"Settlement network in Northern Hungary"

Project facts

Project promoter:
The Eger Foundation of the Fund to Support the Poor
Project Number:
HU05-0130
Target groups
Roma,
Non governmental organisation
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€147,020
Final project cost:
€146,666
From EEA Grants:
€ 131,964
The project is carried out in:
Hungary

Description

Main goal is to empower (especially Roma) people living in deep poverty by using our knowledge, experiences. To strengthen their skills and provide for them methods, tools. In this process they will be able to represent their interests, organize their community. They will establish and maintain settlement house, indirectly they will improve their own position. The target group is civil communities and NGOs (organizations) with disadvantaged (Roma) members. They intend to improve the position of their own social group and the village. Goals: the first part of involved organizations (10) will be able to get external resources, maintain themselves and the settlement house by the 19th month of the project. The second part of the organizations (7) will reach these goals by the end of the project.

Summary of project results

The project's main goal was to empower (especially Roma) people living in deep poverty. To strengthen the skills of the target group the project promoter provided development methods and tools for design advocacy activities. During the process they has beeb able to represent their interests, organize their community. They has been established and maintained settlement houses, to improve their own position. The target group were civil communities and NGOs (organizations) with disadvantaged (Roma) members in 17 rural settlements in the northeasten part of Hungary.

Summary of bilateral results