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Capturing Progress: ROMACTED Third Advisory Group Meeting in Tirana
Central and local level programme beneficiaries, the European Union and Council of Europe representatives, and the local implementing teams met during the Third Advisory Group meeting, held in Tirana on 14 November 2019. Being a three-fold aim, the meeting served to discuss on the progress...
Second Advisory Group Meeting in Podgorica
The second Advisory Group Meeting of the ROMACTED Programme took place in Podgorica on 11 October 2019, bringing together the main relevant stakeholders at central level and the local teams of the eight partner municipalities. The aim of the meeting was to take stock on the advancement of the...
Summer school on youth participation
27 young Roma men and women from ROMACTED municipalities took part in the Summer school from 19 to 22 September in Novi Sad, the European Capital of Youth for the year 2019. This event was a part of ROMACTED activities in Serbia, implemented together with Coalition of Roma Youth of Serbia....
Deadline 19 August 2019
Vacancy Notice- ROMACTED Project Officer in the Council of Europe Office in Podgorica
In the framework of the European Commission and Council of Europe Joint Programme ROMACTED “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level”, the Council of Europe is opening a new vacancy for the Project Officer to be based in field office in Podgorica. Employment is on a part-time...
First Advisory Group meeting in Pristina
First ROMACTED Advisory Group Meeting in Kosovo* was held on 27 June, 2019 in Hotel Sirius Pristina. This event brought together relevant international and local stakeholders which included representatives from central government as well as representatives of 8 local government, Roma communities,...
Second Steering Committee meeting of the ROMACTED Programme
The meeting gathered together representatives from the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), the Council of Europe, the European Union Delegation to North Macedonia, representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the Cabinet of the Minister...
First Advisory Group Meeting in Belgrade
The First Advisory Group Meeting of the joint EU/CoE ROMACTED Programme took place in Belgrade on 30 May 2019. The event brought together the main relevant stakeholders at national and local level, the representatives of 11 local authorities and Roma communities, French Embassy in Serbia,...
First Advisory Group Meeting in Podgorica
The first Advisory Group Meeting of the ROMACTED Programme took place in Podgorica on 16 May 2019, bringing together the main relevant stakeholders at central level and the local teams of the eight partner municipalities. The aim of the meeting was to take stock on the advancement of the...
Second Advisory Group Meeting in Albania
The Second Advisory Group Meeting of the joint EU/CoE ROMACTED Programme took place in Tirana on 24 April 2019. The event brought together the main relevant stakeholders at central and local level, the local teams, European Union and Council of Europe representatives to discuss the progress of...
Events at a glance: International Roma Day 2019
In Tetovo (North Macedonia), the Support team organised a March of Dignity, which gathered community members and Roma CSO representatives. The March was followed by a football tournament and a cultural event. The municipality of Stip organised several activities in cooperation with the Community...
Brisilda Taco awarded as a Winner of the “Unknown Heroes” EU Award for Roma Integration in the Western Balkan and Turkey
Brisilda Taco, the nominee of the joint EU/CoE ROMACTED Programme was awarded with the second prize for the EU Award for Roma Integration in the Western Balkan and Turkey 2019. The “Unknown Heroes” award ceremony took place in Brussels on 19 March 2019. Building upon her extensive experience as a...
Developing Joint Action Plans for Roma Integration at Local Level in Albania
The second national workshop “Developing Joint Action Plans for Roma Integration at Local Level” of the joint EU/CoE ROMACTED Programme took place today in Tirana. It aimed at building the capacity of Albanian local authorities and Roma communities to prepare and implement plans and projects for...
First Advisory Group Meeting in Skopje
The first Advisory Group Meeting of the ROMACTED Programme took place in the premises of the EU Info Centre in Skopje on 5 February 2018, bringing together the main relevant stakeholders at central level and the local teams of the twelve partner municipalities. The aim of the meeting was to take...
Start of the consultations on secondary legislation for social housing in Albania
The Law on Social Housing in Albania was adopted in May 2018 and thus had marked an important development by setting up new standards on preventing forced eviction of vulnerable groups and introducing 5% quota for Roma beneficiaries per all the six housing programmes prescribed. In order to...
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Launching Conference of the ROMACTED Programme in Turkey
The Turkish Union of Municipalities is organising the Launching Conference of the Joint CoE/EU Programme ROMACTED “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level” on 12 December 2018 at 09.30 a.m. at the Green Park Ankara Hotel in Ankara, with the support of the ROMACTED Team in...
ROMACTED Programme in Albania
First Advisory Group Meeting in Tirana
The Annual Advisory Group Meeting of the ROMACTED Programme took place at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in Tirana on 13 November 2018, bringing together the main relevant stakeholders at central level and the local teams of the seven partner municipalities. The aim of the meeting...
ROMACTED Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina
First Advisory Group Meeting and training for Roma mediators and municipal officials
The first ROMACTED Advisory Board Meeting was conducted on 26 October in Sarajevo, with the support of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees. Assistant to the Minister, Ms Saliha Djuderija, together with the Roma representatives, municipal officials and delegated contact points, discussed the...
ROMACTED Programme in the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Stekeholders Coordination Meeting
A coordination meeting with stakeholders was organised in the framework of the ROMACTED Programme on 25 October in the premises of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy in Skopje.The purpose of the meeting was to bring together international organisations, embassies, Roma Non-Governmental...
DEADLINE: 3 SEPTEMBER 2018
Call for Contributions to the Factsheets on Romani history and culture
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS to the Factsheets on Romani history and culture The factsheets aim to provide basic information on the history and culture of the Roma for a wider audience including teachers, students, decision-makers, experts working on topics related to Roma and all others interested...
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Turkey
ROMACTED CALL FOR TENDERS: FACILITATORS AND EXPERTS
The Council of Europe has launched a Call for Tenders (Facilitators and Experts) for the provision of consultancy services on the inclusion of Roma at local and regional level in the seven beneficiaries within the framework of the ROMACTED Programme on “Promoting good governance and Roma...
ROMACTED in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: progress at a glance
ROMACTED Support Team in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" has undergone through number of intensive interventions in the first six months of 2018. The process was carried out both at the community and institutional levels in the eight municipalities, by Roma Democratic Development...
ROMACTED in Serbia: Progress at a glance
ROMACTED Support Team in Serbia has undergone through number of intensive interventions in the first six months of 2018. The process was carried out both at the community and institutional levels in the ten self-government units, by the Association of Coordinators for Roma Issues (Support...
Launching of the ROMACTED Programme to support Roma integration at local level
The Joint Council of Europe and European Union Programme, ROMACTED: Promoting Good Governance and Roma Empowerment at Local Level, was officially launched in Podgorica on 17 July. The signing ceremony of the Memoranda of Understanding between the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, local...
ROMACTED in Kosovo*: Progress at a glance
ROMACTED Support Team in Kosovo has undergone through number of intensive interventions in the first six months of 2018. The process was carried out both at the community and institutional levels in the eight municipalities, by Advancing Together (Support organisation), as well as the pool of...
ROMACTED in Bosnia and Herzegovina: progress at a glance
ROMACTED Support Team in Bosnia and Herzegovina has undergone through number of intensive interventions in the first six months of 2018. The process was carried out both at the community and institutional levels in the ten self-government units, by Centar za podršku Roma "Romalen" Kakanj (Support...
ROMACTED in Albania: First results in place
Having ensured the political commitment both at central and local level, the enlarged team of the Joint Programme between the European Union (DG NEAR) and the Council of Europe (CoE) ROMACTED “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level” composed by Institute of Romani Culture...
First Steering Committee meeting of the ROMACTED Programme
The first Steering Committee of the Joint European Union and Council of Europe ROMACTED Programme on “Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level” was held in Tirana on 12 June 2018. The meeting gathered together representatives from the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and...
Launching of the ROMACTED Programme to support Roma integration at local level
The Council of Europe and the European Union officially launched the joint ROMACTED Programme on ‘Promoting Good Governance and Roma Empowerment at Local Level’ in Kosovo*. The programme aims at engaging local authorities in creating sustainable policies and actions in order to enhance democratic...
Launching of the ROMACTED Programme to support Roma integration at local level
The Joint Council of Europe and European Union Programme, ROMACTED: Promoting Good Governance and Roma Empowerment at Local Level, was officially launched in Belgrade on 29 May. The signing ceremony of the Protocol of Cooperation between the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure,...
ROMACTED Programme in Albania
Closing of the ROMACTED local launching events in Albania
On 7 May the last local launching event was organised in Elbasan, in the framework of the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme “ROMACTED: Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at local level”. This was the seventh activity marking the finalization of the successful tournament...
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