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"Together for an inclusive school" is an initiative of CENRES to address the problems of school segregation in Timpoceni village, Suceava county and to empower members of the interethnic community to be actively involved in the decision-making process regarding access of Roma children to inclusive, quality education. According to the needs analysis, Roma residents face social and economic marginalization - low employability, school and residential segregation, absenteeism, extremely low graduation rate in the eighth grade and low access to specialized medical services. One of the priority areas for civil and non-governmental initiatives is equitable education and access to inclusive, quality education for all children: according to MO no. 6134/2016 (shorturl.at/grH89), the school becomes an environment in which “all children are respected and integrated without discrimination and exclusion due to ethnic origin or mother tongue, socio-economic status of families, residency or school performance of the primary beneficiaries of education". The project coagulates, empowers and increases the capacity of a Local Initiative Group for an Inclusive School (LIGIS) as influencer in human education and health for children and women: remedial activities , intercultural events, medical services for members of the Roma community. All these LIGIS initiatives finally bring together the Timpoceni community and have essential contribution in braking the isolation of the Roma population, as well as in reducing differences between this vulnerable group and the majority.