Roma are one of the most at risk groups of poverty and Roma children living in consistent poverty or ‘at risk of poverty’ are more exposed to deprivation and social marginalization and stigma as well.

Poverty has negative impacts on children’s health, social, emotional and cognitive development, behaviour and educational outcomes. Poverty puts an additional strain on families, which can lead to parental mental health and relationship problems, financial problems, social exclusion and segragation and substance misuse as well. Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.

The heaviest burden of poverty is usually borne by Roma children as the most fragile members of the community. Roma children living in extreme poverty are often caught in a cycle of transgenerational poverty.

Accordingly, the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization is organizing an international conference that aims to bring together representatives of the governmental and non-governmental sectors from various countries in the Danube region.

The conference will last two days. Each day, during the first part, various panels will be held, within which the speakers and lecturers will have the opportunity to present their presentations on the topic of poverty and education in the Republic of Serbia. The second part of the conference will be organized in the form of practical workshops where participants will work on specific challenges and propose solutions and recommendations for their mitigation and improvement in the countries of the Danube region.

According to the fact that this will be an international conference, the language will be English.

The conference will be held in the period of 22^th to 23^th  September 2022 in Novi Sad.

Please confirm your presence and / or one of your colleagues by filling out the questionnaire available at the link below: https://forms.gle/jPS3NdrG4BwtxY4L9

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

For participants outside of Serbia it will be provided acomodation in Novi Sad. Arrival day is 21th September wile departure is 24th September.

The final agenda for the conference will be sent after confirmation of all panelist and participants.

Contact for the conference:

1. Katalin Borbaš +38163646076
2. Milisav Milinković +38169707885
3. Bojana Tankosić +38162469650

e-mail: conference@ehons.org

Further information:

- Invitation Letter
- Draft Conference Agenda