"General background of the project:According to experts in few years the Roma question becomed an interior problem of the European Union, and can not be leaved only on those nations which deal with integrity problems. Critical social and financial background of gypsies threats the social cohesion of the whole Community, and slows down the fight against extreme poverty stated in the Lisbon Process. There is an urgent need of innovative initiatives, cooperation and synchronization among citizens, stakeholders, educational experts, civil organisations, public institutes, right defender organisations, Roma groups, decision makers and political parties of all Member States in any levels to work out effective solutions and strategy plans. Most of the initiatives trying to solve problems derive from decision-makers and professional institutes – however there are big tensions, prejudices, negative experiences, aggression and fears among citizens themselves. This is why project provided a bottom-up approach generated among minority and majority inhabitants of local communities, reinforcing communication among concerned citizens, leaving them to express their points of views, individual and social needs and feelings face to face in one space at the same time. The project raises awareness on the importance of communication and understanding, which is necessary for solving problems, for creating innovative solutions and finding new pathways. It applies an alternative informal, non-formal teaching approach to release tensions, to make the confrontation acceptable, treating and interpreting the whole process as a theater performance or a game. Interactive Theater Games creates opportunities of forming strong working relationships among Roma and majority citizens, knowing better each other, decreasing prejudices and segregation. The actions were implemented by thematic workshops, debates, focus group discussions and information campaigns enhancing participants' knowledge on possibilities of active citizenship; their reflection on EU values and rights, identifying problems and focusing on opportunities and perspectives provided by the EU. Further opinion polls and debates encourage citizens to share and list their views on Roma issues, their suggestions, fears, preconceptions, their putative barriers and opportunities regarding to integrity problems.Within the project the following activities were implemented : 1) Data-collection in local communities examining Roma and majority citizens’ points of views, attitudes, prejudices, innervation about various integrity problems through thematic surveys, interviews and focus group discussions. 2) Data analysis evaluating results of data gathering, forming Interactive Theater Games (performances) and scenario descriptions from them. 3) Interactive Theater Games in heterogeneous local communities involving Roma and majority citizens, performing a problem situation and generating a Conflict Room, where participants can finish the scenario with their own solutions and suggestions in an improvisation way. 4) Facilitator training on national levels training peer facilitators (Roma and majority pairs) to be able to generate Interactive Theater Games in their local communities, leading Conflict Rooms and treating arising problems. Two following TWO INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS have been created in the project:1. A Methodology Book (IO1) collecting Interactive Theatre Game descriptions, introducing their aims, objectives, structure and conditions for further use for indirect target groups facing minority problems;2. A Training Thematic material (""Facilitators framework""; IO2) collecting and describing modules of skills development for teaching further facilitators to be able to lead Interactive Theater Games.Two BLENDED MOBILITIES have been implemented in the project:1. A thematic workshop session collecting national description lists of Interactive Theatre Games, completing them with further ideas and modifying them according to experiences of national try-outs (Vico Equense, C1);2. An International Training of Facilitators examining the final compilation of Training Thematic and Methodology Book in practice (Polvidiv, C2).An international MULTIPLIER EVENTS (E1; E2; E3; E4) have been implemented in the project, that introduced stakeholders and target groups with project results and intellectual outputs of the project."

Many times we feel European Community far away from our everyday's life, from our working contexts, from familiar problems, from bad marks, from our relationships and little fights with circumstances or marvellous enemies, etc. We hardly think about educational policies, horizontal issues, programme objectives or decision makers during our shopping, surfing on internet, watching TV or making phone calls. In spite of our unconsciousness, rules and decisions work behind all our steps and activities, and we usually lead our lives according to general European values keeping us among social barriers approved by even us. The project brings these basic European values such as human rights, tolerance, solidarity, fight against racism and xenophobia, equal opportunities, cultural diversity etc. closer (more conscious) to participants' everyday life by fostering dialogues and art activities related to them. The project raises awareness of preferably youth target groups on norms and rules of active, conscious European citizenship with the help of exciting mass art actions focusing on well visible objects of the environment (for further dissemination), involving at least 5 cities or bigger districts of each participating countries. The actions are followed by thematic workshops, debates, focus group discussions and information campaigns enhancing participants' knowledge on possibilities of active (youth) citizenship; their reflection on EU values and rights, identifying problems such as youth unemployment, and focusing on opportunities and perspectives provided by the EU. Further opinion polls and debates encourage youngsters and citizens as indirect target groups to share and list their views of how to improve their well-beings, collecting their expectations, their fears, their preconceptions, their putative barriers and opportunities regarding to European Community. The project foresees END PRODUCTS such as a.) well-visible painted objects introducing EU logos and European thoughts in at least 5 cities of each country (20 locations), b.) debates, focus group discussions, interviews and opinion polls with local community members in these locations, c.) national short movies and video clips introducing local community members' opinions and suggestions in native language. Three further international INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS summarize and structuring results and end products of the project: a) A well-visible painted surface as a work of art created by an international team of youngsters and indirect target groups interactively; commercializing European thoughts and logos for a long-term period for wide publicb.) A Comparative Case Study collecting and analyzing results of national debates, opinion polls and focus group discussions; producing a sort of SWOT analysis and suggestion-list for relevant decision-makers and youth workers,c.) An International Promotional Movie summarizing and analyzing interviews and results of national short movies about local community members' opinions and suggestions. The main movie as a modern video-clip and work of art provides an information transfer about European issues enjoyable for young X and Z generations; and also provides a sort of digital SWOT analysis towards relevant decision makers. Two international MULTIPLIER EVENTS assure further effective dissemination of results for the project:a.) An Art Flash-mob in a well-visited metropolis (Rome) producing one of the intellectual outputs in front of public, as a modern way of raising awareness campaign and innovative information transfer.b.) An International Exhibition Opening and Press Conference accompanied by thematic workshops and seminars for direct and indirect target groups.All the activities are based on intercultural dialogue between participants, respecting cultural diversity and related to basic values of the EU; fostering a sense of ownership of the European Union among its citizens. 4 countries participate in the project.