Homepage > Archive > Numar: 2 > Developing Participatory Activities with Roma Children and Youth in Romania. Experiences Accumulated within PEER Project Developing Participatory Activities with Roma Children and Youth in Romania. Experiences Accumulated within PEER Project
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- Livia Popescu (Babeş Bolyai University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 128-130, 21 Decembrie 1989 Blvd., 400604, Cluj-Napoca, E-mail: lpopescu@socasis.ubbcluj.ro )
- Mihai-Bogdan Iovu (Babeş Bolyai University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 128‑130, 21 Decembrie 1989 Blvd., 400604, Cluj‑Napoca, E-mail: iovu_mbogdan@yahoo.com)
- Eszter Peter (Music Camp, Cluj-Napoca. E-mail: peter.eszter@yahoo.com)
- Alexandra Bichir (Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 128-130 Bd.21 Decembrie 1989, Cluj-Napoca. E-mail:alexandrabichir@yahoo.com)
- Adelina Ciocotişan (Estuar Asociation, Cluj-Napoca. E-mail: ciocoadelina_29@yahoo.com)
- Sergiu Raiu (Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 128 21 Decembrie 1989 Blvd., 400604 Cluj-Napoca, E-mail: raiu.sergiu@yahoo.com)
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The term „participation” is regarded as a synonimous of children’s and young people’s right to express their views. Building upon this conception, numerous definitions of children’s participation have been put forward, that allowed for further elaboration of degrees or types of participation. This article reviews the existing projects on Roma children participation in the PEER consortium countries in order to identify the prevailing types of participation. Two examples of participatory group activities carried out in Romania are presented and experiences of both Roma children and group facilitators are explored. The analysis highlights the complexity of participatory activities with Roma children and the need to further develop a methodology aiming at stimulating participation among disadvantaged children.
Keywords: children’s participation, Roma children and youth, participatory group activities
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