Roma Centre for Democracy works systematically on the improvement of the education of Roma in Valjevo since 2003:

2003 - RCD had conduced the research “Roma, Go to School!’ in order to analyze specific problems and needs of Roma in education in the western Serbia region. The research was implemented in partnership with Regional Office of the Ministry for Education in three municipalities: Valjevo, Uzice and Sabac
The report of the research is available only in Serbian. For download click here

2004 - RCD implemented a campaign for the enrolment of Roma in elementary school.

2004 - RCD worked with the Regional Office of the Ministry for Education on the local Strategy on Education of Roma.

2005 – “Education of Roma – Solutions for Future” – the project on drafting and adoption of the Local Action Plan on Education of Roma. The project achieved its objective and finally, the Municipality of Valjevo have adopted 500, 000 dinars for the implementation of measures for 2006. The official decision on the adoption in Serbian is available here

Publication on the Local Action Plan is available in Serbian - click here

2006 - continuation of the project “Education of Roma – Solutions for Future”. The overall project goal is to incorporate “Roma education issues” at the agenda of the school policy. The project objectives are:
         - To include Roma parents in the school structures.
         - To "transfer" the responsibility for education of Roma from NGOs to the first-level stakeholders and direct beneficiaries - Roma parents and schools. Roma NGOs will be then supporters of the Roma parents as the primary responsible.

The purpose of the project is to pilot the methodology and document the best practice on inclusion of Roma in school structures and school policy making. The project will provide guidelines to the Ministry for Education and Roma-related organizations about the action needed to be conducted by sharing responsibility for systemic, long-term and institutional solutions.
 

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