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Roma in Society

2019-3-DE04-KA105-0188612019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: DE|ES|RS|TR · Grant: €38,511.01
Romas and/or other minoritiesInclusion - equityAccess for disadvantaged

Objectives

Roma have been a minority in Europe for centuries, literally: they are projection surfaces and disadvantaged in various ways, both as a constructed group and as individuals: socially, politically, in terms of educational and employment opportunities. Prejudice, discrimination, racism and violence against Roma are the order of the day both in the states of the European Union and in neighbouring countries. This goes hand in hand with a lack of knowledge and interest of the majority society towards the history and reality of life of Roma. There are still many discrimination mechanisms that Roma are exposed to, which is not least noticeable in education and at the latest in the labour market. Most Roma are excluded in all areas of society, which affects many young people. There is a lack of transparency, education and also positive images and role models of Roma personalities. We therefore need new suggestions and exchange on a transnational level on how we can better empower young people so that they can deal with racist tendencies more constructively and their inclusion can be promoted in the long term. Our structures should be further developed to improve the chances of young Roma to participate in society. The lack of awareness in the majority society of the historical and current exclusion mechanisms up to the current blatant and precarious situation of Roma results in an acute need for action to reduce and break through discrimination in the long term. We have planned four international meetings with participants from the partner countries Germany, Turkey, Serbia and Spain. The participants should be multipliers (Roma and others) from the participating organisations and their networks who work with young Roma and other young people. On site, country-specific and historical discrimination mechanisms should be explored in order to build something productive out of it. The historical and country-specific forms of discrimination should be addressed through workshops in the partner countries. New transnational structures should be created to promote our exchange, to develop common strategies against discrimination and to promote the inclusion of in the long term. Through mobilisation and sustainable structural improvement, a new dialogue with the majority society can emerge and be initiated in a fruitful and productive way in the long term. In workshops, we wanted to look at the methods used by the participating organisations to empower young Roma in the long term and to promote their opportunities for participation. The workshops were to deal with the historical conditions of social and precarious exclusion of Roma and we wanted to organise workshops and lectures on methods against discrimination and exclusion with the participants in each country. The workshops focus on the country-specific and structural discrimination mechanisms. The methods taught in the workshops should offer the participants new ideas for their work with young Roma (empowerment) and with young people from the majority population.

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