A workshop for community facilitators from 15 municipalities in North Macedonia was organised in Skopje with the objective to increase their skills and capacities in their daily work with the vulnerable communities.  

This initiative supported by the EU and Council of Europe transferred valuable information and knowledge about the available free health services for Roma women and related social services. During the activity important discussions were shared on the new legal changes for undocumented people and how to ensure a more inclusive education for all, by promoting equality and combating hate speech.

After the acquired knowledge, informational sessions will be held with the Roma communities in different locations aiming to assist them in the process of exercising their equal rights. In line with this, the participants had the opportunity to learn more and strengthen their capacities in regard to working with parents in the local communities, as well as receiving advice and valuable skills to be used to ensure a more inclusive education and combating hate speech and bullying.

The workshop was organised in the framework of ROMACTED Programme phase II and its support organisation ROMALITICO, in co-operation with the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye" programme, and its respective action on "Combating Hatred and Intolerance in North Macedonia", funded by the EU and Council of Europe. The Ministry for Labour and Social Policy, Ministry of Health, HERA, UNHCR, Roma Education Fund and Macedonian Young Lawyers Association also supported this workshop.