During the past months, the town witnessed some tensions between the Roma and the non-Roma that led to a point in which a petition was sent to the municipality demanding the removal of some illegal Roma houses. As a result of the dialogue and community actions, the Bulgarian residents in the neighborhood retracted their petition from the municipality.
Since October 2013 until July 2017, ROMACT has been implemented in 123 municipalities, generating over 25 000000 € through inclusive projects for approx. 65 000 beneficiaries, with an average investment of 25 000 € per municipality per year.
The ROMACT team in Slovakia organised a unique National Training Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship. The 3-day training was attended by 17 municipal representatives from a variety of regions and community action groups from 6 ROMACT participant municipalities . The training focused on core ideas to support the added value of social enterprises for local administrations, regional administrations, and municipal residents.
This call aims to co-fund working visits as part of the ROMACT Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building Component, which aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular non-nationals of Roma ethnicity.
It aims to co-fund national projects aimed at assisting National Support Teams with the implementation of the ROMACT methodology.
Sighisoara, Marasesti, Tarnaveni and Vulcan have recently been notified that they were successful in their bids under the European Social Fund’s Human Capital Grants.
Representatives from Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden are currently in Buzau, Romania to assess the situation of Roma and exchange practice and experience with their Romanian counterparts in the field of education, employment, social inclusion and health.
The Council of Europe is organising a call for tenders for consultancy services for the provision of intercultural trainings and mediation trainings.
Consultants will support the implementation of ROMACT Programme by providing consultancy services on various topics.
The Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building component of the ROMACT programme (ROMACT TCC) aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular non-nationals of Roma ethnicity.
