{"id":6522,"date":"2016-11-05T05:03:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T05:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epeka.si\/?p=6522\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:12:10","slug":"mednarodna-konferenca-community-organizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/mednarodna-konferenca-community-organizing\/","title":{"rendered":"International Conference on Community Organising"},"content":{"rendered":"

22 – 25 June, 2016
\nBudapest, Hungary<\/h3>\n

\u0160tefan Simon\u010di\u010d, President of the Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., attended the international conference Volunteering in the Roma Community – Reality or Utopia, which took place from 22 to 25 June in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n

The conference brought together people from different countries (Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia) to bring together civil society organisations, volunteers, experts and decision-makers, to open up the European debate and to contribute to greater visibility and recognition of their local action in the fight against stereotypes, racism and antigypsyism. In addition, the 2-day conference discussed how volunteering can be a good tool for young Roma to get involved; what are the barriers for young Roma that make it more difficult for them to be part of European mobility programmes; what are the motivations of Roma and Roma youth organisations to fight antigypsyism.<\/p>\n

The conference was part of the larger project Community Organising. The project promotes the notion of community organising as a new form of civic engagement; it seeks activities involving volunteers that also make a significant contribution to active citizenship and strengthen bottom-up action, while promoting democracy and long-term intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n

The conference was organised by Phiren Amenca from Hungary and Roma Youth Centre from Macedonia.<\/p>\n

Some highlights from the conference:<\/p>\n

GALLERY<\/span><\/p>\n