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The project contributes to the empowerment and social inclusion of the vulnerable communities from the Pata Rât, Stephenson and Meșterul Manole areas of Cluj-Napoca.Pata Rât is an Marginalized Urban Area according to census map 549841404 of the Atlas of Marginalized Urban Areas / 2016. The area is severely deprived according the human capital, employment and housing criteria. The relative poverty index is 45.7% (Eurostat), the median poverty gap is 44.1% of the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. The project also addresses marginalized areas Meșterul Manole Street and Stephenson Street, 72% of the inhabitants of the target areas are Roma (FSAS/UBB study, 2017)
Using a horizontal approach, the project contributes to 1. the empowerment of the target communities in terms of: access to information, self-expression, self-representation, self-organization, social participation and resilience (with special focus on youth), 2. combating rasism and discrimintation, 3. promoting the respect for human rights, 4. fighting antigypsysm and steretypes.
In order to reach its goals, the project implements Radio Pata - a 24/7 streaming community radio co-created by the target communities (Pata Rât: 1400, Stephenson: 80, Meșterul Manole: 150 persons).
Radio Pata delivers: community self-organization instruments, an accessibility tool to the social services provided by the city, free internet access points. The project develops a methodology ensuring its portability. Through horizontal co-decisionmaking processes, members of target communities define programme structure and content, share information regarding community self-organization and city public services.
Project partner Community Association of Roma from Coastei provides community facilitation. DGASPC Cluj tests streaming of social services through the radio. Centre for the Study of Democracy provides impact studies. Theater Bergen contributes to the international dissemination / promotion of the project.