LTTA 1 held at Gyorgy Vocational School Hungary from 22/11 to 26/11/2021

Title: New Roma generations are growing: inequalities, resources

Training schedule:

Day 1 – Introduction of participants: a brief welcome by the trainers and an activity allowing participants to get to know each other and to learn some elements about their specific work contexts. Presentation of the aims and objectives of the training, as well as some of the main elements behind the training approach. Education in Roma communities. Closing the gap between schools and families Assessing Roma students’ needs

Day 2 – Participants are asked, based on their experience, to discuss on five main challenges they consider associated with education, employment and access to health services of Roma. Each issue is written on a separate piece of paper as a statement as concise but also as clear as possible. To facilitate understanding of the task, the trainer shows an example, writing a common challenge with a marker on an A4 sheet of paper. All papers will be displayed on a wall in a random order, regardless of the group that produced them. Participants are given a few minutes to read all the statements. After a short common reflection on the similarities and differences between the issues identified they will be categorised in clusters. Challenges that are similar will be joined together. A trainer will ask for confirmation and comments from participants and will stimulate a joint reflection on the main categories identified.

Day 3 – The Roma women and girls. Case studies, group work. Resources for Roma education. Applied strategies for Roma students school success.

Day 4 – The importance of Roma mediators in schools.

Day 5 – Course evaluation and feedback Evaluation and certification.