Improving sources of income community members is priority

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Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:14

Through the ROMACTED programme, two Community Action Groups (CAG) operate in the municipality of Berane in the settlements of Taulm and Riverside. In this regard, on June 22, 2020, a meeting was organized with representatives of the ROMACTED team and members of the CAG from these settlements. The needs of the Roma community in these settlements, employment problems, the social position of Roma community members, education were discussed at the meeting. It was concluded at the meeting that one of the priorities of the CAG for the coming period should be to improve the sources of income of community members through support for improving employability. Only two Roma members are employed in Berane. Other members of the community are engaged in private physical work, working for diem allowances, collecting secondary raw materials and etc.

 

A meeting of the Community Action Group for the settlement of Talum was also organized in Berane on July 3, 2020, and the meeting was organized by the facilitator Sultan Beca. At the meeting, the importance of regular school attendance was discussed with the members, and it was pointed out that 12 students enrolled in the first grade of high school after five years. In the coming period, this group, together with the facilitator, will work especially on improving the sources of income and employability of members of the RE community in the Talum settlement.

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 program 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.