Bistrita
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Bistrita is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-west Romania. It administers six villages: Sigmir, Slatina, Ghinda, Sărata, Unirea and Viişoara.
Roma population in Bistrita is unofficially about 3000 people mainly settled in Viişoara.
The Roma Counseling Office was created within the Bistrita Social Assistance Directorate to improve the situation of Roma citizens in Bistrita.
The ROMACT Process
ROMACT Process started in November 2018 with the signature of the Letter of Agreement.
Several training were provided:
Local Authorities representatives were trained/coached on :
* Accessing Structural and Cohesion Funds
* Project management
* Social assistance - working procedures for children with migrant parents
* Partnership management
* Expert for accessing structural & cohesion funds
* Public procurement expert
CAG members were coached/trained on:
* Start-up Nation project
* Community Development