The document outlines the aims, beneficiaries, and activities of a project to promote educational integration of ethnic minority children and pupils in Bulgaria. The project's goals are to support government policies on minority education, develop intercultural skills through culture and folklore, improve tolerance, reduce dropout rates for Roma students, and change public opinion. Beneficiaries include Roma, Karakachan, and Bulgarian students, parents, and teachers. Planned activities include teacher training, parent workshops, celebrations of Roma New Year and St. George's Day, a Roma children's festival, photo workshops, and presentations about the project.

1. Open your Heart and Mind

2. CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL INTEGRATION
OF CHILDREN AND PUPILS FROM
ETHNIC MINORITIES
AND FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOL
„NIKOLA YONKOV VAPTSAROV‟ - BERKOVITSA
PROJECT
0pen your Heart and Mind
01.11.2011 - 01.11.2012

3. Aims and tasks :
 Support the implementation of government
policies regarding the educational needs of
children and students from ethnic minorities.
 The policy has as its framework the National
Programme for school and preschool education
and training 2006-2015

4. Aims and tasks
 Developing students` skills in intercultural
communication through performing culture,
traditions, customs. Raising teachers'
intercultural competency.
 Using power of folklore, art ,culture to improve
the union and the distance between students of
different ethnic minorities.

5. Aims and tasks
 Improvement their habits for understanding and
tolerance.
 Reduce dropping out of school Roma students
and attracting them to school life.
 Change public opinion through popularization
project activities.

6. Beneficients
 Students of Roma, Karakachan and Bulgarian
origin.
 Parents of Roma, Karakachan and Bulgarian
origin.
 Teachers from first secondary school “Nikola
Yonkov Vaptsarov” and teachers from a
secondary school in village Zamfirovo.
 All the community in Berkovitsa and the region.

7. TRAINING TEACHERS

8. TRAINING TEACHERS

9. TRAINIG TEACHERS

10. TRAINING PARENTS:

11. Let`s celebrate together
ROMA`S NEW YEAR (BANGO VASIL)

13. Let`s celebrate together
Spring fancy dress carnival

14. Spring fancy dress carnival

15. Spring fancy dress carnival

16. 6th May- St. George`s Day

17. 6th May- St. George`s Day

18. 9th Festival of Roma children

19. 9th Festival of Roma children

20. “My dream about Romas”
students` essays

21. Photo work shop

22. Presentation the project

23. For more information:
http://www.herewearecomeniusprojec
t.blogspot.com/
http://coiduem.mon.bg/

24. Open your Heart and Mind