Integrated measures for Roma inclusion and empowerment in municipality of Blagoevgrad

The current project is aimed at Roma people living on the territory of Blagoevgrad municipality , enumerating 5100 persons. Among ethnic minorities and especially among the Roma population, there are various factors fostering poverty - early school leaving, low education, long-term unemployment and lack of work habits, limited employment opportunities, poor living conditions, lack of access to health, social and educational services. The project proposal envisages the implementation of integrated measures and will cover many cases and will try to solve problems related to improving health status, reducing poverty, unfavorable environment and housing, lifestyle and more. The project will help facilitate access to education and health care and employment for members of the Roma community and will help to overcome the risk of social exclusion and discrimination. A mobile health office equipped with medical equipment will be provided. Infrastructure activities are planned for the construction of a Community center and for waste collection. The results of the implementation of the project activities will contribute to increasing the level of acceptance of the Roma by the majority in the municipality. For this purpose, information campaigns are planned for both the Roma people and the majority. The project was developed with the active participation of the Roma community in Blagoevgrad municipality, the municipality and the partner NGOs. On the basis of the performed needs analysis is defined a set of related and complementary measures. Activities for exchange of experience with the donor countries are also envisaged, which will also contribute to the achievement of the defined goals. The project provides for measures for information and publicity to promote the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014 - 2021. The duration of the project is 24 months.

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