Description
In Hungary just few Roma NGO are operating, thus the advocacy power of Roma civil society is weak. Due to their vulnerable situation Roma people are often victims of the increasing extremity, hate speech and atrocities. There is a need for cooperation between the Roma civics, but they cannot realize it in an organizational form. The objective is to increase the defense of Roma society against extremities. The project aims to support Roma civic organizations by transferring knowledge about sustainability. Organizations will be able to maintain themselves and realize a cooperative network with an active community. They will be able to share their experience, support each other and continuously learn. They will establish a Regional Coordinating Office and an informative portal, plan the steps of development, hold trainings, workshops and conferences thus their network will be up-to-date, they will be able to apply tenders and implement projects. The project involves about 178 Roma communities and approx. 30 organizations in Western Transdanubia.
Summary of project results
In Hungary there are only just a very few Roma NGO operating, thus the advocacy power of Roma civil society is very weak. Due to their vulnerable situation Roma people are often victims of the increasing extremity, hate speech and atrocities. There is a need for cooperation between the Roma NGOs, but they cannot realize it in an institutionalized form. The objective of the project was to increase the defense of Roma society against extremities. The project aimed at supporting Roma civic organizations by transferring knowledge about sustainability. Organizations were prepared to be able to maintain themselves and realize a cooperative network with an active community. They were prepared to be able to share their experience, support each other and continuously learn. They established a Regional Coordinating Office and an informative portal, planed the steps of development, hold trainings, workshops and conferences in order to help their network to be up-to-date, now they are more capable to apply for tenders and implement projects. The project involved about 178 Roma communities and approx. 30 organizations in the Western Transdanubia regiona of Hungary. As a result of the project 5 new Roma organiaztions were established as well. The involved organizations were in different areas such as financing, legal issues, administration, fundraising; and were provided mentoring support to develop their organizations to better serve their target groups.
Summary of bilateral results