The European Economic Area (EEA) is pleased to announce a
call for proposals for the "Integrated Measures for supporting Roma
Inclusion and Empowerment".
The overall goal of the procedure is to create sustainable
mechanisms to improve the condition and opportunities of people living in
marginalized Roma communities through effective integrated approaches. The
procedure envisages the promotion of the improved inclusion and empowerment of
the Roma in Bulgaria.
The implemented projects must provide additional
measures to improve access to social services, education, employment, health
and non-discrimination. Projects must be based on the active participation of
the Roma community and on cooperation between local institutions (local
authorities, civil society and other service providers).
Objectives
The general objective of the call is to promote
enhanced Roma inclusion and empowerment in Bulgaria by supporting the
development of sustainable mechanisms for applying effective integrated
approaches aimed at improving the status and opportunities in marginalized Roma
communities which are linking multiple and complementary interventions in the
fields of equal access to social services, education, employment, health, and
non discrimination and are based on active Roma community participation and
inter-sectoral cooperation between local service institutions.
Specific objectives
- Increase the access and quality
of integrated measures for Roma and other population groups living in
compact segregated communities and facing extreme poverty and exclusion in
the following sectors: social assistance, education, employment and
healthcare. Integrated measures imply a complex approach aimed at improved
status at the level of beneficiaries where at the minimum two types of
services should be provided to the same person depending on their needs.
- Empowerment of Roma
communities, including Roma women and youth to actively participate in the
decisions that affect their development. Empowerment of Roma is considered
as the process of expansion of their assets and capabilities both at
individual level (skills, knowledge, confidence and increased access to
equal opportunities for personal development) and at collective level
(ability to organise and mobilise to take joint action for solving community
problems) in order to participate in, negotiate with, influence, and hold
accountable institutions for the formulation and implementation of
policies that affect their lives.
- Combat all forms of
discrimination and antigypsyism against Roma people. All projects
supported by the call should promote respect of Roma people’s rights,
fight against discrimination, stereotypes and harassment, and will work to
raise the awareness of in both the majority and minority communities about
respect to ethnic diversity and understanding the benefits of rights based
approaches to development
Funding Information
- Total budget: EUR 8,000,000
(eight million)
- Minimum amount: EUR 500,000
(five hundred thousand)
- With a number of people from
2,000 to 5,000 people, maximum amount: 750,000 euros
- For a number of people from
5,001 to 10,000 people, maximum amount: 1,000,000 euros
- With a number of people over
10,001 people, maximum amount: 1,200,000 euros
- The implementation of the
project activities should be completed no later than from 30.04.2024
Project implementation area: The projects will be implemented on the
territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants: Municipalities
in which Roma communities make up at least 5% of the total population and
where Roma communities are disadvantaged (living in compact groups; in
isolated Roma communities; in isolated neighborhoods of towns or villages,
with difficult access to basic infrastructure and services, in
marginalized and / or poor and / or remote areas) and have at least 2,000
inhabitants.
- In order to achieve the
respective number and percentage of people living in marginalized and / or
poor and / or remote disadvantaged areas, it is permissible to establish
partnerships between the individual municipalities. In this case, the
planned project activities should be directed simultaneously to
representatives of the target groups from all municipalities-partners of
the project. Each municipality can participate (as a candidate or partner)
in only one project proposal.
Post Date - 29-Jul-2021