Completed

Centre of Roma and Sinti in Prague

The Museum of Romani culture ·Czechia

€628k

Grant awarded

Human Rights, Roma Inclusion and Domestic and Gender-based Violence

Programme

30 January 2020

Signed

About this project

The project aims to establish a Centre for Roma and Sinti in Prague. The Centre will strengthen the role of the Museum of Romani Culture and will be based on the underlying idea to preserve evidence of the Romani history as part of the European heritage. The multi-purpose Centre will combine information centre for the public, premises for temporary exhibitions, depository, offices for staff, lecturers and historians and large open space for public events. Gallery for permanent exhibition of Roma history and art shall be also established in Prague. The project will, inter alia, include the following main activities: <ul> <li style="text-align: justify">Reconstruction of the building of Centre for Roma and Sinti in Prague and construction of a pavilion, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Procurement of equipment for the centre’s interior, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Development and provision of educational activities, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Collecting and providing information on Roma history, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Presenting contemporary Romani art and culture, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Organizing public events and temporary and permanent exhibitions, </li> <li style="text-align: justify">Educative and awareness raising services.  </li> </ul>

Bilateral cooperation results

As part of the bilateral cooperation with The European Wegeland Centre, two joint workshops entitled Education for intercultural understanding took place in 2021 in Norway and in 2022 in the Czech Republic. The workshops also included getting to know the experiences of the partner and their educational programs, which are focused on education for democracy, focused on topics related to intercultural understanding and the application of human rights. The acquired experience and knowledge were used in the creation of the programs. The Czech side brought knowledge about society's relationship with ethnic minorities and the struggle for the recognition of their rights. Centre of Roma and Sinti in Prague's activities and educational programs were presented at the workshops. These are focused on Roma history, especially the Roma Holocaust, Roma traditions and customs and stereotypes. The outcome of the collaboration is an educational methodology for the Fate of Růžička's Family program using principles for democratic culture. The methodology for the educational program was created based on the concept of the so-called competences for democratic culture as defined by the Council of Europe. The intention was to spread not only the facts about the genocide of the Czech Roma and Sinti, but also the development of attitudes, values and skills that must be acquired in order to preserve democratic culture and the peaceful coexistence of all in culturally diverse democratic societies. The program supplements the school curriculum with important historical events that every citizen of the Czech Republic should know.

Project partners

European Wergeland Centre Donor project partner· Norway

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