The International Renaissance Foundation has selected 11 organizations that have won the call for proposals “Strengthening the socio-economic stability and self-sufficiency of Roma communities.” The call aimed to build the socio-economic sustainability and self-sufficiency of Roma communities through the development of their potential and improvement of conditions, removal of barriers, and expanding employment opportunities. Support for these projects has been made possible through the Foundation’s cooperation with the European Union in the framework of the EU4USociety partnership.
- Uzhhorod training and production center “Nika”. Project “Inpatient vocational courses for Roma youth in Uzhgorod with subsequent employment”
- Odessa regional organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine. Project “Equal labor rights for Roma women in COVID-19”
- Public organization “Rom Art”. Project “Creation of a carpentry-frame social workshop” Carpenter Art “in the Roma settlement of Mukachevo”
- Public organization “Chachimo”. Project “Promoting employment in Roma communities in the context of the Covid 19 epidemic”
- Kreminna district public organization “Kreminna Business Association”. Project “Integration of the Roma community into business”
- NGO “Roma Voice Association”. Project “School of social entrepreneurship in the beauty industry for Roma women from 4 cities of Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions”
- Transcarpathian Regional Charitable Foundation “Romano Lungo Trayo”. Project “Capacity Development and Improvement of Employment Conditions in Roma Communities”
- Association of Private Employers. Project “Promotion of self-employment, professional and social integration of Roma in local communities”
- Winds of Change Charitable Foundation. Project “Increasing access of Roma women to education, occupation and employment”
- Public organization “South Star Club”. Project “Development of potential and expansion of employment opportunities for Roma women in Kramatorsk in the field of decor”
- Carpathian Human Rights Agency “Wester”. Project “Roma in defence of their own labour rights!”
EU4USociety is a joint 4-year project of the International Renaissance Foundation and the European Union, aimed at strengthening the involvement, sustainability, capacity, relevance, and influence of Ukrainian civil society in addressing pressing domestic, regional, and global challenges.
