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ROM-UP! The inclusion of Roma through quality successful educational experiences
375568-LLP-1-2011-ES-KA1-KA1NWR GREEK NATIONAL MEETING
Municipality of Volos
The programme runs within a transnational scheme with coordinator the Spanish organisation Drom Kotar. KEKPA-‐DIEK in Greece is one of the transnational partners. For more information you can visit the website www.romup.eu or by telephone in the following numbers: +302421085841, +302421029908
FIRST MEETING OF THE NATIONAL WORKING GROUP MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Attendees:
NAME/SURNAME ORGANISATION/POSITION TELEPHONE FAX EMAIL
1. Nikos ANTONAKIS KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐SOCIOLOGIST/SOCIAL WORKER-‐HEAD OF UNIT
+30 2421029908 (FAX)
+30 2421022448
2. Spyros IATROPOULOS KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐QUALITY & EUROPEAN PROJECTS OFFICE-‐SOCIOLOGIST-‐OFFICE’S RESPONSIBLE [email protected]
3. Ioulia TRIANTAFYLLOU
KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐ROMA SUPPORT OFFICE OF ALIVERI-‐SOCIAL WORKER-‐OFFICE COORDINATOR-‐COORDINATOR OF THE 2 CENTRES OF ALIVERI AND AGIA PARASKEVI
+30 2421085841 (FAX)
+30 2421068254
4. Aimilia STAIKOU KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐ROMA SUPPORT OFFICE OF ALIVERI-‐EDUCATOR [email protected]
5. Irene FRANGOULI KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐ROMA SUPPORT OFFICE OF ALIVERI-‐MEDIATOR [email protected]
6. Maria GKROUGIA KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐ROMA SUPPORT OFFICE OF AGIA PARASKEVI-‐SOCIAL WORKER-‐OFFICE COORDINATOR +30 2421054870 [email protected]
7. Eva BROUSOVANA KEKPA-‐DIEK, PROGRAMMING UNIT-‐ROMA SUPPORT OFFICE OF AGIA PARASKEVI-‐NURSE [email protected]
8. Apostolos PANTSAS MUNICIPALITY OF VOLOS-‐VICE MAYOR FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION, EDUCATION & CULTURE +30 2421031628 [email protected]
9. Ioannis KAOUNAS MUNICIPALITY OF VOLOS-‐VJCE MAYOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL UNITS OF NEA IONIA AND AISONIA [email protected]
10. Ioannis CHATZIS REGION OF THESSALY-‐MANAGING AUTHORITY (LARISSA)-‐RESPONSIBLE OF SUBUNIT C OF UNIT B: PROJECTS MONITORING AND MANAGING
+30 2413505127 +30 2410287408 [email protected]
11. Nikos MARKOGIANNOPOULOS
REGION OF THESSALY-‐MANAGING AUTHORITY (LARISSA)-‐RESPONSIBLE OF SUBUNIT B OF UNIT A: PROJECTS PROGRAMMING AND EVALUATION
+30 2413505124 +30 2410287408 [email protected]
12. Christos GKOVARIS UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY-‐SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES-‐DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION-‐ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR-‐COORDINATOR OF ACTIONS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF ROMA CHILDREN IN REGION OF THESSALY
+30 6942051503 [email protected]
13. Antonis ANTONIOU DIRECTORATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION OF MAGNESIA PREFECTURE-‐RESPONSIBLE OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
+30 6977995819 +30 2421076654
14. Anastasios GOUKOS 10th PRIMARY SCHOOL OF ALIVERI IN NEA IONIA VOLOU-‐DIRECTOR
+30 6946000896 +30 2421085740 [email protected]
15. Stavroula MIHOU 17th PRIMARY SCHOOL OF AGIA PARASKEVI IN VOLOS-‐DIRECTOR
+30 2421037632 +30 2421072371
16. Christos MPAFAS ALIVERI RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE +30 6946675850 17. Panagiotis MPAFAS ALIVERI RESIDENT ASSOCIATION MEMBER
18. Stavroula KOLONIA NON-‐ACADEMIC ROMA WOMAN, PARTICIPANT IN «ROMA WOMEN MEETING PLACE» IN ALIVERI +30 6958128502
19. Antonia KARAKOSTA NON-‐ACADEMIC ROMA WOMAN, PARTICIPANT IN «ROMA WOMEN MEETING PLACE» IN ALIVERI -‐
Date October 11th, 2012 Start Time 10:30 a.m. End Time 13:30 p.m. Location Local Town Hall of Nea Ionia-‐Aisonia of Municipality of Volos
ROM-UP! The inclusion of Roma through quality successful educational experiences
375568-LLP-1-2011-ES-KA1-KA1NWR GREEK NATIONAL MEETING
Municipality of Volos
The programme runs within a transnational scheme with coordinator the Spanish organisation Drom Kotar. KEKPA-‐DIEK in Greece is one of the transnational partners. For more information you can visit the website www.romup.eu or by telephone in the following numbers: +302421085841, +302421029908
Agenda:
Summary:
The meeting started with the presentation of each participant, their specific roles in the educational process and with the assurance that the synergy processes constitute an important factor for successful actions. KEKPA-‐DIEK’s representative, (Nikos Antonakis), presented ROM-‐UP programme, the objectives, the work methodology and the process that has been followed for the selection of the proposed successful educational experiences. The second step was to present each example from the participant countries of the programme and to discuss which of these are adaptable and transferable to local conditions or which of them better respond to the local needs, at least those ones expressed by the participants in the meeting.
The successful experiences of an interest as expressed by the participants were the ones that present the culture of Roma (Bulgaria) and the creative participation of Roma parents through minor projects awarded to the children (Spain).
Roma Support Centres’ coordinator (Ioulia Triantafillou) presented the action of the programme and the results of Women's Meeting Place in Aliveri and the beneficial effects that it had, and still has, on the integration of the Roma children in school.
At the end of the first session of the working group, all the participants expressed the need to meet anew in order to focus in detail on how we can develop and propose new actions, based upon the experiences from the other countries of the programme
The second session of the working group began with a description of the current situation, and with an identification of issues that we should take into account in order for Roma children to stay at school. The descriptions of the directors of the two primary schools (Aliveri and Agia Paraskevi) that have great a number of Roma pupils were of particular interest. The 10th Primary School of Nea Ionia Volos has much more serious problems than those of the 17th elementary school in Agia Paraskevi of Volos, where the Roma population is significantly more integrated and they live in better economic conditions than the Roma people in Aliveri. In Aliveri it seems that the success of the projects promoting the education of children of Roma origin has led to a failure of the school system both in terms of required facilities and of students’ dispersion
Part I: Presentation of Successful Educational Experiences, Discussion on the experiences which fit in Local Conditions and are transferable Part II: Potential actions in this direction who can be collectively developed in favour or Roma kids education and higher participation of parents in the whole process.
ROM-UP! The inclusion of Roma through quality successful educational experiences
375568-LLP-1-2011-ES-KA1-KA1NWR GREEK NATIONAL MEETING
Municipality of Volos
The programme runs within a transnational scheme with coordinator the Spanish organisation Drom Kotar. KEKPA-‐DIEK in Greece is one of the transnational partners. For more information you can visit the website www.romup.eu or by telephone in the following numbers: +302421085841, +302421029908
into neighbouring schools in order to prevent the conversion of the school to a ‘ghetto’ school attended only by Roma pupils. The percentage of the Roma pupils in Aliveri primary school has increased to 75%, something that significantly exceeds the official number that should be about 50%. The size of the pupils’ numbers per class has dangerously increased, and the allocated resources have been reduced, due to the financial crisis in Greece. This trend leads non-‐Roma pupils to continuously quit this school and to a drop in the quality of the educational services.
University of Thessaly’s representative (Christos Govaris) outlined the efforts made by the University within the implementation of the National Project for the integration of Roma children in education. He also referred to incidents of openly racist denials of parents and teachers in some areas of the region to welcome Roma children at schools, with the excuse that it will deteriorate the educational level and that there is an inadequacy of resources.
A general conclusion was that as deeper the economic crisis in the country would be any progress of the social inclusion during the last two decades is being jeopardised.
Roma Women of "Women’s Meeting Place in Aliveri" (Colonia, Karakosta) pointed out the increased cases of discrimination experienced by Roma children, even in comparison with migrant children.
Finally, the two representatives of the Managing Authority of Thessaly Region (Chatzis, Markoyiannopoulos) advised that the Region has been selected as one of the three regions in Greece to implement for the period 2012-‐2015 integrated pilot projects for the social inclusion of Roma in the framework of the National Strategic Plan for Romas 2013-‐2020. They noted that such actions described in the guide ROM-‐UP are eligible under the ESF-‐European Social Fund for funding and asked the participants to submit ideas and suggestions to be included in their operational plan.
NOTE: The transcription of the recorded minutes of the first meeting is available in Greek language, for any interested one or for control reasons
ROM-UP! The inclusion of Roma through quality successful educational experiences
375568-LLP-1-2011-ES-KA1-KA1NWR GREEK NATIONAL MEETING
Municipality of Volos
The programme runs within a transnational scheme with coordinator the Spanish organisation Drom Kotar. KEKPA-‐DIEK in Greece is one of the transnational partners. For more information you can visit the website www.romup.eu or by telephone in the following numbers: +302421085841, +302421029908