We believe that every child has infinite potential and an inner power to grow.We believe that school can be the place where children are the protagonists of their own learning — a place of emotional safety and the confidence to go beyond their limits, a place of authentic collaboration between children, teachers, and parents, a place of real development. A place of the only sustainable kind of learning: the learning that comes from within. With these beliefs, the Parents in Dialogue Association began its first projects in 2015. The experiential pedagogy we discovered together with our partners from the Netherlands and Belgium gave us the strength to bring a dream to life: the authorization of Babel Primary School (August 2016).
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Since then, the Parents in Dialogue Association has welcomed teachers and parents inspired by a different kind of education. Babel Primary School has grown into Babel School and High School, and our Association’s projects have reached more and more teachers, parents, and children in Timișoara and across Romania. Local, national, and international partners have joined us — all sharing our belief that real change begins from within: within each person, each classroom, and each community. 

 

The Belgian and Dutch Centers for Experiential Learning (CEGO and Tweemonds), together with Eromes Marko (www.eromesmarko.ro), the oldest school furniture company in the Netherlands with a European mission to support innovation in learning spaces, have supported our bold project — the construction from the ground up and full equipment of the first experiential school in Romania. The final stage of this project is the construction and furnishing of the new high school building, planned for completion in April 2027.

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Since September 2022, Babel School and High School, together with the Center for Experiential Learning Training, have become a space of inspiration and community for teachers and parents both locally and nationally — a space that exemplifies how the school of the future in Romania could look and function. 

 

We believe that true learning is built from within the system. That is why we have chosen to support systemic change by becoming members of the Coalition for Education, alongside 20 other non-governmental organizations in Romania’s education sector. Change happens with every teacher, every parent inspired to rediscover their mission. Together. 
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The creation of Babel School and High School involves the entire community of children, parents, teachers, and friends of Babel. That is why Babel School and High School is a shared dream that has become a shared reality. We wish to acknowledge and honor the efforts of those who continue to support us in this new phase of our project. 

 

Donations between 500 and 1,500 RON - In addition to having your name featured in the “New Home Friends” artistic collage displayed at the entrance of the new building, you will receive a small, useful object created by the children of Babel School and High School from LEGO pieces, during the Product Design Workshop (June 1, 2026).

 

Donations between 1,500 and 4,500 RON - In addition to your name being featured in the “New Home Friends” collage, you will receive a useful object produced with a 3D printer, created by the teenagers of Babel School and High School during the Product Design Workshop supported by Eromes Marko, the school furniture company, on June 1, 2026.

 

Donations over 4,500 RON - Along with your name in the “New Home Friends” collage, you will receive an innovative piece of furniture produced by Eromes Marko,  (https://eromesmarko.nl/producten/bloxi/)

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Our Journey

has been made possible with the support of

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Local Partners: Asociația Învățătorilor Bănățeni, NGO InEdu, Educația la Sat, Hambarul cu Carte, Centrul Cultural Ambasada, Faber, Greenfeel, Fundația Comunitară Timișoara, Școala de Circ, Librarul cu Papion, Honorary Consulate of the Netherlands in Timișoara, Politehnica University of Timișoara, West University of Timișoara
 
National Partners: Romanian Association for Nonviolent Communication (ACNV), Belgian Chamber of Commerce (members since 2020), Zburd Schools Association, Association for Values in Education (AVE), Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Romania, The Open Network (TON), Coalition for Education
 
Internațional Partners: ADR Vlaanderen, Romanian-Belgian Forum, Center for Wellbeing and Engagement – Tweemonds (Netherlands), Center for Experiential Learning of the University of Leuven – CEGO (Belgium), Nonviolent Communication in Education Network, Democratic School of Amsterdam, Rebel Education, Wilma van Esch, Penny Vine, Nonviolent Communication in Education Network.

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