PataCluj news 05, june2015 en f

June 2015 05_NEWSLETTER JUNE: Month of cultural activities

Past events The employment team attended the the National Conference of Clusters June started with the participation of the members of the project’s employment team at the National Conference of Clusters, named “Clusters - Innovative Business Models”, which took place on June 4th and 5th, at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASMV) in Cluj-Napoca and at the Casino, Center for Urban Culture.

During the conference, the Pata-Cluj project was presented and new connections were made in order to find jobs for the members of the Pata Rât communities. The participants from the agricultural domain were the most interested in the project. The conference was organized by the AgroTransilvania Cluster, the Transilvanyan Furniture Cluster, Aries Transilvania, ClujIT, and Clustero, and a plenary meeting was held in the Aula Magna of UASMV, on the topic of “the role of clusters in the generation of innovative business models”. You can find more details about the event here, while more information on our employment thread can be accessed on the Pata-Cluj webpage - thread #8: employment opportunities.

Cultural activities at the Mobile Unit in Pata Rât In June, two events on urban furniture design and construction were organized at the Mobile Unit in Pata Rât, on June 6th and 12th. During the two days of bricolage, approximately 50 people contributed to the creation of a 40 m2 sun shelter, 10 couches, and 5 tables made out of Euro-pallets. The Great Construction type of events are aimed to fulfill the community’s need of a space for socialization and interaction. The two events, which correspond to the thread #5: social cohesion and thread #6: social identity through cultural participation, are considered cultural events which precede and prepare the launch of a call for culture (more information on this in the next newsletter). You can find photos from the two activities, as well as more details about them, on the project’s website and on the Facebook pages of the Great Construction 1 and the Great Construction 2.

Biroul MecanismulFinanciar Str Joseph II 12-16 (adresa poștală) Bd du Régent 47-48 (adresa fizică) B-1000 Bruxelles www.norwaygrants.org

sau www.norwaygrants-povertyalleviation.org © EEA și Granturile Norvegiene, Biroul Mecanismului Financiar, 2015

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Related events – networking The Pata-Cluj project was well-received at the International Conference for Restorative Practices A delegation of 12 people attended the International Conference for Restorative Practices “From dream to reality”, organized by the International Institute for Restorative Practices, in Budapest, from June 10th till 12th. At the conference a special section was allocated for the project’s presentation on June 11th. The presentation lasted approximately 50 minutes (you can find a short English transcript here), and was prepared and held by Eva Fahlström Borg, and the project team. You can access more information on the conference, as well as the feed-back on the Photo credits to Kay Kyungsun Yu, conference project’s presentation on the Pata-Cluj website, participant under the events section http://www.patacluj.ro/?p=1307. More details about the project’s resorative approach, and the methods of implementing the restorative practices, can be found on the website under thread #4: more security for the community.

Future events The Great Construction 3 will take place in Dallas As a follow-up of the two sessions of urban furniture design and craft that took place at the Mobile Unit at the beginning of June, the Dallas inhabitants sent a request to organize another similar activity within their community.

During a week, between June 29th July 3rd a couple ofmeetings with the community will be held, with the participation of three architects, in order to establish the community’s needs that this activity should meet. The Great Construction 3 will take place in Dallas, on July 6th and 7th, starting at 9 a.m. More details about the event will soon be available on our website, under the events tab, and on the Pata-Cluj Facebook page.

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Iunie 2015 05_BULETIN INFORMATIV Anna, our colleague, participates in an annual feminist conference of the Szeged University with a paper on Pata Rât Anna was accepted to the 11th edition of the “Language, Ideology, Media” Annual Conference (NYIM), held by the Szeged University, from September 25 th to 26th, with a paper on the phenomenon of aging among women of Pata Rât. You can find more information on the conference here.

Announcements for the community Monthly photo sessions for identity documents On the last Monday of each month, photo sessions for identity documents for members of the Pata Rât community are held during the working schedule of the social documents team. The next session starts at 12 a.m. at the Mobile Unit. Approximately 80 people showed up for the first two photo sessions, which were held on May 25th and June 29th. To find the dates for the next sessions, please check the Mobile Unit’s activities calendar posted on the project’s website http://www.patacluj.ro/calendar/.

The employment team is enrolls youth in four training courses Between July 1st and 15th applications are open for four training courses, offered by the “Phoenix” Postsecondary Institute and Habitat for Humanity Cluj, in partnership with the Patrons’ and Craftsmen’ of Cluj Association. More information on the available courses and the application process can be found on the website under the community announcements tab.

Pata-Cluj project fully named ‘Social interventions for the de-segregation and social inclusion of vulnerable groups in Cluj Metropolitan Area, including the disadvantaged Roma’ is implemented by the Cluj Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association, in partnership with Community Association of Roma from Coastei, Habitat for Humanity Cluj and AltArt Foundation. With a total budget of 2.079.500 Euro the project is financed through the ‘Poverty Alleviation Program’, by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014.

Biroul MecanismulFinanciar Str Joseph II 12-16 (adresa poștală) Bd du Régent 47-48 (adresa fizică) B-1000 Bruxelles www.norwaygrants.org

sau www.norwaygrants-povertyalleviation.org © EEA și Granturile Norvegiene, Biroul Mecanismului Financiar, 2015

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*** On the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (Norway Grants) Through the Norway Grants and EEA Grants, Norway contributes to reducing social and economic disparities and to strengthening bilateral relations with the beneficiary countries in Europe. Norway cooperates closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

For the period 2009-14, Norway’s contribution is ₏1.7 billion. Grants are available for NGOs, research and academic institutions, and the public and private sectors in the 12 newest EU member states, Greece, Portugal and Spain. There is broad cooperation with Norwegian entities, and activities may be implemented until 2016. Key areas of support are environmental protection and climate change, research and scholarships, civil society, health and children, gender equality, justice and cultural heritage.

The content of this material does not necessarily presents the official position of Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014.

Camelia Badea Communications coordinator for the Pata-Cluj project Tel.: 0786/375825 E-mail: camelia@patacluj.ro patacluj@gmail.com Website: www.patacluj.ro

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| 05_BULETIN INFORMATIV Iunie 2015