Together for an Inclusive Community
Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia
Date of latest update:
2023-06-21
Description
Description (EN):
The project Together for an Inclusive Community, proposed by the Rehabilitation Foundation “Speranta” as Lead Beneficiary, Save the Children, Timisoara branch, as Partner 1 and Municipality of Plandiste as Partner 2, aims to increase the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion for children from disadvantaged groups in the border area of Timis County, Romania and South Banat, Serbia. During the working meetings of the three partners in the project preparation phase, by analyzing statistical data and local and national papers in Romania and Serbia, we have identified the following issues and problems:
- Approximately 56.67% of the Timis county population (Romania) and South Banat (Serbia) lives in rural areas.
- Up to 29.8% are represented by ethnic minorities.
- We found no studies nor statistics for this area with reference to how children with special educational needs or disabilities or other children from disadvantaged groups – Roma children, children whose parents work abroad – are supported by their community towards their social, educational and cultural inclusion in Timis county (Romania) and South Banat (Serbia).
- A similar situation exists nationwide, both in Romania and in Serbia, where we found few studies on the prevalence of disabilities that are the major risk factors of exclusion, discrimination, labeling and segregation.
Even if legislation and policy in Romania and Serbia ensures the right to participation, social involvement and education of all children, a number of factors are barriers to social, educational and cultural inclusion, especially for rural children, ethnic minorities, children from poor environments, children with special educational needs or disabilities, children left home alone, migrants – all of them belonging to disadvantaged groups with a high risk of social, educational and cultural exclusion. They are the target group of this project.
Through the top to bottom approach of the project, the community will have the first evaluation of the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion of children from disadvantaged groups in Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat Serbia; also the main barriers that hinder their inclusion in the community will be identified.
Another change that the project brings is to establish a special interest group made up of at least 10 stakeholders and other representatives of the community, to increase the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion for children from disadvantaged groups in Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat Serbia. Through their involvement, the community will have an action plan for increasing social, educational and cultural inclusion for children belonging to disadvantaged groups in the border area of Timis County, Romania and South Banat, Serbia.
Through the approach "from the ground up" 5 schools will come to know their level of inclusion and benefit from an innovative model of good practice in inclusive education. 75 teachers from 5 schools in Romania and Serbia will have new skills in the management of diversity and education for all and will be the educational inclusion resource persons in the community. The 500 children, of whom 250 belonging to disadvantaged group involved in the project will acquire new personal growth skills, will increase their self-esteem, will develop non-discriminative attitudes, tolerance and understanding that will facilitate their social, educational and cultural inclusion. Social, psychological, educational and cultural inclusive activities will be organized and carried out for 500 children, of whom 250 belonging to the disadvantaged group. Community will have an inclusive education best practice guide that can be used as a model for other organizations or institutions to develop inclusive practices in communities and schools in other areas.
Project main outputs: In accordance with Programme specific output indicator PA1 OI4, 250 children belonging to disadvantaged group of the 5 schools will be involved in social, educational and cultural inclusive activities. In accordance with Programme specific output indicator COI_2, other 250 children in 5 schools will be involved in social, educational and cultural inclusive activities.
In accordance with Programme specific output indicator COI_2, 75 teachers will participate in the training activities.
In accordance with Programme specific output indicator PA1 OI5, a special interest group will be established to increase the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion for children from disadvantaged groups in Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in Banat South Serbia.
The project partners identified problems, difficulties and challenges in the common border area of Timis county, Romania and South Banat, Serbia on issues of social, educational and cultural inclusion development of children from disadvantaged groups.
Through the project Together for an Inclusive Community we propose an innovative approach based on an inclusive education model of good practice, as the solution to the identified challenges; the project has the advantage of involvement of the three partners whose long experience complement each other to achieve the project objectives. The inclusion model proposed by the project and the community involvement in the project was conceived as a replicable solution for other communities that wish to support social, educational and cultural inclusion of children from disadvantaged groups.
Read moreAchievements (EN):
Website: http://www.romania-serbia.net/
Through the project, the partners aimed to increase the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion for children from disadvantaged groups in the border area of Timis County, Romania and South Banat, Serbia. The community had the first evaluation of the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion of children from disadvantaged groups in Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat Serbia; also the main barriers that hinder their inclusion in the community was identified. Another change that the project brought was to establish a special interest group made up of stakeholders and other representatives of the community, to increase the level of social, educational and cultural inclusion for children from disadvantaged groups in Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat Serbia. Through their involvement, the community achieved an action plan for increasing social, educational and cultural inclusion for children belonging to disadvantaged groups in the border area of Timis County, Romania and South Banat, Serbia. 5 schools identified their level of inclusion and benefited from an innovative model of good practice in inclusive education. 82 teachers from 5 schools in Romania and Serbia obtained new skills in the management of diversity and education for all and became the educational inclusion resource persons in the community. The children involved in the project, including those who belonged to a disadvantaged group, acquired new personal growth skills, increased their self-esteem, developed non-discriminative attitudes, tolerance and understanding that will later facilitate their social, educational and cultural inclusion. Social, psychological, educational and cultural inclusive activities were organized and carried out for the children involved in the project. The community obtained an inclusive education best practice guide that can be used as a model for other organizations or institutions to develop inclusive practices in communities and schools in other areas.
Results achieved:
3 successive training groups were organized and carried out for the teachers in the 5 schools.
651 children from the five schools benefited from several meetings, each group having a set of themes tailored to their educational, social and emotional needs.
A special interest group for social, educational and cultural inclusion opportunities for children from disadvantaged groups was created in the Banloc, Livezile and Plandiste communities.
82 teachers from 5 schools in Romania and Serbia were trained as resource persons in the management of diversity in school and education for all.
Support material was developed for the inclusive activities at the five schools.
The community and the five schools were supported to implement the action plan.
Inclusive psycho-socio-educational and cultural activities were organized and conducted for 968 children out of which 317 belonged to the disadvantaged group.
Four cultural activities were organized and carried out.
A 7-day friendship camp was organized and carried out with 55 children from the 5 schools.
A guide to good practice in inclusive education has been developed, which can be used as a model for other organizations or institutions to develop inclusive community and school practice in other areas.
Read moreExpected Results (EN): PA1- RI2 Population experiencing access to improved basic services in health care and education. Innovative, high quality services permanently created and available in marginal areas, preventive care, cultural activities and services, sport activities.
Expected Outputs (EN):
The project helps achieve the program specific result indicator PA1- RI2.
To achieve the proposed goal, the project will make two approaches:
1. A top down approach whereby:
• An assessment of the social, educational and cultural inclusion level shall be made, regarding the children in the community of Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat, Serbia.
• The evaluation of the inclusive level will be conducted in 5 schools in the targeted communities.
• There shall be established a special interest group for increasing social, educational and cultural inclusion opportunities for children from disadvantaged groups in the communities Banloc and Livezile, Timis county, Romania and Plandiste in South Banat, Serbia.
Based on information obtained from the evaluation at the community level and in the 5 schools, the special interest group will draft an action plan for increasing social, educational and cultural inclusion for children belonging to disadvantaged groups in the border area of Timis County, Romania and South Banat, Serbia.
A second approach “from the ground up” that shall contribute to developing an innovative model of good practice in inclusive education in the 5 schools, whereby:
• 75 teachers from 5 schools in Romania and Serbia will be trained as resource persons in the management of diversity and education for all.
• Support materials will be developed to sustain inclusive activities in the 5 schools.
• The five schools will be supported to implement the action plan.
• Psychological, social, educational and cultural inclusive activities shal be organized and carried out for 500 children of which 250 belonging to disadvantaged group.
• A best practice guide in inclusive education shall be elaborated, to be used as a model for other organizations or institutions to develop inclusive practices in community and school in other areas.
These two approaches propose an innovative model of social, educational and cultural inclusion involving key members of rural communities, border/marginal area, which contributes to the development of access to education for children from disadvantaged groups, social and cultural involvement and participation, with the support of community members – stakeholders, parents, and teachers.
The teachers and children involved in the project will have access to increased opportunities to participate in social and cultural activities that shall be organized within the project to achieve programme specific result indicator PA1- RI3 - Population, especially in marginal areas, accessing various opportunities for cultural and social activities, permanently offered in joint initiatives across the border.
Read moreThematic information
Specific Objective:
To enhance the potential of the programme area for an inclusive growth, increasing cultural and social integration in the cross-border area and reducing the impact of constraints due to remoteness and marginalisation of border areas
Thematic Priority:
(a) Promoting employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion across borders through, inter alia: integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility; joint local employment initiatives; information and advisory services and joint training; gender equality; equal opportunities; integration of immigrants' communities and vulnerable groups; investment in public employment services; and supporting investment in public health and social services
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Partners (3)
Lead Partner: Fundația de Abilitare Speranța
Address: Aurel Popovici street 17Timișoara, Romania
Legal status: private
Total budget: EUR 132 291.60
IPA2 budget: EUR 112 447.86
- Organizația Salvați Copiii, Filiala Timișoara
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Name: Organizația Salvați Copiii, Filiala Timișoara
Address: Blv. Republicii nr.1, ap.7, 300005 Timisoara, Romania
Legal status: private
Total budget: EUR 28 465.50
IPA2 budget: EUR 24 195.68
- Opština Plandište
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Name: Opština Plandište
Address: VojvodePutnika 38, 26360 Plandište, Serbia
Legal status: public
Total budget: EUR 73 286.85
IPA2 budget: EUR 62 293.82
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Save The Children Timisoara Branch
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Municipality of Plandiste
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Rehabilitation Foundation Hope
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Summary
Project name (EN): Together for an Inclusive Community
Project acronym: Together for an Inclusive Community
Project start date: 2017-06-23
Project end date: 2018-12-22
Project status:
closedTotal budget/expenditure: EUR 234 043.95
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 198 937.36
Co-financing sources:
- IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 198 937.36.
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2023-06-15
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
78 / 78 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
208 / 208 (100%)
Notes on the data
Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.romania-serbia.net/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-22 and 2023-01-09.