The project TERNO (Teachers Education for Roma New Opportunities in School) is a project co-financed by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission (Key Activity 1: Roma Multilateral Projects) which aims to set up and implement special support centres in order to support the Roma children that attend the last classes of the elementary school to complete primary education and pass on to the secondary education.

The general objective of the project is to prevent the early school leaving of the Roma children and support the Roma children to move from the elementary to the secondary education. The project aims to improve the participation/maintanance in school for children with low living standard by overpassing the lack of interest towards traditional learning methods. The specific objective with which the general objective will be achieved is through the training of the teachers (or teaching assistants) that are teaching Roma in order to support the Roma children to complete the elementary education.

The main result that the TERNO project has developed are Centres for the provision of supplementary education for Roma children that are completing the elementary education and are preparing to pass to the secondary education. The organization of these centres was based on a methodology which has included all the important elements in order to help teachers of Roma children to better support children that attend the last classes of the school to complete elementary education and pass to the secondary education.

The consortium of the project is multi-actor, it has a great experience in the field and it has complementary competencies. It is constituted from 6 partners from 5 countries (Greece, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Romania). In the project they participate, 3 Roma Associations, one NGO led by Roma, a Research Institute which is specialized in the education research for the Roma people and an organization specialized in the development of research methodologies and management of LLP projects.

Tab 1 The Project

Tab 2 General Objectives and Activities

Tab 3 Main Results

Tab 4 Partners

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Contribution to the Role of Education – Educating Educators (CORE)

The CORE project proposed by the Adra Bulgaria Foundation set up an international
network to promote Roma integration by means of a resourceful ‘Compendium on
Best Civil Practices in Roma integration’. Best practices in Roma integration are
selected and used to provide evidence for joining educational and other policy measures
to ensure interventions that are cost-effective and sustainable. The Compendium
reflects the relevant EU policy as well as the EU commitment towards sustainable
development of Roma ethnic minorities and the presentation and protection of cultural
identity. It compiles a number of best practices identified as outstanding contributions
to improving the lives of vulnerable communities and groups. It will also
comprise a section on Roma history and culture, which are largely unknown to educators
and policy-makers. It is hoped that, through proper dissemination and
awareness-raising, this will increase their understanding of
Roma and raise the self-esteem of Roma children and students
as inheritors and guardians of a valuable cultural heritage.
Moreover, the project is expected to raise school
attainment levels, as well as increase the level of evidencebased
knowledge provided to policy-makers.


Coordinator: ADRA BULGARIA FOUNDATION, BG
Website: http://www.core-llp-eu.org/en-us/project.aspx | Tel.: +35 9885843485
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Contact person: Ms. Alya-Nedyalka Veder

Source: Roma and Education: Challenges and Opportunities in the European Union

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