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  The ongoing a second day already rain and snow in the area of the municipality Etropole created many difficulties for the residents of Etropole.  The situation in the town is dire after the heavy snowfall on January 7-8, 2012. The snow cover there reached nearly 80 inches in the most areas of the town and in the surrounding villages there is no electricity. In the first day of the new week instead starting work the residents of Etropole came out to clear their handing shovels in hands. By the initiative of the...

Promoting Social Inclusion of Young People in Marginalized Rural Roma Communities  Description and requirements:The project is a two year initiative financed by the European Commission within PROGRESS Program. It is implemented by Center Amalipe in partnership with Liga pro Europa – Romania and National Roma Centrum – Macedonia (partners).The overall project objective is to combat the social exclusion of young people from marginalised Roma rural communities in Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia through developing and testing innovative community based services. The...

On its session on December 28, the Council of Ministers approved National Action Plan on Employment for 2012. It sets the priorities and main programs of the active labor market policy in Bulgaria for the next year. The Plan will be financed by the state budget with 73 mln BGN.   The suggestion of Center Amalipe for further extension of the National program “Activation of inactive people” that employs Roma labor mediators is included in the National Action Plan on Employment. In 2012 the existing Roma labor mediators will be re-employed and their salary will...

Center Amalipe wishes you Merry Christmas and a peaceful and happy New 2012 Year!  

At its summit on 21 December the Council of Ministers adopted the National Strategy for Roma Integration and the adherent Action Plan for its implementation. A Program Plan has also been adopted in support of the National Strategy for Roma Integration, which will be financed with EU and state budget funds within the current and the next programming period. The strategic goal of NSRI is to create conditions for equal integration of Roma and Bulgarian nationals from other vulnerable ethnic groups living in disadvantaged social and economic conditions by providing equal opportunities...