European Economic Area (EEA) has announced the call for project proposals for Addressing Inclusion of Roma Children in School (RCIS).

The general objective of the Programme – to enhance the human capital and knowledge base in Romania – is materialised in the field of Roma children inclusion in school (RCIS) through national projects.

The aim of the national projects is to increase the institutional capacity of schools to ensure an effective inclusion of Roma children. These projects are expected to bring positive and long-lasting effects on the participating schools and on the persons directly or indirectly involved in the organised activities.

The projects shall include the following compulsory activities:

• training of teachers working with the Roma children;
• development of curriculum on inclusiveness and multicultural environment;
• Learning/awareness raising activities on discrimination issues, organised for Roma and non-Roma parents together;
• awareness raising activities on inclusion issues and developing competences, organised for Roma and non-Roma pupils together.

Romanian trainers/facilitators and experts from the Donor States (DS) might be involved in the project activities. Their expertise should be relevant for the activities they are involved in. Experts could be, for example: trainers, facilitators, consultants in the fields related to the project (education, curriculum development, democracy, human rights, children rights, inclusion of vulnerable groups, anti-discrimination, tolerance, citizenship, etc.).

Projects should propose innovative ways and/or complementarity to other projects already carried out, in order to:

• Improve teachers’ skills regarding the Roma pupils inclusion;
• Increase the share of staff (teachers) in partner schools who declare better skills / competencies regarding the Roma pupils inclusion;
• Develop curricula on inclusiveness and multicultural environment;
• Increase the number of Roma and non-Roma parents participating in joint learning activities on discrimination issues;
• Increase the number of Roma and non-Roma pupils involved in joint activities on inclusion issues;
• Increase the rate of pupils’ satisfaction (satisfied and very satisfied) when participating in these joint activities on inclusion issues;
• Reduce the percentage of Roma pupils experiencing discrimination (from the part of the teachers and colleagues) in partner schools.

Area of support for RCIS:

• Trained teachers working with Roma children on topics concerning teaching approaches centred on the pupil, inclusive school and teaching in a multicultural environment;
• Developed curriculum on inclusiveness and multicultural environment;
• Awareness raising activities on discrimination issues, organised for parents;
• Awareness raising activities on inclusion issues, organised for pupils.

Funding Information

• 1 411 765 EUR (out of which 1 200 000 EUR from the Donor States and 211 765 EUR from the national budget).
• The duration of a national project is between 12 - 24 months.
• Projects shall start between: 01/10/2021-31/12/2021

Eligibility Criteria

For projects in the RCIS field, the applicants are Romanian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or Romanian public institutions active in the area of Roma children inclusion, on behalf of a consortium. Eligible partners in the consortium: Romanian schools enrolling at least 20% of Roma children.

For more information, visit European Economic Area.