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I AM ROMA

Where are we?

. Dobrich

Where are we?

Where we are ?

Dobrich

Dobrich is the second largest city and industrial centre in North-East Bulgaria

Center of the biggest agrarian region, called “the breadbasket of Bulgaria.

8th biggest city in Bulgaria

Total area – 109 sq. kmand 103 945 inhabitants

Main dataBulgaria

Roma people are about 370 908 (census 2001) as MIA’s model they are about 830 000 (2008) or 12 % of the total population; 2/3 are aged up to 30; It is minority with highest birth rate and with registered highest child death it is the group with earliest marriages (even in Europe) – 80% of roma people create families before age of 16; The most uneducated group too – according statistics in 2005 about 18,1 % of adult roma people are entirely illiterate for the country.

DOBRICH Census 2001

BULGARIAN86,59%

TURKISH8,00%

ROMA3,58%

OTHER0,68%

NOT DETERMINATE0,86%

NOT SHOW0,28%

PoliciesOn National level

National Strategy for Demographic development of Republic Bulgaria 2006 – 2020;

National Programme for improvement of the living conditions of Roma in the Republic of Bulgaria 2005-2015;

Framework Programme for Equal Integration of Roma in Bulgarian Society;

National Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015;

Law on Protection against discrimination Framework Convention for the Protection

of National Minorities ; Operational Program “Human Resources

Development” 2007- 2013.

PoliciesOn Municipal local level

Member of the National Council for

Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues, chaired by Ministry of Labour and Social Policies;

Dobrich Municipality has a Development Plan 2007 – 2013, in accordance with the EU policies and the national priorities. Chapter of this Plan is addressing integration of roma and other pour minorities in the social life of the city;

Municipal Programme for collaboration in ethnic and demographic issues 2011 – 2015 ;

Annual Plan for implementation of the program.

Main Roma problemsHigh level of long term unemployment – difficulties in hiring and finding a job or lack of desire for work; prefer to receive small social subsistence funds instead to work;High level of crime – traditional reputation in the community as offenders;Poorest segment of the local community – low health culture and hygiene;Low level of education and high illiteracy lack of desire for education and vocational training ;Great separate number of segregated schools – about 5 of 17 municipal schools;roma parents don’t encourage their children to attend school.

Experience Annual Implementation of the program for collaboration in ethnic and demographic issues 2011 – 2015

Activities:*Consultations, guidelines, employment

programs, vocational trainings, course, workshops

*In the schools – work with parents, teachers and students for creating more attractive socio-psychologist climate for minorities ‘ students

Partners:Bureau “ Employment Office”Directorate “Social Assistance” DobrichPrimary Health Centre for Prevention and

Support of children of roma familiesRegional healthcare centre – DobrichPrimary health Centre “ Dr. Sijka Ilieva”Bulgarian Red Cross Dobrich

ExperienceFinished projects

Project INTEGROMA – setting conditions for development and integration of young roma talents in the art, science and sport with active participation and support of their parents and teachers, funded by OP Human Resources Development, Priority “Creating of favourable multicultural environment for implementation in practice of intercultural education and training

- total amount 40 000 euro;- duration 18 months; - Target group: 40 children from 4

schools with highest concentration of roma children aged 8 – 13; 75 parents and 16 teachers

Experience“

Finished projects

Project “Equal opportunities for access to more qualitative education of roma children through improved learning environment” – primary school “Dimiter Talev”, funded by MATRA (Netherlands) – 2007 – 2010

Project “To make the school more attractive for young people”, funded by OP Human Resources Development, amount 200 000 euro - aimed to create favorable conditions for development of intellectual, physical and artistic potential of Dobrich children to insure sufficient social integration, improved access to education and prevention of dropping out of school through diversification and enlargement of additional training forms

Experience Project proposals – ready for funding

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Project “ Successful partnership for better roma life in Dobrich” – to establish sustainable, modern and energy effective educational municipal infrastructure” proposed to Institute “Open Society” Budapest – Program “ Improvement of living condition of roma in Bulgaria through infrastructural projects”

Project : Integration – actual and necessary in the modern Bulgarian school” notified by centre of educational integration of children and students of ethnic minorities” proposed to Roma Educational Fund – Budapest.

Experience Dobrich Municipality – Direct beneficent

Community Centre for children and families in Dobrich-Total amount 550 000 euro- 806 direct users-10 integrated services

In the frame of the Project for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of labor and social policy, € 20 million loan of the World Bank

Aims: prevention of social exclusion and decreasing poverty among children through investment in early aged childhood development, improvement of well grounded of children for inclusionto the educational system and support for parents’ skills setting up. Main goal is to limit poverty transfer between generations

Expectations PROJECT « I AM ROMA»

Capacity building towards awareness for European Dimensions of the policy combating racism and equal ethnic opportunitiesTo obtain knowledge for successful overcoming traditional stereotypes which are at the roots of racist attitudes To highlight good practices in minorities’ social inclusion and their participation in the community lifeTo obtain better understanding of the 4 principles of children well-being – non-discrimination, best interest of the child, child development and child rights and their application in practice

Partnership expectationsLearning from partners experience and good

practices how to: То improve partnership and better

coordination between all local stakeholders, working in Roma issues;

To send real message to the general public for roma’s children well-being and their future development;

To persuade roma parents for attendance of their children at school and active learning

To create preconditions and to motivate roma children for successful integration and participation in the educational process and school life;

Thanks Mulţumes

Vďaka Dêkuji

Ευχαριστίες

Grazie Dankzij

Gestena

Dobrich Municipality

www.dobrich.bg

Tel 00359 58 601 203

Fax 00359 58 600 166

dobrich@dobrich.bg

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