

RISE - Roma Inclusive School Experiences is a project funded by the REC (Rights, Equality and Citizenship) programme of the European Union. The objectives of the project are the following: to promote a more welcoming and inclusive school for Roma children 6 to 14 years old; to fight the discrimination in education and to prevent and reducing absenteeism and educational disengagement of Roma children. At the same time, it is very important to build a more inclusive school for all the students: a better school for all is our slogan.
The RISE project book "School Education, Minorities and Life: Roma Inclusive School Experiences" is out! The book contains the final reflections and documentation of the RISE project, starting from the presentation of the actions implemented in the local contexts where the project has been developed (Bologna and Bari in Italy, Braga District in Portugal and Novo-Mesto in Slovenia).
The RISE project video "A message to Europe" has been uploaded on the YouTube channel of the Department of Education Sciences of the University of Bologna.
The Council of Europe, international organization whose aim is to sustain democracy, human rights, European cultural identity and the searching for solutions to social problems, emanated a new recommendation to on the necessity to analyze and revise current school curricula, textbooks and other teaching or learning materials with a view to eliminating stereotyping related to Roma and/or Travellers and to promoting issues
The Final International Conference of the RISE project took place on Friday the 14th of February 2020 at the Institute of the Innocents in Florence. The title of the Conference is "Building a School Together: Inclusive Experiences from Roma Children".
You can consul the program and pictures of the event directly in the documentation section of this website.