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14.04.2010Flyer "OP Human Resources Development and Roma integration in Bulgaria” was presented in Cordoba

During the Second Roma Summit, held in Cordoba, Spain on 7 and 8 April Deyan Kolev (Chairman of Center Amalipe) presented the flyer "Operational Programme Human Resources Development and integration of Roma in Bulgaria”. The Flyer examines the strengths and weaknesses in the design and implementation of the Human Resources Development OP in terms of support for the process of Roma integration and participation of Roma themselves. Specific figures on the implementation of the program across its Priority axes in 2007-2009 were indicated The brief analysis of the figures...

12.04.2010Launching a national survey on the problems of early marriages among Roma

On 9, 10 and 11 April Center Amalipe conducted a training of interviewers to carry out a survey among Roma community on the issue of early marriages. The training was conducted by Alexei Pamporov sociologist, member of the Institute for Sociology at BAS who had developed the questionnaire for the survey. The study is part of Preventing forced marriages project funded by the European Commission, under the Daphne Programme III 2007-2013, Contract № JLS/2008/DAP3/AG/1298-30-CE-03124780080. It will be conducted nationwide covering all Roma sub-groups with special emphasis on...

11.04.2010FRA Round table with Romani and Travellers women activists 'On a Road to Equality'

On the eve of the International Roma Day (8 April) and the Second European Roma Summit, the Fundamental Rights Agency held a round table with Romani and Traveller women networks in Córdoba (Spain). The aim of the meeting “On a Road to Equality” was to provide space for Romani and Traveller women to discuss the gender dimensions of inequality and in particular how to promote the gender dimension in the agenda of the II Roma Summit and EU policies in general. The roundtable brought together representatives from the European Commission, the Fundamental Rights...

11.04.2010Second EU Roma Summit

The Second EU Roma Summit took place on 8th and 9th April in the city of Cordoba, Spain. It brought together leading politicians and public figures on whose actions the future of Roma integration depends on, more or less. The meeting was attended by the Vice-President and Commissioner for Human Rights Viviane Reding, Andor Laszlo, Commissioner for Employment, senior representatives of the European Commission and national governments of Member States, representatives of international Roma organizations. Center Amalipe was among the few national Roma organizations invited to participate...

08.04.2010European Commission urges Roma social inclusion

Roma communities, the European Union’s largest ethnic minority, continue to face persistent discrimination and segregation. The European Commission urged Member States in a report today to use EU funds for the social and economic integration of Roma. Ensuring these communities’ access to jobs and non-segregated education, housing and health services is vital to their social inclusion, the report said. The integration of the estimated 10 to 12 million Roma – a population as large as Belgium’s or Greece’s – is a joint responsibility of Member...
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