International special conference
Qualifying Roma and Sinti as mediators in education, employment and social work
21st – 22nd October 2004 Berlin


   
Equal-Gemeinschaftsinitiative

Roma-Rad
 
     

program of the special conference

21st October

09:00 Welcome and introduction to the conference
09:30 Opening lecture:
Günter Piening, Commissioner for Integration and Migration of the Berlin Senate
followed by a discussion
10:15 Coffee break
The social context of school attendance
10:45 Non-secure residential status – possibilities, limits
and problems of school mediation:

RAA Berlin/Förderverein Roma Frankfurt/Main
followed by a discussion
11:30 The presence of history:
preconditions of successful mediation work
followed by a discussion
12:15 Lunch
Problems, opportunities and possible solutions
13:30 The subject of te conference as viewed by
Dr. Ehrhart Körting, Senator of the Interior for Berlin
14:30 From kindergarten to job pespectives
chaired by Joachim Brenner, Förderverein Roma Frankfurt / Main
Education and training on the basis of acceptance, collaboration, continuity and differentiation,
Joachim Brenner, Förderverein Roma
From promoting the need for teaching to changing its nature, Kristiina Ikonen, Central Office for Education, Helsinki Tuula Åkerlund, teacher, Tuusula
Eye-level, recognition and respect,
Ramadan Avdi, AW-AG Aachen
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 From being a client to being a mediator
chaired by Antje Hofert, RAA Berlin
From the residential home to school, RAA Berlin
The qualification of mediators/multiplicators,
Marek Šorm, Nova Skola, Prague
Roma and Sinti teachers and school social workers at schools in Hamburg,
Dr. Mareile Krause, Regional Institute for Teacher Training and School Development, Hamburg
18:00 Coffee break
18:30 Leaving school and getting a job
chaired by Kay Hohmann, AWAG Aachen
Experiences in south-eastern Europe, Christian Petry, Freudenberg Foundation Weinheim
Practical experiences with the program 'Roma assistants at school', Refika Mustafic, Sanja Tosic, REC - roma education center Niš, Serbia-Montenegro
Education and skill training for young Roma-refugees,
Antje Hofert, RAA Berlin
20:00 The outlook for day two
A reception follows


22nd October

09:00 Discussion podium: “Is education there for all? From being part of the problem to becoming part of the solution.”
a discussion panel chaired by Sascha Wenzel, Berlin Project of the BLK model-programme: “Finding out about democracy and living it.”
10:30 Presenting the working groups re. action plans to be submitted to:
social security institutions
co-operative projects of kindergartens, schools and youth- support- agencies
support systems of families, children and educators
career orientation
promoting language learning inside and outside of school
networks that link NGO’s and government initiatives
11:00 Short break
11:30 Working Groups in session
13:00 Buffet lunch
14:30 Working Groups in session
16:00 Presenting action plans
17:00 An outside view on the conference
18:00 End of conference


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Gefördert durch: Europäische Union - Europäischer Sozialfonds Gefördert durch: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit RAA-Berlin Förderverein Roma e.V. AW-AG BLK-Modellprogramm "Demokratie lernen & leben" BLK
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Die Tagung wird vorbereitet in Kooperation mit dem Berliner Vorhaben im BLK-Modellprogramm "Demokratie lernen & leben"