The PALEnroll enhances the role of the intermediator in intercultural relations and education, providing them with a mentor approach tailored to support them to guide disadvantaged youngsters. The project is a transnational collaboration between three EU organizations: PAL Network, CUBE ΑΜΚΕ, and Women20, and targets Roma and other minority communities in Europe. The main objectives and activities of PALEnroll were: • To capitalize on the existing European experience in the process of providing counseling services to marginalized people. • To adapt the existing knowledge into an innovative training curriculum for intercultural mediators/mentors. • To introduce a reliable and effective mentoring methodology aiming at supporting Romani youth and children in the educational process and career guidance. • To upgrade the existing skills of social workers, counselors, and trainers in the field of Romani support services. • To develop a mentoring handbook for trainers working with Roma and other minorities, including mentoring procedure guidelines, best practices, case studies, and evaluation tools. • To translate and localize the mentoring toolkit into the partners’ languages (Greek, Italian, and French).
Engagement mentoring of Romani people is a process that aims to support and empower Romani children& youth in their educational and career development. It is based on the idea of using positive role models, such as successful Romani professionals, to inspire and guide the mentees in achieving their goals. Engagement mentoring can also help to foster a sense of belonging, identity, and self-esteem among Romani people, as well as to challenge the negative stereotypes and discrimination they face in society. Through the PAL Enroll project, we have aimed to improve the access, quality, inclusion, diversity, participation, and empowerment of Roma children in education in Greece, Belgium, and Italy. The beneficiaries had assessed the need to train and support 265 Roma school mediators and assistants who can facilitate the communication and cooperation between Roma families, schools, and other institutions. But also, had been designed and introduced an innovative curriculum and mentoring methodology for facilitators that can help Roma children and youth in their learning process and career guidance. PAL Enroll capitalized on the existing European experience in the field of Roma education and mediation, involving 1250 stakeholders.