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GIPSY SOUL

2019-3-SI02-KA105-0153192019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: SI|HU|LT|IT|RO · Grant: €16,521
Social dialogueInclusion - equityRomas and/or other minorities

Objectives

With the "Gypsy soul" youth exchange, we brought the culture and way of life of the Roma closer to young people and presented the problem of hate speech and discrimination. Discrimination against Roma begins when they enter elementary school, and the result is often incomplete schooling, which leads to denied access to the labor market and health care, and dependence on social support. In the project itself, we focused on getting to know the problem, especially prejudices and hate speech, which is also present in the media. With the "Gypsy soul" youth exchange, young people from a total of 5 countries (Slovenia, Lithuania, Hungary, Italy and Romania) shed light on the problem of "labeling", stereotypes, hate speech and, as a result, discrimination and poor integration of the Roma population with the majority population. At the same time, we presented examples of good practices in preventing hate speech and dealing with stereotypes and prejudices in the participating countries, and brought Roma culture closer to the "non-Roma". The participants of the youth exchange were shown examples of good practices of Roma integration in kindergartens, schools, job search... in our region, as our region is the leader in the integration of Roma in Europe. We also followed the goals of the Erasmus+ program, as we included young people with fewer opportunities, promoted a healthy lifestyle, strengthened social inclusion and active participation of young people in society, we also strengthened language competences and improved or acquired key competences and skills. Throughout the project, we promoted tolerance and prevented hate speech. We each transferred the newly acquired knowledge to our own country and raised awareness about the issue of hate speech in the media. In our countries, we presented good practices for reducing hate speech and tried to influence the general public's awareness of the problem of stereotypes and hate speech, especially in the media. The goals of our project, which we achieved, were: greater social inclusion of members of the Roma minority in the project; reducing impatience; understanding of Roma culture and Roma issues; raising awareness of the issue of hate speech; activation or motivating members of the Roma community for active social inclusion; acquainting the general public with examples of good practices in improving the social condition of the Roma population and dealing with hate speech; inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities; improving knowledge of foreign languages; improvement of key competences and skills of young people; promoting the quality of youth work; promoting tolerance and preventing hate speech.

Project partners (5)