Advancing Participation and Representation of Ethnic Minority Groups in Education

The overall objective of this intervention is to contribute to building all-inclusive educationsystems in West Balkans Countries that promote equal access to quality education for all andmodel respect for ethnic diversity.

The specific objective of the Project is to advance participation and representation of minorityethnic groups in education systems in the West Balkans Countries by promoting goodpractices and supporting local initiatives.The emphasis of the project will be on empowering students, teachers and parents to build initiativesthat advance participation and representation of ethnic minorities in elementary (compulsory)education. Expected results of the action are:

1. A functioning regional network for advancing educational inclusion built

2. Relevant information on participation and representation of minority ethnic groups at school- level is available

3. Good practices for ensuring participation and representation collected and disseminated

4. Local initiatives for improving participation and representation encouraged? a description of the proposed activities and their effectiveness; The project will begin by qualitative research (i.e. focus groups discussions) to solicit the opinions ofparents and other community members on the current practices of school-parent-communityinvolvement strategies of schools in regards of creating an inclusive participatory environment, i.e. theefforts to engage parents belonging to ethnic minorities into school level governance.

Country basedsurvey of the relevant literature and documents will be undertaken to corroborate the qualitativeresearch findings and provide additional input for identifying advocacy priorities. National surveys andthe Regional summary will be published in English and the languages of the Region. (result 2)

The findings will be summarized and discussed on regional level. Collection of good education stakeholders