Funeral Rudi Sarközi

In deep and sincere sorrow the FAIR FUTURE team (Ausserwinkler, Mandl, Lienhart) adopted a longtime friend and supporter - Chairman of the National Minority Advisory Council of the Roma Prof. Rudolf Sarközi.

At the adoption at the Vienna Central Cemetery, the head of the federal and state policy participated. Besides President Heinz Fischer, Doris Bures and Werner Faymann, Hans Niessl and Christian Illedits took part. The actual funeral was - according to the wishes of the deceased - a few days later.

Dear Rudi, we thank you for your support and will always carry you in our hearts.

Foto © ORF/Gaby Schwarz

Vienna/March 2016/Ausserwinkler, Mandl, Lienhart

Erasmus+ Forum „Inclusion and Education“

Erasmus+ Forum: Five countries clear up prejudice and discrimination. 35 projects prove as an example that there is another way!

The FAIR FUTURE Team (Mandl, Lienhart) was invited to the Erasmus+ Forum "Inclusion and Education" with representatives of the Erasmus+ National Agencies from Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Belgium and Austria with 300 promoters and interested parties from all four sectors of education (school education, vocational training , higher education and adult education). Experiences with good practice projects were exchanged, common solutions discussed and possible future project partners found.

We thank the OEAD for the invitation and congratulate to the successful event!

Vienna/March 2016/Mandl&Lienhart

Austrian-Croatian friendship

Mag. Ratko Aralica, our longtime friend and responsible in Croatia, came in March 2016 to a working meeting to Graz. Aim >> future activities in Croatia.

Graz/March 2016/Mandl

Cooperation Malteser

The Malteser Austria (DI Mensdorff, Schuschniggof) invited the FAIR FUTURE Team (Mandl, Lienhart) to Vienna to discuss common perspectives and to plan further steps.

We would warmly like to thank the Malteser not only for the appointment, but also for the invitation of a group of Roma children from the FAIR FUTURE project in their annual summer camp on Lake Neusiedl.

Vienna/March 2016/Mandl&Lienhart

Meeting city of Graz > Economics Department

After the successful symposium on "Refugees in the economy" organized by the City of Graz, EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS (Spiegl, Mandl, Lienhart) had a meeting with the Economics Department of the City of Graz (Keimel, Darvishzadeh).The FAIR FUTURE training concept with focus on agriculture and economy was presented and next steps and aspects were discussed.

Finally, Mag. Keimel and Mag. Darvishzadeh were invited to the upcoming FAIR FUTURE workshop.

Graz/February 2016/EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS

DEPART organisationmeeting Maribor

The FAIR FUTURE TEAM (Mandl, Boric, Lienhart) met Gordana Kolesaric of the municipality of Maribor and Mr Stefan Simovic representatives of Roma NGOs and the Roma cafe to discuss all the details for the upcoming DEPART Conference in the University of Maribor.

The conference is the first in a series of five conferences which is organized by EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS on behalf of the city of Graz >> in conjunction with 8 international partners under the title DEPART.

>>>DEPART WEBSITE

Maribor/February 2016/Boric, Mandl, Lienhart

Cooperationmeeting AMS Styria

In February two very innovative talks between the head of AMS Styria and EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS took place. The aim of the talks were possibilities of cooperation for a job board - details will follow.

Graz/February 2016/EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS

Preparation meeting DEPART Conference in Pecs

Also in January 2016, we were able to fix the third date for the DEPART conference in Pecs on education for Roma - Mag Istvan Decsi from the council of Pecs, DI Alf Boric and Markus Mandl discussed the key points of the proposed conference. Furthermore the possible extension of the cooperation with FAIR FUTURE was discussed.

Pecs/January 2016/Mandl&Boric

Preparation meeting DEPART Conference in Koprivnica

In January 2016 there was a friendly meeting with the city of Koprivnica in Croatia. Iva Svirčić Borštnar, dipl. prof., univ.spec.oec. and Markus Mandl discussed the upcoming conference within the project DEPART and further cooperation opportunities between Graz and Koprivnica.

Koprivnica/January 2016/Mandl

Preparation meeting DEPART Conference in Maribor

In mid-January 2016, we had a preparation meeting for the upcoming DEPART Conference on Housing for Roma in April 2016 with Gordana Kolesaric from the municipality of Maribor - conference, keynotes, speakers, catering, aso

Marburg/January/Mandl

FAIR FUTURE garlic in Slovakia

Visiting the FAIR FUTURE garlic field in Lovcica Trubin in Slovakia.

We look forward to a plentiful harvest.

Big thanks go to Jana Tomova and her entire team of trainers and workers.

Lienhart/April 2016/Lovcica Trubin

Obituary Prof. Rudolf Sarközi

Sorrowful we have to announce the passing of our esteemed honorary member Prof. Rudolf Sarközi.

We were allowed to go part of the way together with him and enjoyed his honest, human and caring mode of thinking and acting very much. His pragmatic and wise approach in important troubleshooting was always very welcome for his discussion and project partners. His personal modesty awarded him and has very often contributed to success.

Prof. Rudolf Sarközi accompanied EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS almost from the first months with continuous constructive help and advice, we will miss him greatly and we will always keep him in honoring remembrance. Our deepest condolences go to his family and his ethnic group for which he really could achieve a lot.

The board of EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS

Lienhart / March 2016 / Graz