Together with the start of new school year, the work on advising parents was resumed in 8 schools included in the project "Integrated approach of Ruse Municipality for integration of Roma and other vulnerable groups in the territory of municipalities in Ruse Region". The project is funded by the Bulgarian-Swiss program to support the social inclusion of Roma and other vulnerable groups and is implemented with the support of Switzerland within the Swiss contribution to the enlarged European Union.

The activity is implemented by Association "Bulgarian-Romanian Trans-border Mediation Institute" and includes individual counseling and motivating the parents of children who do not attend school regularly and are at risk of dropping out of schools in the municipalities which are our project partners: Primary School "Angel Kanchev", Ruse, Primary School "Aleko Konstantinov ", Ruse, Primary School "Bratia Miladinovi", Ruse, Primary School "Nikola Obretenov”, Ruse, Primary School "St. Kliment Ohridski", Borovo, Primary School "Nikola Vaptsarov" , Ivanovo, Secondary School  "Vasil Levski", Vetovo and Primary School "St. St. Cyril and Methodius", Senovo.

Our experts had meetings with educational specialists and school management from Ruse region, during which the new aspects of the activity were explained and an indicative timetable was agreed to provide individual counseling and group meetings with parents. Also, the first individual consultations were held in local Parent reception offices and the BRTMI office.