Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) Regional Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

National Network
Romania
Address

7 Gheorghe Bratianu Street, Sector 1
Bucharest
Romania

Telephone
0040/212232465
Fax
0040/212600922
E-Mail
info@per.org.ro
E-Mail (2)
ioana.oprisan@per.org.ro
Mobile Phone
0040/728120468
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1993
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. Youth and education
General Information
Although it is a small organization, PER stands out when compared to other private organizations, having managed to bring together political leaders of ethnic groups in dialogue, thus contributing to the elaboration of concrete understandings and arrangements that have replaced possible ethnic violence with practical models of interethnic cooperation. Our main partners are the Department for Interethnic Relations, Government of Romania, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR).
Mission and Objectives

PER is a US-based international non-governmental organization with several offices in Central and Southeastern Europe that works towards improving ethnic relations in the region. PER has a long history of engagement in facilitating dialogue about important interethnic issues.
The PER Regional Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in Bucharest is a Romanian non-governmental organization, dedicated to the promotion of inter-ethnic dialogue , civic multiculturalism and fostering inter-ethnic peace in the wider area of Central, East and South East Europe

Main Projects / Activities

The role of research and teaching history in interethnic relations
The management of interethnic relations in education
Consolidating the interethnic tolerance in and through media
Combating prejudices and intolerance through intercultural dialogue
Roma in the XXI century. Roma policies, measures and outcomes in Europe
The EU and its neighborhood, Balkan, Black Sea region policy
New Approaches to the Issue of Minorities in the European Union

Contact (1) Full Name
Ioana Oprisan, Program Officer
Head of the organisation
Livia Plaks, President, Project on Ethnic Relations, Princeton, USA
Contact (2) Full Name
Elena Cruceru, Office Manager