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Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Improved situation for the Roma population”.
The project will contribute to the prevention of violation of human rights by the police while acting in a multi-ethnic environment, with special focus on the Roma population, enhancing the police officers skills related to prevention of domestic violence, trafficking in human beings and pickpocketing in Roma community and prevention of ill-treatment by the police.
The project will include, inter alia, the following main activities:
- Awareness raising and training among police officers on crime prevention, Roma values and culture and European antidiscrimination standards; increasing knowledge of police officers on Roma community (e.g. on Roma history, culture, values etc.), preventing the stereotypes against Roma, reducing the prejudices, mistreatment and ethnic profiling; involving Roma community, NGOs and international partners in trainings to share experience;
- Training of trainers provided for police officers located in regions with predominantly Roma population on prevention of ill-treatment by police;
- Administrative capacity in policing in multicultural society enhanced;
- Baseline study and analysis of policing on the current situation, including legislation, domestic violence, trafficking in human beings and pickpocketing in Roma community;
- Renovation and the provision of equipment for 6 training auditorium rooms;
- Development of module for e-learning platform on prevention of ill-treatment. The module will be put in operation on e-platform during the project implementation;
- Development of a training curriculum and conducting training on prevention of ill-treatment by police. Trainings will take place at the Centers for Specialized Police Training in Pazardzhik, Varna and Kazanlak.