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Aurora AILINCAI Deputy Head of Division Roma and Travellers Team, Council of Europe

Integration vs Inclusion

Integration: incorporation into society or an organisation of individuals of different groups. Inclusion means that a person with a disability, women, whoever, has the same rights, access and choices as everyone else in a community.

"Inclusion is a right based philosophy. No inclusion without changing the system"

From integrated to inclusive education

A vicious circle

• f blame

and discouragement

FROM

A virtuous circle of trust-building and

cooperation

TO

Dependency and paternalism

FROM TO AND

Respect for human rights and active citizenship Empowerment, Recognition, Community participation

Why? The Need for Change

ULTIMATE GOAL

Implementation of the standards by the Member States

MONITORING (identifying the gaps) STANDARD SETTING (defining) IMPLEMENTATION (bridging the gaps)

FCNM ECRI ECRLM HR COMM. ESC VISITS + REPORT PROGRAMMES/ PROJECTS

• PILOTING
• INNOVATION
• TESTING

CAHROM and other Committees THEMATIC VISITS + REPORTS DIALOGUE WITH CSO (input) INTERSECTIONAL MEETINGS BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION anti-discrimination (law enforcement) local governance community development and participation (in the decision making and political) education, culture, history gender/women access to justice REINFORCING COOPERATION WITH EU CONECTING WITH EU MONITORING + CONTRIBUTING TO EU REPORTING /ENLARGEMENT 2020 + CONTRIBUTION TO SHADOW REPORTING

Monitoring recommendations

Council of Europe Roma and Travellers Team

Draft COUNCIL OF EUROPE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR ROMA AND TRAVELLER INCLUSION (2020-2025)

PRIORITY AREAS FOR 2020-2025

Priority 1

Combating anti-Gypsyism and discrimination and support real and effective equality

Priority 2

Supporting democratic participation and promote public trust and accountability

Priority 3

Supporting access to inclusive quality education and training

• addressing hate speech within a

human rights framework;

• awareness-raising activities;
• training of law enforcement

professionals;

• access to justice by Roma and

Travellers including through capacity building activities;

• visibility of CoE actions, including

the case law of the European Court

• f Human Rights and the findings

and recommendations of the monitoring bodies.

• participation of Roma and

Travellers in public and political life at all levels;

• reinforced capacity of national

and local authorities;

• increased capacity of local

authorities to access and use national and international funding, in particular EU funds, to support their Roma inclusion strategies;

• Roma and Traveller expertise and

understanding in all services of the Council of Europe Secretariat.

• removal of concrete obstacles to equal

access to quality education is supported at national and school level;

• the capacity of teachers to manage

diversity and adopt inclusive teaching methods is enhanced;

• Teaching of Roma and Traveller history

and the Roma Holocaust is promoted and included in school curricula and texts books, including through training

• f trainers and teachers;
• Increased visibility and recognition of

the Roma Holocaust;

• Increased chances for a successful

transition from education to employment for Roma and Traveller youth.

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Legal texts projects/programmes

Influence on the national/local policies

(contribution to the design and implementation of national and local strategies and action plans)

Policies development

Piloting, implementation

Initial impact Contribution to the creation of a fair and inclusive education system; positive impact on the access to and performance in education for Roma children

Rationale for intervention in education

Elaboration of methods and tools Medium and long term impact

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ACTIVE NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED WHERE INSCHOOL WILL / COULD BE INVOLVED

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INSCHOOL 1 Key figures*

INSCHOOL 2 – Main objectives

1) Schools are made more inclusive through support to the school staff, teachers, parents and children; 2) Networking is further developed among inclusive schools at the domestic and international levels; 3) Support is provided to remove concrete obstacles to equal access to quality education at the national level; 4) Awareness is raised about the benefits of inclusive education for the general public as well as decision makers;

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Some achievements and results

CM Recommendations on the education of Roma children in Europe Framework Convention on the protection of national minorities ECRI, Social Charter ECHR (case-law on edcuation)

Country monitoring and recommendation reports Implementation by MS Changes in the legislation/practices in a no of countries Reforms in education

Training for teachers and pedagogical staff (programme Pestalozzi) Change in the curricula content

Partnerships with the national institutes for curricula, for training of teachers, pedagogical institutes

Representation of Roma in the school curricula and text books (GEI/REF/CoE) Roma representation in European museums Recommendation on teaching Roma history Recommendation on Remembrance

Counci cil of f Europe Reference Framework

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f Competence ces for Democr cratic Cult lture

Democratic Schools for All

The 3 volumes downloadable on CoE website