"""Whe nyo ur eadt hi ste xty ouk no whow itfe elsi fyo uc ann otr eadp rop er ly."" (source of the German text: ""Grundbildung in Europa: Projekte und Perspektiven"", NA BIBB). According to UNESCO, an estimated number of 73 million adult Europeans are considered as functional illiterates. This is equal to 1/5 of the employable population aged 18 to 64 years. In the partner countries of the project this concerns 7.5 million adults in Germany; 2 million in Greece; 1.2 million in Hungary and 3.8 million in Romania. Unfortunately, there are no valid figures concerning the literacy rate of Roma. Experts say that the share of functional illiterates among adult Roma in the partner countries is 40 to 60 per cent. For this reason, Curricula for alphabetisation courses for Roma were developed in the Strategic Partnership „RomABC goes Europe!“ that consider their special needs. However, the envisaged improvements in reading and writing competences fell too short because functional illiteracy is also reflected in calculating, in dealing with ICT and in the capacity to act in every-day-life. Therefore, the further development of the Curriculum for raising the literacy rate of adult Roma with the emphasis numeracy and IT basics were the centre of our follow-up project. Besides, the development of a Handbook for trainers, a basic vocabulary and subject-relating vocabularies, the education of trainers in the frame of a Pilot Training and the elaboration of the concept for according Mobility Projects (KA1) were other parts of the project. „RomABC - the next dimension!“ was implemented by partner organisations from Germany, Greece, Hungary and Romania and aimed particularly at the reduction of functional illiterates among adult Roma, at increasing of their employability and at raising their share in adult education measures. With that, the project contributes concretely to the implementation of the EU Framework for national strategies for the Roma integration until 2020 and the national strategies of the partner countries as part of the Europe 2020 strategy including the European Agenda Adult Education, particularly the raising of the employment rate and the reduction of the part of Roma that is threatened by poverty and social exclusion."

<< Objectives >>With 10 – 12 million members, Roma are the biggest ethnic minority in Europe. The key to their inclusion is both education and an unlimited access to professional orientation and job preparation. “pROceed goes practise” aims at raising the flexibility of opportunities in VET, at reducing prejudices and stereotypes, at counteracting the discrimination of Roma in education and employment and at promoting their socio-economic inclusion.<< Implementation >>Apart from the activities for the elaboration and dissemination of the project products, the partners from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia implement project meetings, two Pilot Trainings for the education of trainers, information and sensitisation events for teachers and social workers in schools, multiplier trainings, workshops for employers, the testing of the project products and a European Conference.<< Results >>Project results are among others:1. Guideline for the professional orientation of young Roma2. Online Self Assessment Tool for Roma for identifying appropriate jobs3. Accredited Curricula for the implementation of training courses for the preparation of adult Roma for selected jobs4. Successful finalisation of the training courses by 140 Roma5. Manual for employers6. Dissemination and exploitation of the project results

According to the Eurobarometer, 83 per cent of the Europeans think that fake news threaten democracy; 73 per cent of Internet users are concerned that fake news in the internet have a negative influence on the elections to the European Parliament. However, in the age of digitalisation it is much more relevant that hate speeches and disinformation manifest the stronger in the collective opinion the more often they are published. If the same contents are then even coming from different sources, the risk, that they are considered as true or that a great mass of Internet users accepts them silently, gets higher. In all partner countries the amount of hate speech and disinformation – spread in the Internet – is increasing, with an upward trend. Unfortunately, particularly disadvantaged groups of persons, such as refugees, Roma, members of national minorities, Jews, Muslims or Homosexuals, are in their focus.Consequences are an increasing social exclusion and discrimination; the self-confidence of the concerned people gets lower, their fear grows; the number of verbal and physical attacks rises; prejudices and stereotypes are sizing. Finally, this leads to the fact that the right of free development is more and more limited for those target groups. Without a doubt, the initiatives that have been started by the EU and the laws that were enforced by several partner countries are a step in the right direction and have an according impact in practice. But they help the concerned people only in a limited way because they are only applied when the damage is already done. Therefore, our project „Pro Dialogue” aims at initiating a social dialogue at the local/regional level of the partner countries that combats the reasons for hate speech and fake news. On one hand, it shall be based on verified information and facts, be led rather rationally than emotionally and exclude abuses and insults. On the other hand, it shall bring concerned and involved people together and ensure that they do not speak about each other but with each other. In that, emphasis are subjects that are oriented on the daily life and that have a direct impact on the living together in the local community. Therefore, the project partners from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Hungary will generate the following results together:1. Curriculum for the education of Dialogators including training material2. Toolkit for Dialogators 3. Trained Dialogators4. Trained multipliers 5. Practise test (dialogue activities) and optimisation of the Intellectual Outputs6. Blended Learning Course for the education of Dialogators 7. Concept for Mobility projects (KA1) for the education of Dialogators 8. Dissemination and exploitation of the results

"<< Background >>„…They steal like ravens, are not willing to work and a people of restless nomads…“ – if it comes to Roma we are quick with prejudices. However, much heavier is the fact that they can be mobilised at any time what is not only reflected in regular riots but also in their actual living conditions in a sad way. They are still the poorest, the most unemployed, the least educated and the shortest living Europeans.With estimated 10 – 12 million members, Roma are the biggest ethnic minority in Europe. Almost 5 million live in the partner countries of the project. A relevant reason for the permanent discrimination of Roma is their low education level. Therefore, the disadvantages in the education sector that is a central field for the social integration and rise particularly of such a young population are the most obvious. A real segregation exists. In the new strategic frameworks of the EU for the integration of Roma, a row of objectives is fixed. Until 2030, the actual equality, the socio-economic inclusion and the reasonable participation of the Roma shall be achieved (Factsheet of the European Commission, October 2020).<< Objectives >>RESUME would like to contribute to those ambitions objectives in the partner countries concretely by achieving - an improvement of the access of Roma to education and lifelong learning; - an avoidance of drop-outs from education measures;- a promotion of the equal quality of education offers for all learners; - an improvement of the learning success of Roma; - the visualisation of the damages done by discrimination and segregation in education.<< Implementation >>Activities of the project are:- the joint elaboration of the project results by the project partners in the frame of transnational thematic work groups- Workshops ""RESUME"" for stakeholders from all fields of education- Intercultural trainings for education staff belonging to the majority- Education of 48 Roma Inclusion Mediators- Implementation of a 12 months Test Phase in the partner countries with a scientifically attended evaluation- European Conference for experts and stakeholders from other European countries.<< Results >>Results of the project are:1. Curriculum and training material for the education of Roma Inclusion Mediators.2. Online-Toolkit for Roma Inclusion Mediators supporting their practical work.3. Illustrated Romanes primer for children and adults.4. Training material for the training of trainers who will educate the Roma Inclusion Mediators.5. Training material for the intercultural training of education staff belonging to the majority.6. Training of 16 staff members of the partner organisations (partly Roma themselves) as trainers for the education of Roma Inclusion Mediators.7. Education of 48 Roma Inclusion Mediators in the partner countries. 8. Intercultural trainings for 80 kindergarten and school teachers, adult educators and vocational trainers.9. Use of the newly acquired knowledge and skills by the Roma Inclusion Mediators in the frame of need-based and appropriate mediation activities.10. Dissemination and exploitation of the project results."

"""Whe nyo ur eadt hi ste xty ouk no whow itfe elsi fyo uc ann otr eadp rop er ly."" (source of the German text: ""Grundbildung in Europa: Projekte und Perspektiven"", NA BIBB).According to UNESCO, an estimated number of 73 million adult Europeans are considered as functional illiterates. This is equal to 1/5 of the employable population aged 18 to 64 years. In the partner countries of the project this concerns totally 13.8 million adults. According to experts the share of functional illiterates among adult Roma there is 40 to 60 per cent. Comparibly high is the share among the 25 to 40 year old Roma. Thus, often functional illiteracy is the reason for the hindered access of Roma to education and employment. It also hinders the maintenance or increasing of their employability.Alphabetisation measures are mainly offered for the majority population and partially for migrants, but not particularly for Roma. This is necessary to consider their special needs in the improvement of their reading and writing skills. Existing offers lack co-ordination and interdisciplinary co-operation in the planning and implementation. Binding respectively uniform quality standards are completely missing. Therefore, - the elaboration of a Curriculum for raising the literacy grade of adult Roma - the modification of Quality Standards for according alphabetisation courses- the development of a Handbook for leaders of alphabetisation courses and- the designing and implementation of Co-ordination Concepts for alphabetisation measures are in the centre of our project. In an according training, adult education experts will be enabled to use them for the first time already within the test phase of the project. ""RomABC goes Western Balkan"" will be realised by partners from Serbia, North Macedonia, Germany and Hungary and aims particularly at the reduction of the number of functional illiterates among adult Roma, the improvement of their employability and the increasing of their participation in adult education measures. With that, the project contributes in the long run concretely to the increasing of the employment rate and the reduction of the number of Roma concerned by poverty and social exclusion."