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Segregation in pre-university education is found in many schools in Romania. Although in 2019, the Ministry of Education approved the Methodology for Monitoring Segregation in Pre-University Education, this methodology contains a number of aspects that should be improved in order to be implemented in a more effective way. The project aims to empower local NGOs in 7 counties in Romania and turn them into watchdogs of school segregation and advocates for discrimination-free education. Thus, the organizations will be trained to carry out advocacy actions at local and even at European level; they will be given the necessary tools to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of the methodology on segregation in pre-university education in order to improve institutional monitoring. The aim of the project is to improve institutional practices in the implementation of legislation to prevent and combat segregation and racial discrimination through watchdog, monitoring and advocacy actions of NGOs able to identify and report discrimination of Roma students in education in the form of segregation. The project will also provide legal counselling services to 600 victims of segregation, and will organise awareness-raising sessions among more than 1200 Roma and Roma parents, as well as training 300 teachers and 2400 students on the effects of segregation and the right to an education without discrimination. The partner has relevant experience in community development and will be involved in coordinating the monitoring process of the implementation of the methodology, in providing legal assistance to victims, in implementing advocacy actions, participation in events etc.