Deadline: 20-May-21
The Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic has announced a Call for proposals for projects focusing on Roma Inclusion and Empowerment (HROVA2 – The creation of motivational leisure time programmes and extracurricular activities for Roma children).
The aim of the Call is to support the inclusion and empowerment of Roma in Czech society. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to develop appropriate measures that will strengthen inclusion of Roma children in the mainstream education process and prevent early school leaving of Roma children.
The Call will support projects that will provide motivational leisure time programmes and extracurricular activities for Roma children in particular to bridge the sensitive period of pupils’ transition from pre-school to primary education and subsequently from primary to secondary education.
This Open Call aims to support motivational leisure time programmes and extracurricular activities for Roma children in particular to bridge the sensitive period of pupils’ transition from pre-school to primary education and subsequently from primary to secondary education. Another goal of the Call is to focus on the popularization of education to reduce early school leaving by Roma pupils and students as well as to eliminate segregation in the education system including participation in extracurricular activities due to financial baniers related to the socio-economic status of Roma pupils’ families.
Funding Information
- The minimum grant amount is 50,000 EURO (1,325,000CZK) the maximum grant amount is 250,000 EURO (6,625,000CZK).
- The minimum project duration is 2 years.
Eligible Activities
The Call supports following types of eligible activities:
- cooperation between the family and the school or school facility in the field of pre-school, primary and secondary education (e.g activities aimed at raising parents’ awareness of the importance of education and increasing Roma parents’ interest in their children’s quality of education; activities involving parents of children, pupils and students that aim to promote the cooperation of parents with the school or school facility; activities leading to the establishment of effective communication between parents, school or school facility and other relevant actors; activities providing information and counselling to Roma families in the process of transition of children, pupils and students to a higher level of education, activities providing inforrnation in choosing a profession or further education of primary school pupils. etc.);
- increasing the competencies of professional pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff in the field of inclusion of Roma children, pupils and students;
- creation of a now job position in a school or school facility (e.g social worker at school or similar position) to coordinate cooperation between the school, school facility, parents, children or other relevant actors (Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children staff Pedagogical-Psychological Counselling Centre. etc.);
- comprehensive personal development of Roma children, pupils and students through their regular involvement in extracurricular leisure programmes carried out by the project applicant/caroler (e.& leisure activities such as activity clubs and extracurricular educational activities; activities aimed at preventing risk of substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, drugs etc.); activities leading to the development of multicultural dialogue); activities leading to the participation of Roma children, pupils and students in extracurricular activities. for example, in a school group (theatre performances, swimming training. etc.);
- removal of the barriers to teaching and prevention of school failure (e.g. teaching Czech as a second mother tongue; tutoring preparation for school enrolment preparation for admission procedures; individual consultations in the field of education, comprehensive support of school success:
- school holiday extracurricular activities aimed at children, pupils and students from the majority society and the Roma minority to spend time together and/or meet (e.g sub urban camps, summer camps, cycling trips, outdoor exercises, full-day/weekend educational motivational trips: competitions. etc.);
- support for ethnoemancipation of Roma children, pupils and students (e.g teaching Romani language activities leading to awareness of one’s nationality. activities supporting education in Romani history, culture, language; activities leading to strengthening Roman identity e.g through encounters with successful Roma representatives. etc.);
- support for multicultural dialogue, tolerance and mutual respeot (e.g joint discussions, interactive courses. etc. leading to tolerance between majority and minority society; education in multiculturalism, including Romani history, culture and language; activities to eliminate stereotypes and prejudioes about Roma minority, etc.).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are:
- Founders of schools and school facilities as defined by Act No. 561/2004 Coll.. the Civil Code on pre-school. basic, secondary, tertiary professional and other education, as amended, except for the legal entities, whose subject of activity is entrepreneurship pursuant to special regulations (eg legal form limited liability company);
- Non-governmental non-profit organisations (hereinafter referred to as NG0s) established as legal persons in the Czech Republic. specifically.
- Association according to Act. No. 89/2012 Cot the Civil Code as amended: Subsidiary Association representing an organizational unit of an Association is not considered an eligible applicant:
- Institute according to Act No. 89/2012 Coll.. the Civil Code, as amended (hereinafter referred to as institute);
- Special-purpose entity of a registered church and religious society established by the church and religious society for the provision of charitable services according to Act No. 3/2002 Colo on freedom of religion and status of churches and religious societies and amendirg certain laws as amended;
- Public benefit organization according to the to Act No. 89/2012 Coll.. the Civil Code, as amended, that refers to the Act No.248/1995 Cot on public benefit organizations and on amendments to certain acts. as amended;
- Foundation or endowment fund according to the Act No. 89/2012 Coll.. the Civil Code, as amended.
For more information, visit https://eeagrants.org/currently-available-funding/cz-humanrights-the-creation-of-motivational-leisure-time-programmes-and-extracurricular-activities-for-roma-children