Transnational Project “Roma and Sinti Participation for Effective Policy in Employment and Education”
09 May 2005
In April 2005 the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) in partnership with the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and the European Roma Information Office (ERIO) launched the transnational project "Roma and Sinti Participation for Effective Policy in Employment and Education". The project is part of the EU Community Action Program to Combat Discrimination "Transnational actions for the development of policy and/or legal responses to the fight against discrimination on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability, age and sexual orientation".
The two-year project activities to be implemented in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and Slovakia, are aimed at promoting the adoption and implementation of effective policies to combat discrimination against Roma and Sinti in education and employment by reinforcing advocacy action undertaken by local Romani organisations and building capacity of Romani organisations to influence and participate effectively in the policy-making which affects Roma. To that end the partners will undertake research and policy assessment, training and advocacy activities. Specific activities include:
- Detailed documentation of patterns of discrimination against Roma in access to employment and policy recommendations to combat discrimination in employment in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania"; More information
- Detailed assessment of government programmes to end the segregation of Romani children in education in Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia;
- Anti-discrimination advocacy training for Roma in Italy and the Czech Republic; More information
- School desegregation advocacy action in Bulgaria and Hungary;
- Advocacy action to combat employment discrimination in Slovakia. Policy Measures to Eliminate Discrimination against Roma in Employment.
- Advocacy action to combat housing segregation and social exclusion of Roma and Sinti in Italy. Combating Housing Segregation and Social Exclusion of Roma and Sinti in Italy
For more information on the Program see:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/antidiscrimination
Information on the EU-wide campaign "For Diversity. Against Discrimination" is available at: http://www.stop-discrimination.info
An online anti-discrimination database is accessible at: http://www.nondiscrimination-eu.info
Quasi-Citizens: [Or Imperfect Citizenship]
Research into patterns of racial discrimination against Roma and Sinti in Italy
Researched and written by: Nando Sigona and Lorenzo Monasta, osservAzione
In collaboration with: Piero Colacicchi, Barbara Pierro, Eva Rizzin, Francesca Saudino e Giovanni Zoppoli
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