OSI initiative, Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma began to implement in Republic of Macedonia.
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- Published on Friday, 14 October 2011 12:00
Macedonian Center for International Cooperation and Initiative for Social Change by 1st of December 2010 began with the implementation of the initiative Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma in Republic of Macedonia.
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma (Making the Most) is an OSI initiative, which seeks to connect achievement of Roma inclusion objectives to EU development resources. Working within the conceptual and geographic frame of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, Making the Most is an instrument to tailor Government political commitments to the needs of Roma communities and foster an inclusive process of delivering local development. Through several interlinked interventions, it addresses Roma inclusion as a social goal on its own, as well as a part of broader areas such as good governance, human rights, and social justice that are conducive to wider societal development.
The Project Generating Facility (PGF) is one intervention of the Making the Most which is aimed at building capacity of stakeholders at the local level to articulate Roma concerns as part of the local development agenda and to access EU funding in order to address these concerns. Through project development assistance, training, and advocacy, PGF seeks solutions to problems such as weak visibility of Roma issues at local level, resource and expertise disadvantage, and overly bureaucratic funding procedures, which block access of the most deprived to development opportunities. The good practice and the problems identified in this process, feed into national advocacy action to promote favorable conditions for sustainable Roma inclusion action.
