in the monitoring of the plan in 2017 as well as in the identification of new activities for the integration of the Roma in line with their needs, cultural and domestic specificity. The Guide of good practices for the training and active involvement of the Roma community will be the foundation for future trainings of the Roma community in the other municipalities in Bourgas District. For more information, see:
http://zaednozanas.org/
Summary of bilateral results