Signing ceremony funded by the European Union and implemented by OSCE Mission will be held at 12:00 on Tuesday, 4 February, at the Sava Centre Sala 2 Ground Floor.
BELGRADE, 3 February 2014 – A ceremony to recognize the formal commitment of 20 municipalities to support the implementation of the Government of Serbia’s Strategy for the Improvement of the Status of Roma will be held tomorrow in Belgrade, organized by the Technical Assistance for Roma Inclusion project, the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Government of Serbia Office for Human and Minority Rights.
The commitment will be formalized through a memorandum of understanding between the municipalities and the Technical Assistance for Roma Inclusion, and is a key element of the European Union-funded project to improve Roma integration alongside Serbian institutions, local governments, non-governmental organizations and Roma civil society.
The participants will be addressed by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, Ambassador Michael Davenport, Government of Serbia Office for Human and Minority Rights Director, Suzana Paunovic, the President of the Council on Improving the Situation of Roma, Srdjan Sajn and the President of the Roma National Minority Council, Vitomir Mihajlovic.
Journalists are invited to the signing ceremony at 12:00 on Tuesday, 4 February, at the Sava Centre Sala 2 Ground Floor, address: Milentija Popovica 9, 11070 New Belgrade. Media questions will be answered after the ceremony.
The Technical Assistance for Roma Inclusion is a 4.8 mn EUR European Union-funded project, implemented by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, to assist Serbian institutions in the improvement of life of Roma people in the following areas: access to basic rights and civic participation, labour market, education, health, social welfare, adequate housing and job creation. Key stakeholders and implementing partners include the Office for Human and Minority Rights, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, Ministry of Education Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Construction and Urbanism, NGO Praxis, the Roma Education Fund, the Government of Serbia European Integration Office and Social Inclusion and the Poverty Reduction Unit.
