Affirmative action boosting up Roma employment and education

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">The project Affirmative action is based on the idea that not everyone has the same opportunities to get an education or a job because of belonging to a certain long-term disadvantaged group. Roma, women, migrants, or people with disabilities are often not judged solely based on their skills. The project is a tool to balance opportunities and helps overcome these ethnically set disadvantages. The project aims at better use of affirmative actions, through the improved awareness to increase the employment of Roma, primarily those from marginalized Roma communities. Affirmative actions are high-frequency measures increasing participation of a specific group in the specific actions – employment, education, access to public services, or others. Nevertheless, the approach focuses mainly on employment and job creation, it will also impact the issues of education and training of skills, inequalities, poverty, and marginalization or promoting gender equality. The project includes support for 1 existing service centre - Applicant locates in marginalized Roma communities Accommodation SPOOL, with the close distance to the other Roma community centres. The project partner Slovak National Centre for Human Rights carries out awareness-raising activities aimed at the public, capacity-building activities aimed at experts as well as research activities. The Norwegian project partner Stiftelsen Mangfold i Arbeidslivet contributes to the sharing of experiences from Norway and the Nordic countries relating to policies and practices in companies.</span></span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

During the project implementation, the Norwegian partner, Stiftelsen Mangfold i Arbeidslivet, contributed with its international expertise to the practical application of affirmative measures in Slovakia and abroad. The study includes examples of good practices from Norway and details on Norwegian legislation related to affirmative measures. The Beneficiary also took part on the Study trip in Noway. Norwegian partner also organized and led a training session for NGOs. During the training session, experiences from Norway were shared, including the country’s employment service system and its approach to adult education. The Norwegian partner also offered valuable insights on how to collaborate effectively with employers. Norwegian partner attended the Final conference of the project and Final conference of the Programme LDI.

Project partners

• Stiftelsen Mangfold i Arbeidslivet Donor project partner· Norway
• Slovak National Centre for Human Rights Project partner· Slovakia