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Yearly Report League For Decada 2007, no. 8, 2008.



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Information booklet Decade of Roma
Abuses of Roma rights in Serbia



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MRC Newsletter [number: 87]

“All ways lead to Roma ethnics”
Pilot Program to Build Dwellings for Roma Ethnics
Scholarships for Ethnic Roma Pupils in High-Schools
Czech government approves establishment of social exclusion agency

“All ways lead to Roma ethnics”
Izvor: Divers
Datum: 21.01.2008

Cultural Association “Ghi Romano” in partnership with Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs as well as the Civic Alliance of Roma Ethnics in Romania organized Tuesday, January 15; the round-table called “All ways lead to Roma ethnics” – Strategies on managing the communication crisis. The debates during the round table targeted the role of the non-governmental and political organizations of Roma ethnics, as well as the role of the institutions of Roma ethnics, or ANR, and of the lo... »»»

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Pilot Program to Build Dwellings for Roma Ethnics
Izvor: Divers
Datum: 21.01.2008

Minister of Development, Public Works and Housing assigns funds to implement a pilot program targeting the construction of social dwellings for Roma ethnics, minister of Development, Public Works and Housing, or MDLPL, László Borbély said in a statement.
The pilot program will cover all the eight development regions in Romania, the existent locations being subsequently settled. It will be envisaged the correlation of the programs already existent and under-development through the Hous... »»»

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Scholarships for Ethnic Roma Pupils in High-Schools
Izvor: Divers
Datum: 21.01.2008

The Resources Center for Ethnic Roma Communities, in partnership with Ministry of Education, Research and Youngsters, Association Lecture and Writing for the Development of Critical Reasoning in Romania, Foundation ”Ruhama”, Association Pakiv Romania, will implement between May 2007 and June 2011, the project “Scholarships for Ethnic Roma pupils in highs-schools,” financed by Roma Education Fund.
The project aims at contributing at setting up Roma ethnic young elite through a comp... »»»

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Czech government approves establishment of social exclusion agency
Izvor: ROMEA/CTK
Datum: 23.1.2008

The government today approved the establishment of a new agency against social exclusion that is to fight against the formation of ghettoes and their spreading in the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists.
According to the plan, the agency will have 12 branches in the Czech Republic. The agency is to launch cooperation between local self-rule bodies, associations, schools, labor offices, firms and inhabitants from problematic localities so ... »»»

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HEALTH

Jaundice in the municipality of Prokuplje

Source: B92
Date: 2.10. 2007.

Jaundice epidemic is acclaimed in the municipality of Prokuplje, after five Roma children got jaundice in the village Žitni Potok. Representatives of epidemiological department in the settlement Vašarište in the village Žitni Potok near Prokupl... »»»


How to protect patients' rights

Source: B92
Date: 24.9. 2007.

Every day the Ministry of Health receives about 70 reports made by citizens that think their rights were violated during medical treatment. The Health Care Institute pay approximately 1.5 million dinars a month for redress to patients. Any report m... »»»


Privatization of health insurance would be harmful

Source: Danas
Date:2.10. 2007.

Belgrade – At the recently held meeting in Media Center, representatives of the Association of Health Service Users – Club “Health” said, referring to the World Bank report, that Serbia was on the fourth place on the list of most corrupted... »»»


Together Against Breast Cancer

Source: Roma network
Date: 23.8. 2007.

"Equal Chances Against Breast Cancer" Campaign to Be Held in Hungary

It is estimated in Hungary that Romani women are three times as likely to die from breast cancer as non-Roma. As part of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, Rom... »»»


EDUCATION

“Internet Center” opened in Roma settlement

Source: Danas Date: 5.10.2007.

Niš – On Friday, 5 October, representatives of HVO-RTV Nišava held a press conference for announcing beginning of the project ... »»»


Delfina's first sewing-machine

Source:Politika Date: 22.9.2007.

One of our readers wanted to give a present to a talented girl who likes chemistry, literature and sewing, who lives in the settleme... »»»


More Roma in schools in Vojvodina

Source:B92 Date: 24.9.2007

Office for Roma Inclusion in Vojvodina presented the results achieved in 100 days of work, firstly in the area of education. Office direc... »»»


Representatives of humanitarian organization “Ambassadors for Children” visited Roma kindergarten in Rušanj

Source: B92 Date: 19.9.2007

Roma kindergarten in Rušanj was visited this morning by the humanitarian fondation from Illinois “Ambassadors for Children” in coop... »»»


Fee for a document is higher than child's allowance

Source: Politika Date: 26.9.2007

About 380 000 children in Serbia get this allowance. Average income for realizing the right to child's allowance has to be less than... »»»


UNESCO meeting on education for Roma children

Source: UNESCO Datum: 3.9.2007.

Education for Roma children will be the focus of a meeting organized by UNESCO and the Council of Europe on ... »»»


Mom, why I can’t go to school?

Source: Danas
Datum: 4.9.2007.


Reporters of the daily Danas gave schoolbooks for the first grade of elementary school to Roma children in settlements Marinkova bara and under the bridge Gazela

Belgrade – “I go to the first grade, I do, I do”, seven... »»»


The largest number of Roma children is still outside the educational system

Source: Danas
Datum: 7.9.2007.

165 Roma students enrolled in high schools

Belgrade – The Ministry of Education will have the records about the number of Roma children that began elementary school this year by the end of September. The number of Roma students in... »»»


Training of socially vulnerable young women

Source: Mondo
Datum: 28.8.2007

Vocational training of 30 young Roma women and girls from socially most imperiled environments will begin in September, announced the city Secretariat for Education. The training will last two to three months, where girls will be trained for trade... »»»


EMPLOYMENT

CAREER FAIR IN POŽEGA

Source: National Employment Agency Date: 5.10.2007. ... »»»


CAREER FAIR IN VALJEVO

Source: National Employment Agency Date: 5.10.2007. ... »»»


CAREER FAIR IN LOZNICA

Source: National Employment Agency Date: 5.10.2007. ... »»»


PUBLIC WORKS – DEADLINE FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS IS 10 OCTOBER

Source: National Employment Agency
Date: 2.10.2007.

Local employment councils had a significant role in initiating public works, so that people are more interested in public works in municipalities in which these councils exist.

Interested applicants can still s... »»»




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