ECMI - From Schleswig-Holstein to Western Balkans: sharing practices on access to social rights for vulnerable groups

Vulnerable groups, including Roma, are the focus of the new initiative recently launched by the State Chancellery of Schleswig Holstein in cooperation with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The project implementation partners are the ECMI (European Centre for Minority Issues) and FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationalities),  both of them actively involved in sharing Schleswig-Holstein’s experience to the target groups. The project aims to introduce the Schleswig-Holstein model to the local actors in the Western Balkans and to increase access of Roma to municipal services. The direct target group of the project are members of the (pro-) Roma NGOs and local governments in Serbia, Macedonia, BiH and Kosovo. More...