YE in Romania

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The main objectives of the youth exchange:

Developing participants’ democratic skills and knowledge of the historical context that transformed the Roma community into one of the poorest and marginalized ethnic minorities, issues regarding Roma culture, but also challenges, problems and the needs of Roma youth.
•Understanding the negative effects of discrimination and social exclusion of the Roma community as starting point and stimulating the active participation of young people in fighting the phenomenon of “Antigypsyism” in their local communities through visual means.
•Developing the capacity of young people to prepare, implement and evaluate an online and offline information / awareness campaign, to develop media and social media content, to convey a message through visual means (especially videos) and wear social media in a responsible way.
•Assuming European values ​​on tolerance, non-discrimination, human rights, culture diversity and the development of interpersonal skills, social responsibility, civic spirit and initiative among the young participants in the exchange.
•Planning 6 informative / awareness campaigns to combat the phenomenon of “antigypsyism” and improving the perception of the Roma community
Who this project can be perfect for:

To understand the historical context that turned the Roma community into one of the poorest and most marginalized ethnic minorities and know aspects of Roma culture, but also the challenges, problems and needs of Roma youth.
•To know the European strategies and on the social inclusion of young Roma.
•To understand concepts such as inclusion, exclusion, segregation and integration, how social inclusion and exclusion work, but also the negative effects of discrimination and exclusion.
•To learn about concrete measures to combat discrimination.
•To develop interpersonal competencies, social and civic responsibility initiative.
•To fully assume European values ​​on tolerance, non-discrimination, human rights, cultural diversity.
•To understand the importance of active participation in community life and the ability to debate topics of European interest.
•To develop the ability to prepare, implement and evaluate an online and offline informative / awareness campaign, spicily to develop media and social media content, to convey a message through visual media and use social media responsibly.

If you want to apply, just fill the form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY36jOL6kazZB8Oxi1GcG7d0nt5E_co-cfEJb6NM3PQun29w/viewform?usp=pp_url