A Participatory Approach in the Education Environment to Overcome Discrimination of young Roma on new media Erasmus Project

Project Title

A Participatory Approach in the Education Environment to Overcome Discrimination of young Roma on new media

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Romas and/or other minorities

Project Summary

The path foreseen by DREAM consists in:
– A background study to identify stereotypes and discrimination of Roma in online and off line (particularly focus on woman) among target groups and assessment of awareness and responses to misinformation
– A toolkit for schools – set-up with stakeholders: Roma and non Roma pupils, teachers, Roma and non Roma parents – providing activities and tools for fighting against online discrimination of these communities
– A communication campaign focusing on a positive narrative of Roma and raising awareness on discrimiantion patterns aabout Roma taking place on the new media;

In a context where Roma communities are affected by the proliferation of misleading information and biased communication with discriminatory attitudes, young teenagers (11-14 y-old) must be prepared to enter the online world with proper tools. To do so, the project intends to analyse the main forms of stereotypes and discriminative behaviours that affected young people and their families, in order to create an innovative and highly communicative toolkit for schools. This tool will be developed through factual data, interviews and images about Roma on the basis of the real discrimination patterns. The toolkit will be co-created through the engagement of the key agencies for the growth of the child and will involve both Roma and non Roma stakeholders. Alongside this toolkit will be reinforced through an innovative large-scale communication campaign.

Objectives
– To analyse the phenomenon of gipsyphobia and Roma discrimination over digital media, with a gender approach, in the involved countries and at european level;
– To prepare teachers and mothers, Roma and not, to recognize and face discrimination and stereotypes against Roma in the digital communication of pupils;
– To design, together with teachers and mothers, tools and methodologies to fight Roma discrimination in order to become a consolidate practice;
– to raise student’s awareness on discrimination against Roma and make them able to identify and fight against discrimination;

Type and number of persons benefiting from the project
N° 40 Roma mothers;
N° 20 teachers of secondary schools;
N°120 parents;
N° 400 pupils (11-14);
620.000 persons informed;
500 organizations contacted.

Expected results
R1. Gipsyphobia on digital communication better understood. R2. Activities and tools for unveiling stereotypes and fighting against discrimination of Roma, prepared; R3. Pupils aware of discrimination stereotypes and prepared for inclusive communication; R4. Tool kit against discrimination of Roma, diffused; stakeholders and main public aware of discrimination of Roma and informed of DREAM results.

Type and number of deliverables to be produced
– National reports (4) on Roma discrimination in digital media; 1 comparative report
– Preparatory meetings (4 in each country), with Roma and non Roma parents and teachers
– 200 workshop meetings with 400 pupils
– 5 mutual learning meetings
– 1 communication campaign (internet and social networks) with 620.000 contacts; 4 info-days with 200 participants; 1 video tutorial; 1 final conference with 90 participants.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 170384 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundació Privada Pere Closa & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO CARLO LEVI
• TSENTAR ZA MEZHDUETNICHESKI DIALOG I TOLERANTNOST AMALIPE
• COLEGIUL NATIONAL MIHAIL SADOVEANU
• Asociatia Gipsy Eye
• Obedineno uchilishte P.R.Slaveykov
• ASSOCIAZIONE ARCI SOLIDARIETA ONLUS
• ARES 2.0 SRL