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For a
better cooperation between Roma and Egyptian
minority with local institutions
 06.02.2009
Aiming to encourage the better
cooperation between local government and
representatives of Roma and Egyptian minorities,
Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) and Center for
Social and Economic Studies (CESS) organized
joint forums in Elbasan and Korça on 4 and 5
February 2009. These forums aimed to improve the
bridges of communication and cooperation between
state local institutions and Roma and Egyptian
minorities; support the drafting of local
strategies for improving of their live
conditions, employment, education and housing.
In each forum, the
representatives of municipality, council of
Municipality, education directory, police, local
employment office, and representatives of local
actors and organizations working on Roma and
Egyptian minorities participated and contributed
with their discussions. In these forums, the
participants expressed their commitment to
strengthen cooperation between them and to
coordinate the efforts of all different actors
aiming for a better integration of these
communities in society. In the end of the forums
the representatives of the local government
succeeded to encourage setting up of different
important decisions in favor of Roma and
Egyptian minorities.
AHC and CESS will present the
main conclusions of these forums to responsible
state institutions in central level.
The forums have been organized as
part of project “Increasing access of the Roma
community in local government through a new
model of communication” financially supported by
the Open Society Foundation for Albania (SOROS).
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