National Platform for Integration of Roma in Montenegro 2019

National platform for integration of Roma took place on 11th June 2019 in Podgorica, and was organised by the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and Regional Council for Cooperation. The aim of this year's National Platform is to inform the Government of Montenegro, project team ''Roma Integration'', civil society and other stakeholders on Roma needs and to jointly plan further activities in areas of employment and housing.


Regional Council for Cooperation presented the country’s ‘Roadmap’ in these areas for the next three years, and steps that are planned in order to achieve set goals. The concept of Platform foresaw focused discussion on these two particular issues.

Executive Director of NGO ''Young Roma'', Samir Jaha, was one of the speakers at the event, during the panel “Employment – formalisation of undeclared work”. NGO Young Roma submitted initiative for standardisation of qualification “Collector of secondary raw materials” to the Centre for Vocational Education. Mr Jaha presented the current stage of standardisation process, and discussed with other participants possible obstacles and needs concerning standardisation and employment. In the forthcoming period, we plan further communication with relevant actors and Roma community related to successful development of this matter.

 

 

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Workshop for Roma high school students in Nikšić

On June 11th, 2019, representatives of the NGO Young Roma organized third workshop for Roma students who are attending secondary school. The workshop was held in the premises of the Bureau of Labor Nikić and it was focused on the skills necessary for employment. The workshop was conducted by a staff member of the Bureau of Labor, who deals with counseling and professional orientation. The workshop was attended by 10 students of different profiles.

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NGO Young Roma signed the Contract on co-financing of the project "United we reach more- Voice to students, support to workers"

Samir Jaha, Executive Director of NGO Young Roma , today signed the Contract on co-financing of the project "United we reach more- Voice to students, support to workers", which is funded by the European Union, in the premises of the Ministry of Public Administration.

The project is being implemented jointly with the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro. The implementation of the project started on May 1, 2018, and will last until December 31, 2019. The project's objective is to strengthen the public activism of Roma and members of the majority population in Montenegro, providing beneficiaries with education and guidelines on public activism in practice, active political participation and influence on the decision making process. At the same time, the project will strengthen the union engagement of Roma and members of the majority population through the continuation of the establishment of institutionalized mechanisms and sustainable solutions for better protection of labor, economic and social rights of the most vulnerable groups of workers - those working on maintainance of city cleanliness, which are mainly members of the Roma minority.

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Workshop for Roma high school students in Herceg Novi

On June 10th, 2019, representatives of the NGO Young Roma organized a workshop for Roma students who are attending secondary school. The workshop was held in the premises of the Bureau of Labor Herceg Novi and it was focused on the skills necessary for employment. The workshop was conducted by a staff member of the Bureau of Labor, who deals with counseling and professional orientation. The workshop was attended by 10 students of different profiles.

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Workshop for Roma high school students in Podgorica

On June 7th, 2019, representatives of the NGO Young Roma organized a workshop for Roma students who are attending secondary school. The workshop was held in the premises of the Bureau of Labor of Podgorica and it was focused on the skills necessary for employment. The workshop was conducted by a staff member of the Bureau of Labor, who deals with counseling and professional orientation. The workshop was attended by 9 students of different profiles.

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United we reach more!

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Scholarships for Roma high school students

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