20.11.2017Final Conference within the SERCo project was held in Athens
On November 03 th – 05 th 2017 representatives of CIDT "Amalipe" participated in a work meeting and a final conference, organized by the University of Piraeus Research Centre (UPRC), Greece, within the project "SERCO - Social entrepreneurship in a Roma community in Athens, Greece.
The SERCo project aims to address the problem of social and economic inclusion of Roma communities in the partner countries by applying the concept of social economy as an innovative solution to reducing the risk of poverty and to enhancing entrepreneurship.
The work meeting was held at Airotel Stratos Vassilokos, Athens and during it project partners specified the final details for the final conference.
The final conference was for “Promoting social entrepreneurship in vulnerable groups” and was held on the 04th of November 2017. Greek Special Secretary for Social Integration of Roma, the Greek Special Secretary for Social and Solidarity Economy, Head of the Department of Planning, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies at the Ministry of Labor in Greece, the president of the Roma Association “Elitho” and other officials were invited to participate.
Also a round table on "Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship and the Role of Public Administration" was organized.
During the conference, project partners presented their main activities and the results achieved, the difficulties and challenges encountered during the implementation of the project.
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