Association BRTMI launches new project financed by procedure BG05M20P001-3.001 "Support for pre-school education of disadvantaged children", part of OP "Science and education for smart growth" 2014 - 2020.
Project BG05M2OP001-3.001-0028 "Early socialization through successful educational integration" will be implemented within 30 months by the Beneficiary, Association "Bulgarian-Romanian Trans-border Mediation Institute", and their partners: Municipality of Ruse; Municipality of Vetovo; "Chervenata Shapchica" Kindergarten, Ruse; "Ralitsa" Kindergarten, Ruse; "Pinocchio" Kindergarten, Ruse; "Rose" Kindergarten, Novo Selo, Municipality of Ruse; "Nikola Obretenov" Primary school, Ruse; "Happy Childhood" Kindergarten, Ruse; "Zvanche" Kindergarten and "P.R. Slaveykov" Primary school,Smirnensky Village.
The approved project budget is 495 689.15 BGN.
The project aims at creating conditions for early social inclusion and effective pre-school education of disadvantaged children. Additional activities aimed at supporting the integration and adaptation of disadvantaged children to the educational process will provide conditions for equal start in education and in society. The main tasks and activities of the project proposal correspond to the strategic objectives set out in the Strategy for Educational Integration of Children and Students from Ethnic Minorities 2015-2020.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to creating favorable conditions and supportive environment for active social inclusion of disadvantaged children from the Municipalities of Ruse and Vetovo, and their development as successful persons and respected citizens.
Specific objectives: 1. Improving conditions for equal access to quality education in kindergartens and pre-school groups, integrating children of different ethnic origin and included as partners in the project. 2. Promoting mutual understanding and accepting the differences by children from different ethnic groups and teaching them how to be tolerant. 3. Strengthening children's educational institutions as community centers, thus including parents in the educational process and helping society to overcome the negative attitudes based on different ethnic backgrounds.
Target group:
· 484 children aged 3 to 6, whose native language is not Bulgarian, educated at our partner schools and kindergartens,
· 150 parents of such children.
Participants:
· 594 children aged 3 to 6, educated at our partner schools and kindergartens.
Activities:
1. Additional Bulgarian language training for children with a different mother tongue.
2. Improving the quality of education by improving the educational environment in kindergartens and pre-school groups in municipal schools.
3. Providing psychological support for disadvantaged children.
4. Working with parents.
5. Encouraging the integration process through creative joint cognitive activities and events to keep the cultural identity of children of different ethnic groups.
6. Overcoming the negative public attitudes based on ethnic and cultural identity and building social and emotional competence of parents how to foster tolerance. Development and adoption of Municipal Program for educational integration of children and students from ethnic minorities.
7. Information and Publicity
8. Project organization and management.