Ethnic Integration and Reconciliation

Increasing the Role of Roma in the Media

The EU and the Hungarian Government have funded this project to increase the number of young Roma media professionals and reduce prejudice and bias.

Roma/Hungarian Dialogue Builds a Framework for Change

Partners has worked for several years to improve Roma conditions in Hungary through cooperative planning, advocacy and mediation processes.

Establishing Roma Advisory Positions in Local Government

In order to reduce local ethnic tensions and include minority perspectives in governance, Partners-Czech urged government officials to create new Roma advisory positions in government.

Roma Rebuild their Neighborhood

After an initially successful temporary cooperative planning process that renovated a crumbling neighborhood, Partners-Hungary continued to work with local officials and community members to improve Roma conditions.

Strengthening the Afghan Diaspora through Dialogue

Partners helped build the organizational and leadership capacity of a prominent Afghan diaspora organization in California.

Roma Community House Established in Nagykanisza

Partners' support for the Roma community center will help improve the socio-economic conditions of the politically marginalized group in Hungary.

Education Towards Tolerance and Against Racism

Partners developed and implemented a youth-oriented educational series in schools across the country to promote inclusion and acceptance.

Fostering Ethnic Conciliation and Roma Opportunities

To mitigate group distrust and animosity, Partners coordinated several roundtables to promote open, public discussion about community issues among often these antagonistic ethnic groups.

Building Inter-Ethnic Dialogue

After garnering local support for the initiative, Partners-Czech led communication skill-building workshops in order to promote Roma-Czech dialogue and improve relations.

Promoting a National Roma Strategy

Partners supported a government initiative to improve the conditions of Roma communities by leading several training programs with organizations, leaders and community members at the forefront of this crucial program.

Disadvantaged Youth IDPs Gain a Voice

Partners, with the support of the World Bank, developed a cooperative planning initiative to help Georgian communities deal with the influx of internally displaced people and address their needs appropriately.

Blazo Nedic - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Serbia

Pioneer of ADR in Serbia selected as Partners Leadership Fellow

Ethnic Integration Leads to Community Development

Partners addressed rampant poverty and unemployment among the Roma populations in three cities of Bulgaria through an inter-ethnic and multi-sector cooperation initiative.

Improving the Management of Roma Initiatives

Partners helped strengthen local capacity and bolster inter-ethnic interaction to promote more sustainable conflict management and community development among the Roma populations in Slovakia.

Preventing and Managing Local Conflict

Partners help to develop Conciliation Commissions for ethnic conflict prevention and management between the Roma and other ethnic groups in Slovakia.

Building Ethnic Conciliation Commissions

Supporting Roma integration in the Czech Republic through encouraging participation and conflict resolution.

Integration of Roma citizens

Partners helped bring down the wall in the town of Usti nad Labem, literally and figuratively, where Roma citizens faced serious discrimination and alienation in their own country.

Developing Mediation Services in a Post-Violent Environment

Partners founded Partners-Kosovo in spring 2001 and established a community-based mediation service to resolve local disputes and assist in stabilizing the province.

Applying Collaborative Processes in Former Comunist Countries

by Kinga Goncz and Raymond Shonholtz, IAP2: Improving the Practice, First Quarter 2000.

Managing Conflict Through Cooperative Planning: Partners Hungary's Work on Majority- Minority (Roma) Tensions

by Lara Olson, Reflecting on Peace Practices, September 2000.