Active social inclusion through local development

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">According to the Marginalized Rural Areas Atlas, both Dimăcheni and Valea Seacă (two communities where the project is implemented) fall into the sever marginalized category. These rural areas are faced with large differences between different social or ethnic groups, lack of equal opportunities or social equity; limited involvement of authorities in terms of social justice and inclusion of vulnerable groups, including youth and Roma. The needs/challenges that the project aims to address are: school drop-out among the Roma population, social exclusion, lack of involvement of Roma in community life, unemployment and lack of permanent support for Roma.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The main expected results of the project are: Increased capacity for 170 members of vulnerable communities (Valea Seacă and Dimăcheni), including 50 Roma citizens and 15 young people; 70 children at risk, including 50 Roma, to have access to after-school social services; 77 vulnerable adults, including 28 young people and 53 Roma, to have increased access to social services for education and vocational training;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Medium and long-term development of the 2 interethnic communities of Valea Seacă and Dimăcheni through the development of a new tool - online platform to address the needs of vulnerable groups in the two communities: https://dezvoltarelocala.ro/ </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The added value brought by the Romanian partner is linked to its expertise in organising community consultations, facilitating workshops, activities supporting children's rights or minority groups, especially Roma. Thus, the partner will be involved in the organisation/planning of community actions, but also in the training process of the lecturers who will be subsequently involved in the project.</span></span></p>

Project partners

• Ursari Roma Association Project partner· Romania