Innovative Roma in the labour market

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Country/partner countries
Poland

Project lead partner/organization and contact person (e-mail, links) project website
ZWIĄZEK ROMÓW POLSKICH.
78-400 SZCZECINEK, ul. Wyszynskiego 32
phone: 94 372 50 98
e-mail: rom.ch@pro.onet.pl
http://www.romowie.com

Project information – start and end date (if available)
2012

Summary (goals and purposes of the project)
The aim of the project is professional and social activation of the unemployed Roma. After the training, the project employed 28 persons of Roma origin, as professional-social assistants.
AZ-S wards are Roma living on Polish territory, in the productive age.

Results of the project
After the training, the project employed 28 persons of Roma origin, as professional-social assistants.
The assistants are the Roma living in the Polish territory, in the productive age, irrespective of education, long-term unemployed, enjoying the benefits of OPS, at risk of social exclusion, those who lack the motivation to look for work, and the ability to adapt to the changing requirements of the labour market.

Who will benefit from this project (target group)
Men and women of Roma origin at risk of long-term unemployment and social exclusion

Sources of funding
Human Capital Operational Programme.
Priority: employment and social integration.
Countrywide occupational integration and activation programmes

Link
ESSENTIAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES
POLISH ROMA ASSOCIATION:
Work projects Roma in Poland:

http://www.wwpe.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/4.-Prezentacja-ZRP.pdf