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BIM Annual Report 2008
Human Rights in Development and Business
Decade of Roma Inclusion – Revision of the Macedonian National Action Plans on
Education, Employment, Housing and Health
Summary
The project had the objective to revise the National Action Plans (NAPs) on Education, Employment,
Housing and Health of the Decade of the Roma 2005-2015 in order to make them applicable political
instruments (with benchmarks and indicators), thus facilitating real implementation and taking over of
responsibility by the state institutions.
The project was based on a wide and inclusive consultation process, in the course of which a transfer
of knowledge took place about the experience and lessons learned from other signatory states to the
Roma Decade. On this basis, consultation among the relevant stakeholders (line ministries, relevant
state agencies, national and local NGOs, international agencies) was facilitated within thematic workshops
on education, employment, housing and health with a participatory approach. Gender was
treated as a cross-cutting issue.
The NAPs are expected to be adopted by the government of the Republic of Macedonia and made
publicly available in the course of March 2009. In order to reach the public, a PR-campaign about the
action plans will take place after the adoption of the NAPs by dissemination of leaflets and posters
elaborated and printed in the course of the project.
Country
Persons
involved
Macedonia
Coordinator
International Expert
Project Manager
Local Human Rights Expert
Administration
Christine Sommer
Barbara Liegl
Filippo Unterhofer
Ninoslav Mladenovic
Jagoda Strasevska
With the assistance of local experts on education, employment, health and housing.
Contact person
Christine Sommer, christine.sommer@univie.ac.at
Lead
organisation
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
of Human Rights – Research
Association
Partner
organisations
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Starting/
end date
Funded by
September 2008 to December 2008
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje
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