Project

• Opportunity and Protection Association, Bulgaria
• European Roma Information Office (ERIO), Belgium
• Tulip Foundation, Bulgaria
• New Bulgarian University Know-how Centre for Alternative Childcare, Bulgaria
• Gavroche” Association, Bulgaria

• To encourage the empowerment of Roma women to support the education of Roma children.
• To promote good practices in Roma integration in the area of education on national and EU level.
• To foster interaction between education, child protection and other relevant institutions, and Roma community to coordinate their activities related to education of Roma children.

• Development of an Educational package for Family Group Conferences (FGC) and “School for parents”;
• Organisation of 3 workshops in Varna, Kyustendil and Haskovo to promote the benefits of the two models for family support and create a supportive environment for their application;
• Training of 51 professionals, working with children for imdependent coordinators of FGCs and trainers in School for parents;
• Conducting 30 Family Group Conferences to involve Roma women in solving educational problems of their children and to improve their interaction with the representatives of schools;
• Organizing 30 “Schools for parents” aimed at enhancing the skills of Roma women to support the education of their children;
• Community work with 450 representatives of Roma community – consultations, meetings, discussions – to raise their awareness of the benefits of education for the future development of the children;
• Dissemination of project results on national and European level – a national conference, final conference in Brussels, website, a project brochure;
• Impact assessment of project activities.

Period of implementation: September 2018 – August 2020

 Budget: 182 109.72 Euro