Open
University, in the UK, has a free open content initiative called
OpenLearn. OpenLearn has added much of its materials from OU's Master's Degree
course, TU 870, calling it "Introducing international development
management" on this online platform. You can access all of these
materials, plus an excellent list of references (books, magazines,
etc.) here:
Published in Aid Workers Network by Jayne Cravens, www.coyotecommunications.com/development/
Public participation and working with stakeholders
Here is a great presentation about working with stakeholders in an organized way, with great tools for analysis, planning of a strategy on how to approach them, plenty of tools for going through all steps.
There is actually one big lesson - the planning of our approach to stakeholders can be the most important thing in any initiative. If you read the whole thing, you may also find a bit alternative Slide 10way to describe the different levels of participation, namely:
- Manipulation - Information Provision - Consultation - Participation - Delegated Power - Citizen Control
I like quite a lot the final one. Highly recommended material!
Call for Proposals by South East Europe Transnational Programme
The South East Europe Transnational Programme has launched its 1st Call for Proposals on 5 May 2008. The Call will follow the 2-step procedure: - First Step: Applicants are requested to fill in and submit an Expression of Interest where they are requested to describe briefly the problems and the challenges that their project aims to address, the foreseen budget, partners involved and the envisaged objectives and results. - Second Step: Applicants of the pre-selected project ideas will be invited to submit a full Application Form.
The South East Europe (SEE) Programme 2007 - 2013 aims at improving the territorial, economic and social integration process and contribution to cohesion, stability and competitiveness through the development of transnational partnerships and joint actions on matters of strategic importance. The Managing Authority of the SEE Programme (Hungarian National Development Agency) and the partner states (Albania, Austria, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine) are launching the first call for projects for transnational cooperation in the South Eastern area of Europe to be co-financed by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and IPA (Instrument for Preaccession) under this programme.
See the full text of the Call and application documents here.
ProVention Consortium website, dedicated to disaster management and risk reduction. This is a link to the participation resources, published in the website. In brief: This section introduces the overarching subject of 'Participation'. This approach to development underpins the application of Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and, in particular, Community Risk Assessment (CRA). Participation has been discussed, studied and applied in various ways in many sectors since the days of so-called 'community development' in the 1950s and 1960s. This section introduces the core debates and most useful participatory resources for those concerned with risk reduction and is structured as follows:
1. Portals and key websites 2. Networks 3. Key publications and conceptual articles 4. Leading thinkers on PAR, RRA, and PRA and their context * Paulo Freire * Robert Chambers 5. Participatory action research * PAR gateways and key websites * PAR essays * PAR applications 6. Civil society vs. state relations
EIDHR Country-based Suport Scheme APP 2007 for Macedonia
Call for Proposals for the EIDHR Country-Based Support Scheme 2007 of the EC Delegation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Funding: minimum 20000E, maximum 80000E
A grant may not be for less than 50% of the total eligible costs of the action. In addition, no grant may exceed 80% of the total eligible costs of the action.
UNData has just launched a new internet-based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can search and down load a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.
The UN-system has accumulated over the past 60 years an impressive amount of information. UNdata, developed by the Statistics Division of DESA, is a new powerful tool, which will bring this unique and authoritative set of data not only to the desks of decision makers and analysts, but also to journalists, to students and to all citizens of the world, says Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.
Minorities in Transition in South, Central, and Eastern Europe
The International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT), Budapest, Hungary has published a research on the effects of the transition of the countries in South, Central, and Eastern Europe to the status the ethnic minorities, as well as their changing roles in the societies.
The document is called Minorities in Transition in South, Central, and Eastern Europe.
Even before the state reform of 1993, which gave extensive foreign
competences to Flanders, the Flemish Government had considered Central
and Eastern Europe as a priority area within Flanders’ foreign policy. European programmes like Tacis and Phare served as a good example for
the development of the Flemish cooperation programme in Central and
Eastern Europe. The implementation of cooperation
agreements with States in Central and Eastern Europe took the form of projects, for
which Flemish promoters (institutions, organizations, companies, …)
could receive a financial contribution from the Flemish authorities for
setting up a project with partners in this region.
The new policy is based on three pillars: * Pillar I: Flanders will try to build on previously established contacts and networks and concentrate on those sectors where it has a comparative advantage. In this context the Flemish democratic social model, a dynamic knowledge society and a model for administrative policy, can be propagated and transmitted through projects that lead towards a win-win situation. In 2008 a budget of 1,170,000 euros will be spent on activities in the new member states.
* Pillar II: the pre-accession support should contribute to the countries' accession process to the EU and facilitate their successful integration into the European Union. The available budget in 2008 amounts to 500,000 euros for Croatia, 250,000 euros for Macedonia and 750,000 euros for the other countries on the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia-Kosovo).
* Pillar III: also with the countries called 'new neighbours' Flanders will try to set up cooperation wherever it is possible and meaningful. This cooperation will take the form of capacity building, institutional, democratic and economical backing, conflict prevention and community structuring. In 2008 the Flemish authorities wish again to limit the cooperation to Ukraine. For the financing of projects under pillar III a budget of 250,000 euros is available
Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking will be held on 13-15.02.2008
We invite interested representatives from Member States, UN agencies and other international and regional organizations, the business community, academia, civil society organizations and individual experts active in the fight against human trafficking to join us in Vienna in February 2008.
All those who wish to be considered for participation in the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking should register through our on-line registration form.
Please note that there is no registration/participation fee to attend the Vienna Forum. Funding Criteria: UN.GIFT seeks to provide a means to those who may not have access to the necessary funding to attend the Vienna Forum.
An interesting article of "The Economist" about charities and their effectiveness, with a focus on enterpreneurship. It is also about the key elements to be a successful non-profit organization: 1. Not only service, advocacy can change policies and increase the impact; 2. Not only giving, generating income and good approaches to the business increases the impact and influences the business sector to be socially responsible; 3. Not only use volunteers to work, empower them and create a volunteer community. They are among the most effective advocates of the cause; 4. Nurture non-profit networks. The best non-profits "freely share wealth, expertize, talent and power with their peers" because it is in their self-interest (Cruthfield and Grant book, called "Forces for Good"); 5. Adaptation and innovation, based on listening, learning and modifying the approaches will keep the organization relevant to the situation 6. Sharing the leadership - the leaders of the successful non-profits "share their power, make a habit of empowering others and cultivate strong second-in-command, build enduring executive teams and thoroughly engage their boards.
Materials from the international conference on Community Development, held in Sofia
During the conference researchers, practitioners and experts in the field of community development together made an overview of different community development practices and approaches implemented in the context Central Europe. There were discussions about the concepts and approaches leading to social development. Representatives of NGOs and local authorities searched common understanding about community development and different approaches and regional specifics.
Find information and very interesting presentations from the conference here.
This call for proposals will be open to national, regional and local authorities registered in any of the 26 Member States participating in the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals (Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom), Non Governmental Organisations, public or private bodies (including university departments, research centres), as well as international organisations, working on a strictly non-profit basis, with proven experience and expertise in the fields covered, taking into account their respective competences.
Actions may include partners and participants from Denmark and third countries, but the costs for their participation may not be covered by Community contribution and must be financed entirely by non-Community resources. Read more.
It is a fact that Roma people are subjected to discrimination in many parts of Europe. Hence, it is extremely important that a group of eight NGOs, among which include Amnesty International and the Open Society, is raising awareness on the need of EU-wide strategy on Roma. To get this message across to EU leaders, the NGOs sent a letter to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso urging for "an EU framework strategy to promote inclusion."
Earlier this month, the NGOs voice was echoed in a joint statement by Italian prime minister Romano Prodi and Romanian prime minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, subsequently tragic events occurred in Rome [1].
On Thursday 15 November, the silence within the EU was broken by the adoption of a resolution to create a network of organisations with a two-fold mandate: to promote Roma rights and duties in society to facilitate Roma social inclusion
Within the Commission, a fundamental rights group composed by 10 Commissioners [2] will analyse the issues for further action.
How are Roma people discriminated?
According to Amnesty International experts, Roma people are segregated from cradle to grave. The fact that children are excluded from mainstream public schools and that ad hoc measures are conceived to isolate Roma communities far away from inner cities, underpins the aforementioned assumption.
The promotion of social inclusion into an European free society in which every single citizen has the right of access to facilities regardless of socioeconomic status and origins is a key driver for EPHA. Hence, we embrace the NGOs cause and initiatives as the ROMAin project and raise our voice to better the Roma’s living conditions.
Call for Proposals from the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) has launched a Call for proposals.
The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) was established in July 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund. Its primary purpose is to support democratization throughout the world. UNDEF will finance projects that build and strengthen democratic institutions, promote human rights, and ensure the participation of all groups in democratic processes.
The Fund provides assistance to governmental, non-governmental, national, regional, and international organizations, including relevant United Nations departments, offices, funds, programmes and agencies. The Fund complements current UN efforts to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide.
The second round of UNDEF funding began with the invitation for proposals launched on 15 November 2007. The deadline for the first round of submissions will be 18 December 2007. Organizations wishing to apply for UNDEF funding should visit the UNDEF website where they will be prompted to complete an Online Proposal.
The Online Proposal form is here. The project guidelines are here.
From Participation to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on a Participatory Action Research Project with Street Children in Turkey
Author: Anli Ataφv and Jawaid Haider Middle East Technical University (METU) (Ataφv), Pennsylvania State University (Haider) Date: 2006
Summary This 26-page paper, published in a special issue of Children, Youth and Environments titled "Pushing the Boundaries: Critical International Perspectives on Child and Youth Participation" (click here to access the full issue), explores the communication strategies underpinning a 3-year participatory action research (PAR) project conducted with children living and working on the streets of 6 Turkish metropolitan cities. This project was motivated by the conviction that "if public space is to remain one of the foundational elements of a democratic society, it must be planned and researched using an inclusive approach". Yet, according to the authors, children - especially street children - are often not included in the research, planning, and/or management of public space. More ...
Check Millennium Development Goals achievements online
New York, 1 November - The United Nations, Google and Cisco
today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards
decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the
Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Visit the website at www.mdgmonitor.org.
International Conference in Community Development, 29 - 30.11.2007, Sofia, Bulgaria
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES AND TRENDS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 29 - 30.11.2007, Sofia, Bulgaria
Community Development Approaches and Trends in Central and Eastern Europe Conference aims to present variety of community development practices and approaches implemented in the context Central Europe. Overview of concepts, different approaches leading to social development, outcomes achieved and prospects for the future are the focus of the conference. Common understanding about community development will be searched and different approaches and regional specifics will be discussed.
The conference is part of the Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation project “Dialogue on Community Development: Discourse and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe” in partnership Romanian Association for Community Development (Romania), Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia (Slovakia) and Allavida (Great Britain). Funded by EC Networking CSC 2005.
As participants are invited civil society activists, community development practitioners, researchers, academia representatives and members of local authorities.
Request for Proposals from Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation is inviting proposals from
organizations and institutions in the countries of the Wider Black Sea
Region on the Trust’s three programs: civic participation, cross-border initiatives and east-east cooperation. Countries covered: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia (the oblasts of Krasnodar and Rostov) Applicants may find descriptions of the Trust’s programs on the website - here.
ProVentium Consortium and the Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, University of Cape Town, organised a three-day workshop on community risk assessment, which sought to strengthen capacity and build awareness and information exchange among academics and practitioners active in the field of participatory disaster risk assessment (PDRA).2 This paper is an output from that meeting, and is part of ongoing initiatives to raise awareness of and debate within the community of practitioners engaged in PDRA. It is beyond the scope of this paper to attempt a definitive review of participatory methods employed in disaster risk assessment.3 Instead, it identifies the key challenges that must be addressed if par-ticipatory approaches are to fulfil their potential for integrating the views of multiple stakeholders into disaster risk reduction and contribute to the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction into development planning.
Breaking the cycle of exclusion: Roma children in South East Europe
This document addresses the key issues involving social exclusion of Roma children in eight South eastern European countries. It identifies the most critical issues that, if addressed properly, can break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and exclusion and create a new cycle of development, opportunity and inclusion.
The authors argue that exclusion deprives children of their childhood
and hinders them from fully developing their capacities to contribute
in a substantial way to the economic and social development of their
country. Exclusion is a de facto violation of the rights of children
and it is with children that the intergenerational cycle of poverty and
exclusion can be broken. The report calls for immediate action on
social exclusion of children in middle income countries.
Authors: UNICEF Serbia Publisher: Child Rights Information Network , 2007
The publication in Eldis and the full text of the report here.
Measuring human well-being: key findings and policy lessons
Social development indicators: how to measure poverty, well-being and inequality?
This policy brief outlines a contextual background to UNU-WIDER
research project on ‘Social Development Indicators’, introducing some
key concepts and measures used in assessing achieved well-being.
Highlighted are some of the most widely used well-being measures. The
brief also provides an overview of five edited volumes that have
emerged from the project, summarising some of the main conclusions. Authors:
D. Clark; M. McGillivray
Publisher:
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2007
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released the 10th edition of the NGO Sustainability Index, a key analytical tool that measures the progress of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region.
NEW!!! Call for proposals: Civil society development: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania & Slovakia
The Trust for Civil Society in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE Trust) announces an open Call for proposals promoting the development of civil society in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Letters of intent expected in the following areas:
* - Accountability of Public Institutions * - Civic Engagement and Community Mobilization * - Solidarity in Social Life
Transparency & silence: Survey of access to information laws and practices in 14 countries
"How 'public' is public information?
The ability of citizens to request and receive information on the workings of their government is crucial to ensure transparency and accountability. This report provides a snapshot on the state of access to information in fourteen countries. It provides the results of a study undertaken to discover how government offices and agencies respond to specific requests for information."
Assessment of sustainability elements / key risk factors: practical guide
"The Guide is designed to be of practical use when identifying and
documenting the effects, impacts and risks of a programme.
Specifically, the guide is a supportive document for carrying out
screening and assessment of the relevant sustainability elements/ key
risk factors. These elements are described in the Development
Cooperation Manual (DCM), a quality assurance tool for the management
of Norwegian support to Partner Countries efforts to achieve
development results."
Macedonia community development: empowerment through targeting and institution building
A case study about one community-driven development project in Macedonia. "This paper illustrates how one CDD project in Macedonia has been able to meet these challenges by serving as a model project in the ECA Region for sustainable development at the local level and as a source of lessons for other projects in Macedonia and elsewhere." Go to the brief overview in the Eldis website. Download the full document here.
Participatory Development, "From Epistemological Reversals to Active Citizenship"
This is an interesting article on the increased importance of
participation and the efforts to involve marginalized groups in the
decision making processes, which affect them. The main questions
are about how to assure that vulnerable people are really connected to
the power. And also - is the rise of participation of the vulnerable
people enough, or the institutions themselves also need to change so
they are able to respond. And isn't the situation different in
different societies as every society has different channels to power
and different understanding of it? Go to the article here.
Note:Epistemology or theory of knowledge
is a branch of philosophy that studies nature, methods, limitations,
and validity of knowledge and belief. Epistemology addresses the
following questions: "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge
acquired?", and "What do people really know?".
Survey on Participatory Democracy and Civic Activism in Croatia-call for contributions
The Centre for Peace Studies, in a partnership with “Ivo Pilar” Social Sciences Institute, conducts a survey of participatory democracy and civic activism in civil society organizations. The survey aims to determine the conditions and obstacles to future development of civil society in Croatia. Contributions and dissemination of the initiative among colleagues, managers, etc. are very much appreciated. Read the whole information here. The questionnaire is available here.
Here is the website of CDA, an USA based organisation dealing with learning from experiences. One of their projects, called LISTEN was designed to help evaluate the effectiveness of international aid. This was expected to make the work of multiple agencies much more effective.
The Listening project itself was quite an interesting approach which required facilitators and very good listening skills to approach beneficiaries, keep silent and learn as much as possible. They did not use semi-structured interviews, trying to let beneficiaries share absolutely everything they want to, so the results are beneficiaries driven and not donor driven. Go here.
A guide to making successful workshops and trainings
Here is a very nice guide how to organize and facilitate successful workshops. Sure most of us already know a lot, but in this 171 page document there is a lot of useful stuff. Here.
The Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a tool, used in many fields, sociology, technology, industry and many others. It can be simple or complex. The reasons of publishing it is its similarity and applicability within PRA, which has also the purpose to find the problems and their root causes.
Download here a document on RCA in the field of medicine, produced by the North Dakota Health Care Review, Inc. (Center for Rural Health, UND School of Medicine)
British Library for Development Studies - online materials
Here you can find a link to the electronic publications at the British Library for Development Studies. The subjects vary from Agriculture and Rural Development, through Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Participation (includes PLA), Poverty and more. A very good source. And as a bonus, here is another useful library in English: Open Access Journals Portal
The Annual report of Soros Foundations Network and OSI has been published under the title "Building Open Societies".
The issues are human rights, access to education, freedom of information, public health.
"These pages describe some of OSI’s methods, including advocacy campaigns, court cases, public education, and support for direct services." Includes personal stories. Go to the website here.
CARDS Call for Proposals: Support to Marginalised people in Albania
Call for proposals "Support to Marginalised people" Country: Albania Support to Marginalised people Reference: EuropeAid/125638/L/ACT/AL Budget EUR: 400000 Status: Open (until 31.08.2007)
Documents: Guidelines for Applicants Grant Application Form Annexes B-G The overall objective of this programme is to provide social support for vulnerable groups, to integrate otherwise disadvantaged groups into the labour market and in general to assists the social and economic recovery of poor areas of the country. Organisations are encouraged to submit lively, imaginative and original proposals intended to: Provide assistance to disadvantaged groups of population; Improve literacy and the provision of educational services for children; Promote integration into the labour market through adult and vocational training; Stimulate income-generating activities.
Any project proposal with potential to improve the lives of citizens living under poverty in non-urban areas is welcome under this call for proposals.
Partnership with other civil society organisations, the direct involvement of ordinary people and collaboration with local and central institutions and other stakeholders (eg. representatives of the business community) are encouraged.
CARDS Call for Proposals: Support to Roma & marginalised groups in Western Balkans
The CARDS Call for Proposals under the title SUPPORT TO THE ROMA AND MARGINALISED GROUPS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS has been extended. The new deadline for concept notes is 3 August 2007.
Support to the Roma and marginalised groups in the Western Balkans Reference: EuropeAid/125704/C/ACT/Multi Budget EUR: 1000000 Status:Open (until 03.08.2007) Documents:Grant Application Form, Budget, Legal Entity Sheet, Guidelines, Logical Framework, Financial identification Form Countries covered by the Call: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro and Serbia.
The objectives and the priority areas are: The overall objective is to ensure social inclusion, protection and return-related activities to Roma community and marginalised groups.
The specific objective is to create conditions for these persons to improve their lives by: ·acquiring access to social security, public services, and development and employment opportunities; · fostering the promotion of poverty reduction and respect for human rights; · providing assistance both in the provision of integration solutions and legal assistance.
This Programme is considered a Pilot Initiative which will focus on key-geographical areas (to be determined by the applicant) in each country. Therefore, the "sub-objective" will be also to evaluate the added value of a regional approach in the field of civil registration of the Roma communities and the marginalised groups.
The priority issues are: o to provide Roma and marginalised groups with the necessary means for accessing employment opportunities, social welfare, schools and citizens rights, o to remove the obstacles which prevent Roma people and marginalised groups to get access to basic rights and protection, o to inform the Roma population and marginalised groups about the benefits of the registration and the recognition of their rights by the national authorities; o the Programme should demonstrate a regional dimension and a harmonised approach in the activities to be undertaken in all the targeted countries;
The first Roma DecadeWatch report was released on June 11, 2007, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
DECADE WATCH
DecadeWatch is the first assessment of government action on implementing the commitments expressed under the Decade of Roma Inclusion 20052015. Since the Decade aims at giving Roma a voice in the process of inclusion, this assessment has been conducted by coalitions of Roma NGOs and activists from all countries participating in the Decade.
10th Meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
On 12-13 June the 10th Meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Decade of Roma Inclusion will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The meeting is organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in its capacity as a National Coordinating Body for the Decade of Roma Inclusion under the Bulgarian Decade Presidency.
For more information about the plans and activities regarding the “Decade of Roma Inclusion”, please click here.
Making your voice heard in the EU - A guide for NGOs
Civil Society Contact Group of which EPHA is a member, has published a new training handbook: “Making your voice heard in the EU - A guide for NGOs”. The handbook can be downloaded for free, in 8 European languages.This is a useful guide for NGOs who wish to get more involved at EU level. You can download it in English, French, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese and Slovene.It is specifically designed for relatively new NGOs and activists that are in the process of establishing a European strategy.The handbook provides information on EU institutions, the way European NGOs work, as well as lobbying “tips”, illustrated by examples of EU level campaigns. Chapter 1 offers a clear description of the EU structure, and how NGOs can interact with the EU institutions. The second chapter offers further advice on lobbying at the EU level and tips for strategies and campaigns. The final chapter provides key information regarding where to find further information, with specific links and contacts according to a variety of NGO activities.
Emerging Donors Initiative - new donors countries in Europe
Most states in the region are recipients of official development assistance (ODA). But the new member states of the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the Russian Federation, have recently started to contribute to development cooperation as donor countries. By transferring expertise within and beyond the region, these countries can help the global community to achieve the eighth Millennium Development Goal, which calls for increasing ODA flows to developing countries.
Following extensive preparatory work with the new donor countries listed above, UNDP's Bratislava Regional Centre launched the Emerging Donor Initiative (EDI) in 2003. The goal of EDI is threefold:
* To promote development cooperation between emerging donor countries and recipient countries, with a special focus on Southeast Europe and the CIS; * To strengthen capacities in emerging donor countries to effectively deliver development assistance; * To enhance the role of UNDP, and the UN system overall, as a major partner for donors to provide aid to countries to the east and south.
European Commission publishes study on non-discrimination mainstreaming
The Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services has, on behalf of the European Commission, produced a new study: ‘Non-discrimination mainstreaming - instruments, case studies and ways forward’.
REPORT: Ambulance Not on the Way: The Disgrace of Health Care for Roma in Europe
Report by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), an international public interest law organisation combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma.
IFRC Call for applications for Intensified Capacity Building Support
Call for applications for Intensified Capacity Building Support (part of CBF - Capacity Building Fund) has been published in FedNet. Procedures and Application form here.
This article gives details of two new reports regarding the health of Roma people in Europe. Firstly the prevalence of TB in Roma communities is addressed in the report Confronting a Hidden Disease: TB in Roma Communities, and secondly, the inequalities in health services is highlighted in a report by the European Roma Rights Centre
The Open Society Institute has set up matching funds for projects funded at the EU or national level under the umbrella of the European Year 2007. The matching funds are part of OSI’s support for the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015.
The 
to promote Roma rights and duties in society