

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.
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.
The Portuguese RISE Conference took place on 19th November at the Institute of Education/University of Minho and was attended by more than 150 participants including teachers, educators, school group leaders, other education professionals, social workers, members of parents' associations and students of the Institute of Education.
On Thursday, October 17, 2019, the RISE (Roma Inclusive School Experiences) Slovenian Conference was held at the RIC Novo mesto.
The event was called: Together on the Path of Knowledge: “Be inclusive”. The aim of the conference was to promote inclusive education for all children and to present the most important results of the RISE project.
On October 18, 2019, a meeting of the partners of the RISE (Roma Inclusive School Experiences) project took place in Novo mesto, Slovenia. Together with partners from Italy and Portugal, we summarized the main project activities in all participating organizations.
The presentations included trainings for teachers, social workers and Roma assistants and workshops for all children involved in the project.
The first results of the digital storytelling workshops realized in the Bologna schools within the RISE project have been presented during the Conference organized by SIRD on the 26th and 27th of October 2019. The title of the Conference hosted by the Sapienza University of Rome was "Societies for Society: research, scenarios, emergencies". In the documentation section of this website you can download and consult the slides presented on the 26th of September.
The Slovenian Conference and project meeting in Slovenia will take place on the 17th and 18th of October 2019 at the headquarters of the Development and Research Center Novo Mesto. You can consult the programs in the documentation section of this website.