Integrated Complex of Services for Roma Inclusion and Empowerment in Lom Municipality

Project facts

Project promoter:
Municipality of Lom(BG)
Project Number:
BG-LOCALDEV-0019
Status:
Completed
Donor Project Partners:
SAVE A CHILD(NO)
Other Project Partners
FOUDATION ROMA-LOM(BG)

Description

The overall goal of the project is to pilot an "Integrated complex for integrated services", based on effective and sustainable impact mechanisms, active participation of the Roma community and cooperation between local authorities and institutions targeted to improve the living conditions of the people who live in the four neighborhoods. The project aims to: improve the access of Roma from the 4 neighborhoods to better services by creating a qualified multidisciplinary team, building an "Integrated complex for integrated services" by renovating and equipping a former public bath managed by the ROMA-LOM Foundation, providing integrated services and expanding the capacity of the institutions in the municipality; empower the Roma communities through the establishment and development of a Community Development Council and a of Active Advocacy Group, Coordination Mechanism and direct participation in the preparation of a strategy for development of services offered in the next 5 years after the project; establish a sustainable mechanism for counteracting all forms of discrimination through activities to increase the level of acceptance between the Roma and the main population and to counteract discrimination and negative attitudes against the Roma population. 

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