Satu Mare County Intercommunity Development Association starts implementing the project “Education for diversity”

Satu Mare Intercommunity Development Association, as beneficiary, has signed with the National Agency for Roma, as a funder, the funding contract for the project “Education for diversity”. The project has a total value of 99,730 Lei and is co-financed by the National Agency for Roma from the state budget through the programme “Intercultural Education through Knowledge”.

The main objective of the project “Education for Diversity” is to create a climate of intercultural dialogue among young people in Satu Mare County by promoting intercultural values, mutual respect, and anti-racist attitudes. The project includes the following activities: organization of a camp for 65 young Roma, Hungarian, and Romanian high school students from Satu Mare County; organization of 5 workshops for 25 teachers from the partner high schools; organization of a public campaign to promote tolerance and mutual respect for 250 young people from different ethnic backgrounds from the 5 partner high schools. The project will be implemented from 1 July to 29 October 2023 and the partner high schools in the project are: “Simion Bărnuțiu” Vocational School – Carei, Ardud High School of Technology, Liceul Tehnologic “George Barițiu” Vocational School Livada, Tășnad High School of Technology and “Petru Cupcea” Vocational School Supuru de Jos.