Projecte europeu Grundtvig. Projecte Second Chance. Jornada L'educació als centres penitenciaris, una segona oportunitat. Presentació del projecte Grundtvig Second Chance de Romania. Centre d'Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada, 26 de març de 2015

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Second Chance Project
Romania
Asociaţia “Gheorghe Titeica”
ROMANIA

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We offer quality education; we have over 1400 awards at national and
international competitions. Our students participate in many extracurricular
activities that develop their resourcefulness, help them to socialize with other
children and improve their citizenship. Information about our school are
permanently updated and can be found on our school website
www.gheorghetiteica.ro.
"Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Secondary School is one of the best schools in Craiova,
has 20 classrooms, three laboratories modernly equipped, chemistry and physics,
computer science and biology, one library with 15,000 volumes, projectors, DVD
players, TV high speed internet connections and here study approximately 950
students educated by 50 teachers and teacher assistants.
" Gheorghe Ţiţeica"
Secondary School

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We founded "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Association. It was established to promote
democratic values and universal cultural values in the Romanian and European
traditional cultural and economic space.
The Association has the following objectives:
• Contribution to respect Human Rights and of the Citizen as they
are proclaimed in international treaties and European authorities
to the Romanian state, the development of Romanian democratic
system in all its contents - economic, social, cultural and spiritual;
• Contribution to the knowledge of Romanian authentic cultural
values by European countries;
• Initiating and supporting development projects and school
improvement;
• Mediating relations between "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Secondary School
and other organizations and institutions by identifying viable
partners for projects carried out in the country and abroad;

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Association has exceptional results such as:
• Campaigns created to inform citizens about the role of
education in the lives of children and parents, studies,
research, surveys, reports, summaries of the importance of
education in Romania's integration in the EU, to respect
Human Rights and Citizen Rights, Children Rights in Romania
and the European Union;
• Editing and printing publications, creating radio and TV shows,
creating different websites depending on the topic of the
project.
• Organizing symposiums, seminars, training sessions,
numerous extracurricular activities, trips, shows, charities,
European projects;
• Ensuring the support for students and teachers of the school
with outstanding results in school activities;

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SECOND CHANCE PROJECT - "Gheorghe Ţiţeica"
Association.
Grundtvig project: SECOND CHANCE, reference number GRU‐13
P‐LP‐442‐DJ‐ES. Partners: Spain as project coordinator, Estonia,
Poland, Italy, Turkey.
In this project partners work together for a better
education given to people in prisons.
Romania managed to form a group of young people
in Juvenile Prison and with them during the project
develops different extracurricular activities.

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We established a solid partnership with
“Juvenile Prison in Craiova, ROMANIA”
SECOND CHANCE PROJECT - "Gheorghe Ţiţeica"
Association.

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Educational System in prison in Romania
Craiova Juvenile Penitentiary is the institution specialized in social recovery of the
inmates (minors, young adults, and women). Being in prison, the inmates follow
intensive educational and vocational training programs, according to their skills and other
activities and programs for social reintegration.
Formal school education is done through Special Professional School Craiova,
independent institution subordinated to the Minister of Education (MEN), and includes the
following forms of education: primary, secondary and high school - at this time is
included in educational courses a number of 276 students.
Recognizing that social reintegration of the inmates requires a long term approach, in
which a significant component is the development of cooperation with institutions
and civil society organizations in joint projects, the detention center runs a series of
steps designed in partnership to diversify the offer of educational and psychosocial
assistance. We as “Gheorghe Titeica” Association during our Second Chance
project are trying to take one step forward in the social reintegration of the
inmates.

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Activities implemented for a better
education and life in prison in Romania
Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture
and the traditions of the country.
We gave the opportunity to the inmates to sell the
products to finance their needs and the needs of the
school.
Prepared posters, videos, flyers in order to publish the
different activities.

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Changes produced in the last two years of
the project
Through the activities realized we managed to raise the
awareness of the civil society towards the inmates.
Through the public meetings and appearances we raised
the self confidence of the inmates.
By preparing and distributing materials, flyers to
different NGOs and School Directorate we are improving
the social rehabilitation and reintegration of the inmates
in the society.

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Activities implemented in Romania
Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture
and the traditions of the country.
We gave the opportunity to the inmates to sell the
products to finance the needs of the school.
Prepared posters, videos, flyers in order to publish the
different activities.

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Taking part in the activity “Santa Claus Fair”,
creating Christmas tree ornaments;
Close to Christmas, inmates assisted by our teachers
created Christmas tree ornaments and greeting
cards. All these activities represent Christmas fair
and together with the decoration of the Christmas
tree we celebrated the beginning of the winter
holidays.
Inmates from the Penitentiary for Minors took part
together with our students in this activity.
Cultural activities organized in order to learn the
culture and the traditions of the country

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Taking part in the activity “Santa Claus Fair”,
creating Christmas tree ornaments;

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Cultural activities organized in order to learn the
culture and the traditions of the country
Taking part in the activity „Spring fantasies”, making
handmade “martisor” celebrating 1st of March;
With the occasion of 1st of Mach – traditional Romanian celebration – men
offer gifts to women, spring symbol – “Martisor” and 8th of March – Women
International Day – in our school takes place a fair of handmade “martisor”
and greeting cards made by our students. Parents, grandparents and
teachers buy the handmade objects created by our students. The
handmade objects created have a symbolic value for our because they
represent us. The students from Minor Person Penitentiary will take part
together with our students and with their handmade materials in the fair
organized in our school.

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Taking part in the activity „Spring fantasies”,
making handmade “martisor” celebrating 1st of
March;

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Participating in the activity “National
Culinary products”
Our students are great cooks and the students from the
Penitentiary for Minors were invited to take part into this
activity. We created stands with cooked products:
traditional donuts, pancakes, apple and cheese pie, fried
chips, sausages, “mici”, Romanian national products. They
cooked all the food.

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Participating in the activity “National Culinary
products”

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Students from the Penitentiary for minors
will take part at the End of School Year
Party.
We have a tradition and a joy in our country
and our school to celebrate the end of the
school year. Students from the Penitentiary for
Minors will participate together with our
students at this cultural celebration. They will
prepare a short artistic program and present
them to the audience.

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We gave the opportunity to the inmates to
sell the products to finance the needs of the
school.
We organized a tombola with handmade products. Both
the inmates and our students had the opportunity to sell
their handmade products.
Both inmates and our students prepared hand made
products and with them we organized tombola. The
money raised were used by the inmates. At this
activity attended students, parents and teachers.

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Prepared and distributed posters, videos,
flyers in order to publish and disseminate
the different activities.
Publishing on our school website the activities done
together.
Our school has a website which is permanently updated
with all the activities. www.gheorghetiteica.ro. All the
activities together with the Penitentiary for Minors are
uploaded on the section European Projects, Grundvig –
Second Chance.

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1. We believe that these activities improve the
educational level of the inmates;
2. We offer a different perspective on life;
3. We improve their communication with other people
and help them overcome certain social barriers;
By all these…

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4. Sharing experience with the other countries involved in
the project is beneficial for our students;
5. The inmates understand that there are other people
with similar problems and by communicating with
others that can understand the prison system from
another point of view they can hope to improve their
situation;
6. And as main purpose we help them in their
rehabilitation and reintegration the society;
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“The past does not have to be your prison. You
have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your
life. You have a choice in the path you take... “
Max- Lucado
And at the end...