ROMACTED program support for community development in Niksic

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Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:46

As part of the ROMACTED program, on June 8, 2020, a meeting of the Community Action Group (CAG) was organized in Niksic. The meeting was led by Mariana Blecic, facilitator in the Programme for this municipality. Having in mind the key goal of the CAG, which is to improve the well-being of the entire community, the meeting discussed the problems and opportunities to support young and older people from the Roma community in Niksic. At the meeting, it was decided that in the coming period, work will be done to ensure a bus stop in Trebjeska Street, from where two city buses depart and transport children to the Mileva Lajovic Lalatovic Elementary School and to all important public institutions in the city center.

 

In addition, facilitator Marijana Blecic, through a public call for project proposals under the small grants scheme, announced by the Help organization, wrote two project proposals for local Roa NGOs from Niksic. In this regard, the NGO Center for Affirmation of the Roma Population (CAREP) applied with the project - Youth RE Club - we speak freely about our rights! which aims to strengthen individual capacities and skills of Roma youth through a specific/targeted method of training Human Library, for open access to dialogue with others regarding the promotion and protection of personal rights, which will result in their formal gathering in the Youth Roma Club where they will continue their activities. Through this call, and with the help of facilitator Marijana Blecic, the NGO Roma European Alternative (REA) applied with the project School of Law / School for RE Youth - we are talking about our rights at school! whose goal is to strengthen individual capacities and strengthen the skills of Roma youth in the field of understanding and access to rights, which will help them to start and/ or further engage in activist work.

Programme ROMACTED - Promoting good governance and Roma empowerment at the local level is created to build the political will and sustainable policy of local government participation, increase local governance, build capacity and encourage the empowerment of local Roma communities to contribute to the design, implementation and monitoring plans and projects concerning them. The ROMACTED programme is funded by the Council of Europe and the European Union, while the NGO Young Roma is a partner organization in implementation. The Programme is implemented in seven countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, in a total of 64 municipalities.