With 10 to 12 million members, Roma are the biggest ethnic minority in Europe. A relevant reason for their permanent discrimination is their low education level. Due to that the disadvantages are especially obvious in the education sector. A real segregation exists. Of course, actual education deficits, discrimination, prejudices and clichés of the majority population as well as missing motivation, self-chosen isolation and the lack of self-knowledge of Roma are responsible for their limited access to education and employment.
Within the framework of the European project Erasmus+ “ROMINKO Competence Balance – an innovative instrument for recording, assessing and acknowledging informally and non-formally acquired competences of Roma for the promotion of their professional orientation, career planning and employability”, 4th transnational meeting took place in Buzau of Romania. The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development and Oikokoinonia, the two Greek organizations, in collaboration with the other partners from Germany, Hungary, Romania and France evaluated the tools that have been used for recording, recognition of formal and informal skills of Roma to enable them to join the labor market.
