EU Award for Roma Integration

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Tuesday, 20 April 2021 15:24

Organization Roma Active Albania has started implementing the project EU Award for Roma Integration in the Western Balkans and Turkey for 2021 which is realized in cooperation with European Commission. The award is intended to draw attention to concrete efforts and positive results by various relevant players to enhance both access to, and quality of, employment of Roma. Gender equality and the empowerment of Roma women in the area of employment will be an important dimension.

Specifically, the award is intended to help:

1. To further recognize the role and contribution of Roma employment as one of the crucial areas for improving the position of vulnerable Roma women and men in the region;

2. To promote successful models of employment of Roma, and the positive changes to their communities;

3. To foster the institutional dialogue on the employment for Roma;

4. To make visible the support and work of the European Union for the Roma integration in the enlargement countries;

5. To foster the cooperation among the actors involved in the process of Roma integration;

6. To ensure recognition and sustainability of the impacting actions implemented at grassroots level;

7. To identify and share positive examples of work of individuals, public institutions, private companies, business and CSOs, at central and local level in the field of employment.

An independent evaluation panel will review the applications and select the winners of the award. There will be two award winners per IPA beneficiary, promoting in total 14 valuable experiences.

All awardees will receive international recognition through the Award ceremony, which, if conditions allow, will be held in Brussels. All awardees will be invited to attend the other events organized there during the Roma Week 2021. Additionally, all awardees will win the participation in a study visit to Madrid on Access to employment for Roma.

More information about the competition and how to apply can be found at the link - https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/news_corner/news/call-applications-now-open-2021-eu-award-roma-integration-western-balkans-and_en. All interested parties can contact the NGO Young Roma for support in the application process.