Boosting positive narrative on Romani integration through Arts Erasmus Project

Project Title

Boosting positive narrative on Romani integration through Arts

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Romas and/or other minorities; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

After almost two decades of the adoption of the Racial Equality Directive and almost a decade of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, Romani community continues to face widespread discrimination across the EU. At large, EU perspective sees Romani community as an outsider. Nevertheless, Romani is Europe’s largest minority, with an estimated population of 10 -12 million across EU and established since around 1,000 years ago. Thus, they are part and add value to our Cultural European diversity. However, Romani community has been portrayed mostly with negative aspects that make it difficult for Society at large to recognize them as part of our EU heritage. They have had a small representation in the framework of the agenda for cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.
Therefore, PAL Art aims to provide capacity building trainings and work base learning experience to trainers and educators to provide skills and opportunities for Romani to express and create their integration through Arts. Art Inclusive approach is essential to provide Romani learning positive habits for their integration process, based on the principle that quality education should fit the learner rather than requiring them to fit into an existing system. The project is the outcome of different efforts dealing with the integration of Romani Community with support of PAL Network (e.g. PAL – JUST/2014/RDIS/AG/DISC-, PAL Push Entrepreneurship -2017-1-CZ01- KA204-035425- and Romani Ambassadors -2017-3-CZ01-KA205-046733-). The project is looking to put Romani participation as the key to their integration through Art positive narratives. During the implementation of the project -24 months-, it will be organized two transnational training activities to transfer the outcomes: C1) ” PAL Art Capacity development” and C2) “PAL´s pilot International training”. The content of the activities is the reflection of a benchmarking of a transnational strategy from 6 organizations –NGOs, educational institutes & privet entities- from 6 different EU countries –Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belgium, Greece, France and Croatia- that are actively working in Romani inclusion and Art field. At the end of the project, the 30 selected trainers and learners will be able to further transfer good practices regarding PAL Art inclusive education to more beneficiaries besides the 135 Romani Adults involved in PAL Art Labs. As the goal is to shed light in a wider audience, it will be prepared and shared 1) a Guide for positive narrative on Romani integration through Arts and 2) Facilitator Programme for working in Romani integration through arts. Also 3) PALArt MOOC Training open courses will be provided. STAKEHOLDRS will have a robust programme as it will be implemented and evaluated with their participation. Finally, to reach the main objective -which is to support Romani portrait through a positive narrative for enhancing their EU integration-there will be 6 PAL´s Exhibition to disseminate the outcomes and to reach a wider EU society audience.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 200305 Eur

Project Coordinator

Dum narodnostnich mensin o.p.s. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• UC LIMBURG
• OECON GROUP BULGARIA
• Otvorena medijska grupacija
• ARCHITECTURE FREDERIC LEBARD
• LIGHTHOUSE OF THE WORLD