Cross-border initiatives for social insertion of disadvantaged groups

Project geographical location:

Romania, Timis County, Timisoara and Republic of Serbia, Severno Banatski District, City of Ada

Project Implementation period:

February 08.2011 - June 07.2012

Partners:

• Lead Partner - Bethany Social Services Foundation- Dorobantilor Road, no.4, postal code 300298, tel./fax +40 256/499431, e-mail: bsst@bethany.ro, Timisoara, Timis County, Romania;
• Partner 2 - Association of citizens Duga – Ada, no.20, Vuka Karadzica street, postal code 24430, Severno Banatski District, Republic of Serbia.

The budget of the project:

Investing in your future! Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme.

• 170,354.45 EUR is financed by IPA;
• 16,043.58 EUR Romanian State Budget co-financing from Romanian Partner budget
• 4,213.47 EUR Romanian Partner own contribution
• 9,805.50 EUR Serbian Partner own contribution

General objective:

Improve the quality of life for the populations from Timis County and Ada Municipality, by increasing social solidarity in the border region.

Specific Objective:

• Increase the knowledge and social skills of ethnic minorities and socially and economically disadvantaged groups in the border area.
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• Improve the perception of the general population in the border area about cultural and ethnic diversity, social solidarity and anti-discriminatory practices.

Target groups:

Socially and economically disadvantaged families with children, from the border area in Romania and Serbia/ Individuals belonging to the disadvantaged ethnic minorities (especially rroma people) in Romania and Serbia

• 40 participants in Romania;
• 80 participants in Serbia.

School children from the border area in Romania

• 100 children participating in the educational sessions (40 of them participate to the photo album and 30 children and 6 teachers to the camp, as well).

Representatives of NGO’s and institutions that work with ethnic minorities and disadvantaged categories in Romania and Serbia.

• 16 representatives in Romania and 16 representatives in serbia at two common work-shops in Romania and two common work-shops in Serbia;
• 32 participants at 2 group visits to the Public Institutions in Serbia;

Public servants (employees of Public Institutions) in Serbia

• 40 participants at 4 work-shops for public servants in Serbia

Result indicators:

1.Increased social and cultural integration of people in the border areas:294 of participants benefiting from cross-border social and cultural events (162 in Romania and 132 in Republic of Serbia)

• 40 participants at the educational sessions for the disadvantaged groups in the border area from 3 rural communities in Romania;
• 80 participants at the informative sessions (32 of the participate also to the visits to the Public Institutions from Serbia);
• 40 participants at the work-shops for public servants in Serbia;
• 100 children participating to the educational sessions from 3 rural communities in Romania (40 of them participate to the photo album and 30 to the camp, as well);
• 6 teachers participating to the camp in Romania;
• 32 participants at the work-shops for NGO’s and Public institutions (16 representatives in Romania and 16 representatives in serbia)

Improved quality of life and increased attractiveness of the border communities as a living place:

• 6 types of activities /35 activities designed to improve the other local living conditions in Romania
• 6 types of activities /16 activities designed to improve the other local living conditions in Serbia ;

Types of activities and their count:

1. educational sessions for vulnerable groups – 12 (in Romania);
2. informative sessions for vulnerable groups – 6 (in Serbia);
3. educational sessions for school children – 18 (in Romania);
4. work-shops with the public servants – 4 (in Serbia);
5. Anti-discrimination photo album – 1 (in Romania);
6. Handbook of rights for disadvantaged – 1 (in Serbia);
7. Anti-discrimination camp – 1 (in Romania);
8. Group visits to Public Institutions – 2 (in Serbia);
9. Common work-shops for the representatives of the NGO’s and public institutions – 4 (2 Romania and 2 in Serbia);)
10. Common Cross-border Strategy for Anti-Discrimination – 1

3. Project dissemination activities in Romania

• 2 press-conferences and 3 press-releases during the project;
• disseminating promotional materials during the implementation, flyers (1000 copies)and posters (100 copies);
• during the entire period of the project implementation, information about the project (objective, financers, activities, target-groups) will be posted on the web-site of the lead-applicant (www.bethany.ro) and updated at periodically.

4. Project dissemination activities in Serbia

• 2 press-conferences, 3 press-releases and 2 local TV appearences during the project;
• disseminating promotional materials during the implementation, flyers (300 copies) and posters (20 copies);
• during the entire period of the project implementation, information about the project will be posted on the web-site of the partner (nvoduga.org.rs) and updated periodically.

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