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.
From Participation to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on a Participatory Action Research Project with Street Children in Turkey
Author: Anli Ataöv and Jawaid Haider Middle East Technical University (METU) (Ataöv), 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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 2005–2015. 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.
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.
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
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