Dear partners and participants,
we are happy to announce you that the wonderful idea we had been working on, during the follow-up session - StereoDice had been posted and we'll be looking forward for a positive answer!
Willing to see you back in Craiova, in April,
The Romanian Team
PS: Waiting for news from the dissemination sessions!
duminică, 30 octombrie 2011
sâmbătă, 15 octombrie 2011
marți, 4 octombrie 2011
Comunicat Say something nice for tolerance
Asociația MAO Craiova - 5 Octombrie 2011
Eveniment Say something nice for Tolerance
Comunicat eveniment Dice 2 Prejudice
Joi, 6 octombrie, începând cu orele 11:00, Asociația MAO și cei 30 de tineri participanți ai proiectului Dice2Prejudice organizează evenimentul Say something nice for tolerance, invitând comunitatea locală să aducă mesaje ce încurajază toleranța și suportul mutual, în societățile europene. Evenimentul are loc în Piața Mihai Viteazul – Craiova, fiind evenimentul final al proiectului Dice2Prejudice.
Dice 2 Prejudice este un schimb de tineri finanțat prin programul Tineret în Acțiune al Comisiei Europene, program administrat în România de Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (www.tinact.ro) și beneficiază de participarea a 30 de tineri, din 6 țări – Turcia, Polonia, Italia, Bulgaria, Spania și România. Proiectul are ca scop promovarea participării tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și intoleranței, fenoneme ce afectează profund societățile europene. În cele 8 zile ale proiectului tinerii participă la ateliere de lucru bazate pe metode și tehnici de educație non-formală, utilizând metode precum teatrul forum, metode de educație socială și metodologii inspirate din educația în domeniul drepturilor omului. În afara atelierelor de lucru ce promovează participarea tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și la promovarea drepturilor minorităților, Dice 2 Prejudice se strucuturează ca oportunitate de schimb cultural pentru cei 30 de tineri. Evenimentul Teatru pentru Toleranță este evenimentul pe care cei 30 de tineri îl organizează pentru comunitatea locală, evenimentul fiind un eveniment manifest pentru promovarea participării cetățenilor la combaterea disciminării.
luni, 3 octombrie 2011
Comunicat eveniment MAO Teatru pentru Toleranta
Asociația MAO Craiova - 4 Octombrie 2011
Eveniment Teatru pentru Toleranță
Comunicat eveniment Dice 2 Prejudice
Miercuri, 5 octombrie, începând cu orele 17:00, Asociația MAO și cei 30 de tineri participanți ai proiectului Dice2Prejudice organizează evenimentul Dice2Prejudice – Teatru pentru Toleranță, în Piața Mihai Viteazul – Craiova. Dice 2 Prejudice este un schimb de tineri finanțat prin programul Tineret în Acțiune al Comisiei Europene, program administrat în România de Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (www.tinact.ro) și beneficiază de participarea a 30 de tineri, din 6 țări – Turcia, Polonia, Italia, Bulgaria, Spania și România. Proiectul are ca scop promovarea participării tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și intoleranței, fenoneme ce afectează profund societățile europene. În cele 8 zile ale proiectului tinerii participă la ateliere de lucru bazate pe metode și tehnici de educație non-formală, utilizând metode precum teatrul forum, metode de educație socială și metodologii inspirate din educația în domeniul drepturilor omului. În afara atelierelor de lucru ce promovează participarea tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și la promovarea drepturilor minorităților, Dice 2 Prejudice se strucuturează ca oportunitate de schimb cultural pentru cei 30 de tineri. Evenimentul Teatru pentru Toleranță este evenimentul pe care cei 30 de tineri îl organizează pentru comunitatea locală, evenimentul fiind un eveniment manifest pentru promovarea participării cetățenilor la combaterea disciminării.
luni, 26 septembrie 2011
sâmbătă, 17 septembrie 2011
MAO Association
MAO is a non-governemntal, apolitical association having as main aim the promoting of the social and human rights of the highly discriminated and stimatized groups, with a special focus on women belonging to these groups and youngsters who due to discrimination are not able to have a decent personal and professional development. MAO functioned as an activits’ group since 2007, when we started implementing workshops in school promoting the legal rights, from 2009 the group expanding their activities through working with the students’ associations’ women’s branches and offering legal capacity building support for the associations working on human rights. At the end of 2010, the association acquired a legal statute, according to the Romanian law, and started the cooperation with the youngsters’ associations working on human rights. MAO’s team is highly interdisciplinary – legal advisors, human rights educators, project managers, journalists. In 2011, MAO is the leading association trying to establish in Dolj County a network on human rights education.
MAO’s initiatives as an informal group 2007-2010:
- Workshops on legal rights in highschools – 2008, 2009, 2010
- Workshops in women rights and gender issues – with students’ associations and youth NGOs – 2009, 2010, 2010
- Legal support initiatives for youth NGOs – 2010, 2011
- Developing the county network on human rights in 2011
- Supporting the youth NGOs working on human rights in developing the legal rights training course – 2011
Also, from 2011, we started cooperating with other youth NGOs with focus on human rights from abroad – associations from Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Turkey – on Youth in Action projects and human rights initiatives.
MAO’s initiatives as an informal group 2007-2010:
- Workshops on legal rights in highschools – 2008, 2009, 2010
- Workshops in women rights and gender issues – with students’ associations and youth NGOs – 2009, 2010, 2010
- Legal support initiatives for youth NGOs – 2010, 2011
- Developing the county network on human rights in 2011
- Supporting the youth NGOs working on human rights in developing the legal rights training course – 2011
Also, from 2011, we started cooperating with other youth NGOs with focus on human rights from abroad – associations from Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Turkey – on Youth in Action projects and human rights initiatives.
Comunicat lansare Dice2Prejudice
În perioada 30 septembrie – 7 octombrie 2011, Asociația MAO implementează proiectul – Dice 2 Prejudice. Dice 2 Prejudice este un schimb de tineri finanțat prin programul Tineret în Acțiune al Comisiei Europene, program administrat în România de Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (www.tinact.ro) și beneficiază de participarea a 30 de tineri, din 6 țări – Turcia, Polonia, Italia, Bulgaria, Spania și România. Proiectul are ca scop promovarea participării tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și intoleranței, fenoneme ce afectează profund societățile europene. În cele 8 zile ale proiectului tinerii participă la ateliere de lucru bazate pe metode și tehnici de educație non-formală, utilizând metode precum teatrul forum, metode de educație socială și metodologii inspirate din educația în domeniul drepturilor omului. În afara atelierelor de lucru ce promovează participarea tinerilor la combaterea discriminării și la promovarea drepturilor minorităților, Dice 2 Prejudice se strucuturează ca oportunitate de schimb cultural pentru cei 30 de tineri. La finalul proiectului, tinerii implicați în această inițiativă – atât participanții cât și voluntarii organizațiilor partenere, vor realiza o piesă de teatru pentru comunitatea locală, evenimentul fiind un eveniment manifest pentru promovarea participării cetățenilor la combaterea disciminării.
Adina Călăfăteanu
Manager proiect Dice2Prejudice
Adina_marina_85@yahoo.com
+40741075409
Adina Călăfăteanu
Manager proiect Dice2Prejudice
Adina_marina_85@yahoo.com
+40741075409
Project's Methodology
Project’s methodology:
The whole project methodology is being built around the non-formal education principles and methods. Thus, defining non-formal education as the frame that offers the participants the opportunity to learn what they want, when they want and how they want is an essential dimension of Dice 2 prejudice. The project’s methodology is based on the Council of Europe publications in the field of human rights education – Compass, Compasito, Education Pack, Companion, and Dominion. Choosing to work on discrimination and intolerance the main approach we had been integrating as methodology is the human rights education. The main educational approach that will be used within the Dice 2 prejudice will be the human rights education – ‘aiming to establish a culture of human rights’ (Compasito) As human rights education is essential to democratic citizenship and to citizenship education, we do believe that by the activities we are proposing, the youngsters will get to reflect upon the situation of the groups who are normally discriminated During the activities, other educational perspectives will be integrated: participation, the experiential learning; the Co-operative learning and the facilitation. As for the event in the main square, we will be providing the participants with the methodology and with a short test session on forum theatre - based on the Theatre of the Oppressed, founded by Augusto Boal. The theatre of the oppressed is a form of theatre that encourages the audience to be an active participant in the drama and it stimulates because it stimulates people to think and act, rather than simply receive a message, become an automaton and do things because that's the way to do it. The main reason why this method had been used is the fact that transforming the auditorum in participant in the play, the method also offerd our participants’ group the opportunity also to socialize with the locals. Thus, the locals will throw the dice and then the group will act presenting the play produced. Also, the will be letting the audience know that at a certain point they will stop the play and if someone has an alternative solution to the case they present and to the solution they brought, then they can step in their play and bring this solution. Thus, by using this method, the participants could also socialize with the local community, as when bringing the solution the locals could also bring the reasons why they think that this solution is much more better.
The whole project methodology is being built around the non-formal education principles and methods. Thus, defining non-formal education as the frame that offers the participants the opportunity to learn what they want, when they want and how they want is an essential dimension of Dice 2 prejudice. The project’s methodology is based on the Council of Europe publications in the field of human rights education – Compass, Compasito, Education Pack, Companion, and Dominion. Choosing to work on discrimination and intolerance the main approach we had been integrating as methodology is the human rights education. The main educational approach that will be used within the Dice 2 prejudice will be the human rights education – ‘aiming to establish a culture of human rights’ (Compasito) As human rights education is essential to democratic citizenship and to citizenship education, we do believe that by the activities we are proposing, the youngsters will get to reflect upon the situation of the groups who are normally discriminated During the activities, other educational perspectives will be integrated: participation, the experiential learning; the Co-operative learning and the facilitation. As for the event in the main square, we will be providing the participants with the methodology and with a short test session on forum theatre - based on the Theatre of the Oppressed, founded by Augusto Boal. The theatre of the oppressed is a form of theatre that encourages the audience to be an active participant in the drama and it stimulates because it stimulates people to think and act, rather than simply receive a message, become an automaton and do things because that's the way to do it. The main reason why this method had been used is the fact that transforming the auditorum in participant in the play, the method also offerd our participants’ group the opportunity also to socialize with the locals. Thus, the locals will throw the dice and then the group will act presenting the play produced. Also, the will be letting the audience know that at a certain point they will stop the play and if someone has an alternative solution to the case they present and to the solution they brought, then they can step in their play and bring this solution. Thus, by using this method, the participants could also socialize with the local community, as when bringing the solution the locals could also bring the reasons why they think that this solution is much more better.
Preparation phase
Preparation phase:
After the groups will be selected, we will start the preparations that will be synchronized within the partnership structure – deciding upon the intercultural evenings’ preparations – country presentations, music, even a specific format to introduce it – such as presenting a national dance and teaching the other groups this dance or preparing presentations on a specific topic; then the format of the presentations on discrimination in the national contexts and the groups discriminated; creating the project’s blog and facebook groups – administrated by different national groups; preparing information on media and discrimination in the participant countries, proposing movies on human rights, etc. All the preparation phase will be based on the participants’ contribution, as they will also have the decision on the final version of the programme – the group leaders will permanently present the participants’ proposals for the activities. Thus, within the partnership structure, we agreed on having the preparation phase completed at least 2 weeks before the project.
For this purpose:
1. The Romanian group will be documenting the situation of the Roma population in Romania
2. The Spanish group will be working on the situation of the migrants' situation in Spain
3. The Italian group will be documenting the migrants’ situation in Italy
4. The Turkish group will document the situation of the ethnic groups in Turkey
5. The Polish groups will be documenting the situation of the sexual minorities’ tolerance in Poland
6. The Greek group will be working on documenting the situation of the social excluded groups, due to poverty reasons.
After the groups will be selected, we will start the preparations that will be synchronized within the partnership structure – deciding upon the intercultural evenings’ preparations – country presentations, music, even a specific format to introduce it – such as presenting a national dance and teaching the other groups this dance or preparing presentations on a specific topic; then the format of the presentations on discrimination in the national contexts and the groups discriminated; creating the project’s blog and facebook groups – administrated by different national groups; preparing information on media and discrimination in the participant countries, proposing movies on human rights, etc. All the preparation phase will be based on the participants’ contribution, as they will also have the decision on the final version of the programme – the group leaders will permanently present the participants’ proposals for the activities. Thus, within the partnership structure, we agreed on having the preparation phase completed at least 2 weeks before the project.
For this purpose:
1. The Romanian group will be documenting the situation of the Roma population in Romania
2. The Spanish group will be working on the situation of the migrants' situation in Spain
3. The Italian group will be documenting the migrants’ situation in Italy
4. The Turkish group will document the situation of the ethnic groups in Turkey
5. The Polish groups will be documenting the situation of the sexual minorities’ tolerance in Poland
6. The Greek group will be working on documenting the situation of the social excluded groups, due to poverty reasons.
Project's Rationale and Objectives
Racism and intolerance – Intolerance all over...
‘Racism and intolerance bring with them a sense of isolation, rejection and exclusion. Taking positive action against racism and intolerance can be difficult, dangerous and frightening, but most of all it is liberating and joyful. The more widely the action is shared, the greater sense of liberation and joy’. (All different, all equal – A sum of experiences) In 2007, the Eurobarometer – Discrimination in Europe was revealing striking information for most of the European population. Thus, the Europeans are basically discriminating on six basic grounds: age, racial and ethnic origins, religion and beliefs, psychical disability, learning difficulties and sexual orientation. More than this, what this report also relief is that the Europeans hardly know how to claim their rights, as less than 50% would complain verbally of being discriminated, 37% would write their complain and less than 20% would address the courts, with these issues (Discrimination in Europe).
In today's world, contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination are complex and disturbing. In Europe, these issues increasingly lie at the heart of political and social concerns. Without making an exhaustive inventory of the situation and listing all the problems observed, we can outline a few broad categories in which racism and racial discrimination occur: day to day life in major areas, such as employment, education, housing and access to social services; human rights violations against members of Roma communities; hostile attitudes to and stigmatization of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; increasingly widespread anti-Semitic incidents: intensification of expressions of Islamophobia; use of racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic arguments in political discourse; and a negative climate in public opinion, which plays a crucial part in the emergence of expressions of racism and intolerance in society. These trends, of course, vary in scale from one country to another, but are significant enough to be of concern. (United Nations Reports 2008, 2009, 2010)
To cope with this situation, European countries have devised responses at both national and European levels. The salient feature of the Council of Europe Member States' action over the past few years is the fact that they address the issues surrounding the fight against racism and racial discrimination from the perspective of protecting and promoting human rights. In other words, the right to be protected from racism and racial discrimination is first and foremost a fundamental right of all human beings. In the immediate future, European Governments are faced with several challenges, two of which are very significant: enforcing action against racism and racial discrimination in an environment increasingly affected by the fight against terrorism; and addressing the issue of integration, which is widely debated in most European countries, principle of non-discrimination and policies on the pursuit of equality are the necessary basis for achieving integration.
In the final analysis, encouraging signs at the national and European levels demonstrate that Governments and civil society are genuinely involved in fighting racism and racial discrimination in Europe. But the fight is far from won and advances are needed now more than ever to guide our countries and give practical effect and full meaning to the universal principle: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". (Reports Council of Europe, 2010)
Within this context, Dice 2 prejudice has the following objectives:
- Promoting youngsters’ active participation within the combat against discrimination and intolerance
- Promoting human rights through all the projects’ phases
- Promoting the youngsters’ creativity and innovation potential through offering them the space and resources to develop, implement and evaluate activities
- Developing a frame that would give youngsters the opportunity to develop their skills, attitudes and competencies
- Promoting 2010’s outcomes in terms of Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty
- Promoting volunteering and 2011’s priorities in terms of social innovation
- Promoting interculturality and mutual support as basis for a tolerant Europe
- Raising awareness on the gravity of prejudices and stereotyping
- Cooperating with the media and producing the newsletter valorizing positively the cultural differences in the media
- Targeting the local communities – hosting and sending – through the Dice 2 prejudice events and the videos promoted afterwards
- Producing a set of activities on tolerance and human rights to be replicated by the other associations as well
- Reinforcing cooperation and networking between the European youth association
- Creating a network of active youngsters promoting human rights and tolerance
- Creating an event that has as aim the promotion of the cultural differences from a positive perspective.
- Promoting Youth in Action and its opportunities – also through promoting the outcomes of the other implemented projects in Craiova.
‘Racism and intolerance bring with them a sense of isolation, rejection and exclusion. Taking positive action against racism and intolerance can be difficult, dangerous and frightening, but most of all it is liberating and joyful. The more widely the action is shared, the greater sense of liberation and joy’. (All different, all equal – A sum of experiences) In 2007, the Eurobarometer – Discrimination in Europe was revealing striking information for most of the European population. Thus, the Europeans are basically discriminating on six basic grounds: age, racial and ethnic origins, religion and beliefs, psychical disability, learning difficulties and sexual orientation. More than this, what this report also relief is that the Europeans hardly know how to claim their rights, as less than 50% would complain verbally of being discriminated, 37% would write their complain and less than 20% would address the courts, with these issues (Discrimination in Europe).
In today's world, contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination are complex and disturbing. In Europe, these issues increasingly lie at the heart of political and social concerns. Without making an exhaustive inventory of the situation and listing all the problems observed, we can outline a few broad categories in which racism and racial discrimination occur: day to day life in major areas, such as employment, education, housing and access to social services; human rights violations against members of Roma communities; hostile attitudes to and stigmatization of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; increasingly widespread anti-Semitic incidents: intensification of expressions of Islamophobia; use of racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic arguments in political discourse; and a negative climate in public opinion, which plays a crucial part in the emergence of expressions of racism and intolerance in society. These trends, of course, vary in scale from one country to another, but are significant enough to be of concern. (United Nations Reports 2008, 2009, 2010)
To cope with this situation, European countries have devised responses at both national and European levels. The salient feature of the Council of Europe Member States' action over the past few years is the fact that they address the issues surrounding the fight against racism and racial discrimination from the perspective of protecting and promoting human rights. In other words, the right to be protected from racism and racial discrimination is first and foremost a fundamental right of all human beings. In the immediate future, European Governments are faced with several challenges, two of which are very significant: enforcing action against racism and racial discrimination in an environment increasingly affected by the fight against terrorism; and addressing the issue of integration, which is widely debated in most European countries, principle of non-discrimination and policies on the pursuit of equality are the necessary basis for achieving integration.
In the final analysis, encouraging signs at the national and European levels demonstrate that Governments and civil society are genuinely involved in fighting racism and racial discrimination in Europe. But the fight is far from won and advances are needed now more than ever to guide our countries and give practical effect and full meaning to the universal principle: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". (Reports Council of Europe, 2010)
Within this context, Dice 2 prejudice has the following objectives:
- Promoting youngsters’ active participation within the combat against discrimination and intolerance
- Promoting human rights through all the projects’ phases
- Promoting the youngsters’ creativity and innovation potential through offering them the space and resources to develop, implement and evaluate activities
- Developing a frame that would give youngsters the opportunity to develop their skills, attitudes and competencies
- Promoting 2010’s outcomes in terms of Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty
- Promoting volunteering and 2011’s priorities in terms of social innovation
- Promoting interculturality and mutual support as basis for a tolerant Europe
- Raising awareness on the gravity of prejudices and stereotyping
- Cooperating with the media and producing the newsletter valorizing positively the cultural differences in the media
- Targeting the local communities – hosting and sending – through the Dice 2 prejudice events and the videos promoted afterwards
- Producing a set of activities on tolerance and human rights to be replicated by the other associations as well
- Reinforcing cooperation and networking between the European youth association
- Creating a network of active youngsters promoting human rights and tolerance
- Creating an event that has as aim the promotion of the cultural differences from a positive perspective.
- Promoting Youth in Action and its opportunities – also through promoting the outcomes of the other implemented projects in Craiova.
Promoters
1. Agenzia per la promozione dei giovani Italy Sending Association
2. Sytem and G. Greece Sending Association
3. Manisa Municipality Youth Center (MAGEM) Turkey Sending Association
4. Active Youth of Sevilla Spain Sending Association
5. MAO Association Romania Hosting Association
6. European Association of Young Regionalists Poland Sending Association
2. Sytem and G. Greece Sending Association
3. Manisa Municipality Youth Center (MAGEM) Turkey Sending Association
4. Active Youth of Sevilla Spain Sending Association
5. MAO Association Romania Hosting Association
6. European Association of Young Regionalists Poland Sending Association
Dice2Prejudice
Dice 2 prejudice is a youth exchange, bringing together 30 participants, from 6 countries, youngsters eager to take a stance against racism and intolerance, leading then to prejudice and stereotypes, through raising awareness on the importance of a tolerant Europe, using the social activism methods as tool. For 8 days, the youngsters using different methods and tools – such as theatre, posting messages, social media tools, flash mobs, organizing the Dice 2 prejudice Event for the local community, will act as responsible active citizens, promoting the importance of tolerance, intercultural learning and mutual support. More than this, perfectly integrating the 2010’s and 2011’s priorities and promoting the social rights of the discriminated group and being an activity that started, is being developed and will continue with the support of volunteers, the 30 young volunteers will also promote volunteering in terms of social innovation and as a support mechanism for the discriminated and stigmatized groups. Dice 2 Prejudice Event – Throwing the Dice 2 Prejudice will be the activity that will valorize the excellent outcomes of the youngsters’ volunteers work in intercultural teams, promoting a tolerant society and promoting the active youth participation in the future development of a tolerant Europe.
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