Support and empowerment of the Roma civil society

  • support for implementation of activities of Roma NGOs
  • Technical support to Roma NGOs for strategic planning and project development, management and institutional building
  • Starting activities for advancing the cooperation among Roma NGOs
  • Support to Roma NGOs for advocacy on issues of importance to Roma in front of national and international institutions, including European ones
  • Starting activities for establishment of knowledge, experience and information base of importance to Roma issues

Building capacities of institutions and support for the implementation of public policies targeting Roma

  • Development of local action plans in the Decade priority areas
  • Training and workshop for the National Coordinative Body for a financial strategy for the Decade and identification of possible funds to match state budget funds
  • Advocacy on issues related to public policies for Roma in the Euro-integration process (inclusion of the issues in IPA plans, EC progress reports, etc)
  • Support for development of project proposals related to issues of Roma and public policies targeting Roma, for EU fundraising
  • Capacity building of the Unit for implementation of the action plans and the strategy for Roma, on strategic planning and project development, management and institutional building
  • Capacity building of the Roma Information Centres on local planning in relation to public policies targeting Roma and connection to EU programs and funds
 

DecadeWatch Macedonia: Half way of the Roma Decade

  • Participation in Decade progress monitoring on regional level
  • Participation in Decade related policy development and processes on regional level
  • Decade progress monitoring on national level
  • Advocacy for improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Decade on national level
  • Building national Decade monitoring capacities on national and local level
  • Monitoring public policies on national, regional and European level from the aspect of their impact on the Roma community
  • Advocacy for incorporation of Roma issues in the public policies on national, regional and European level