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From: E-Civis Association

To: People's Advocate

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Health

Petition

Subscribed E-Civis Association, a non-governmental association whose aim is to promote and defend the rights of Romanian citizens, we would like to inform you that the Joint Order issued by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health on measures to organize work in educational establishments/institutions on 7 March 2021 violates the provisions of Articles 34 and 35 of the Romanian Constitution with regard to the rights of pre-school children and primary school students:

– rights and freedoms infringed:

ARTICLE 34
(1) The right to health protection is guaranteed.

2. The State shall be obliged to take measures to ensure hygiene and public health.

ARTICLE 35
(1) The State recognises the right of every person to a healthy and environmentally balanced environment.

2. The State shall provide the legislative framework for the exercise of that right.

(3) Natural and legal persons have a duty to protect and improve the environment.

We base our petition on the following arguments:

1. In the context that the infection rate passes 3 per thousand in a locality, classes in which more than 15 children learn can no longer be considered a healthy environment.
2. Without a justified review of the conditions for the consideration of a community at epidemiological risk, carried out by health professionals, I consider that the issuance of the abovementioned Common Order represents an excess of power. The two issuing ministries of the joint order acted in violation of the rights and freedoms of the pupils and their parents, referred to in Articles 34 and 35 of the Constitution.
3. There is no rational justification for the measures ordered because different legal treatments are established for similar situations.

We call, on the basis of Articles 34 and 35 of the Romanian Constitution, for the establishment of rules allowing pre-school children, primary school pupils and their parents to decide what is best for the safety of their children and their families and not to impose a decision that may expose them to SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.

E-Civis Association launches today, February 20, the most innovative civic education program in Romania, but not only. Starting from the practical experience of the organization and the premise that civic education is a fairly abstract and complex subject for children, E-Civis combines in the framework of the Civic Education Project 4.0 both the extensive experience in the civic field and the knowledge of recent years in the field of digital education.

Basically, Civic Education 4.0 is a pilot project to use follow the line robots to explain concepts and to help internalize information about public institutions in Romania and public budgets by youth. This pilot will be conducted within the #RoboHub – the digital education space of the E-Civis Association – and in schools in Ilfov, Pitesti, Focşani, Constanţa.

“The E-Civis Association was founded on an idea in which we firmly believe: technology is a tool – it depends on us how we use it. We use it in digital education projects to give equal opportunities to technology and access to the labor market of the future for all children, and in the framework of the Civic Education 4.0 project to transmit information, relatively difficult to understand and remember to young people. “– Ana-Maria Stancu, president of the E-Civis Association.

The Civic Education 4.0 project has a duration of 6 months, is conducted in partnership with the Foundation for the Right to Education and is carried out with the financial support of the Civic Innovation Fund, a programme developed by the Foundation for civil society Development in Partnership with Romanian-American Foundation and supported by Enel Romania and Ursus Breweries.

For further information please contact Ana-Maria Stancu, president of the E-Civis Association, on the phone: 0721 678 764 or e-mail: ana-maria@e-civis.eu.

In the period 20-22 March 2019 the capital of Romania will host for the first time the most prestigious event in the field of robotics in Europe. The tenth edition of the European Robotics Forum will take place at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, will gather over 700 robotics experts from around the world and will be organized over 50 workshops on various topics related to robotics or Related areas of robotics, such as:

• Innovative robots for the automotive industry
• Robots in the agriculture industry,
• Robotics and Big Data,
• Robotics and A.I.,
• Ethics in the field of robotics,
• Security, etc.

The event, which takes place for the first time in a country in Eastern Europe, is organized under the High Patronage of the President of Romania and under the patronage of the Romanian Presidency at the Council of the European Union. By hosting the European Robotics Forum, Romania sends a clear message regarding the interest and capacity of our country to be an important player in the field of future technologies and especially robotics.

The forum is also a good opportunity for the entrepreneurial and innovation community in Romania to manifest its desire and willingness to be part of a European Union that supports new technologies and is ready to keep up with them To make them for the benefit of its citizens.

Full information about the event is available on the website: www.erf2019.eu, and the program of the 50 work-shops of robotics and related domains, can be consulted here: https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/upload/erf2019/programme-erf-2019_21.01.20191.pdf

For further details, the contact person is Ana-Maria Stancu, President of the Association

E-Civis, local event organizer, Phone: 0721 678 764 E-mail: ana-maria@e-civis.eu.

About Eurobotics and SPARC

Eurobotics is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels that aims to develop robotics for the benefit of the European economy and society. With over 250 members, EuRobotics offers the robotic community the tool called SPARC, collaboration in public/private partnership with the European Commission. (www.eu-robotics.net)

SPARC, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the European Commission and Eurobotics, is a European initiative to support and develop European leadership in the civil robotics industry. Its aim is to position strategic European robotics in the world, thus bringing major benefits for the European economy and society.

SPARC is the world’s largest research and innovation programme in the field of civil robotics, with 700 million Euro funding from the European Commission in the period 2014 – 2020 tripled by European industry, thus reaching a total investment of 2.8 billion of the Euro. SPARC will continue to stimulate and support a community in the increasingly vibrant and efficient robotics that collaborates with a view to developing successful technological transfer and commercial exploitation in all regions. (WWW.EU-ROBOTICS.NET/SPARC).