ROMA CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION EDUCATION “Dzan”

PLAY FAIR FOR FAIR ELECTIONS

The National Roma Centrum held a press conference today in the NGO Info center in Skopje, on which the pre election campaign was presented, called DZAN (in translation GO). The campaign has for a goal to educate and to motivate the Roma to come out and vote on the 5th of July 2006. The election process is an important moment where freedom of expression SHOULD BE respected, and promotion of mutual understanding, tolerance and raising awareness that the Roma need to be equal participants SHOULD BE A FACT, was pointed out by the coordinator of the campaign Asmet Elezovski. Keep reading…

The key is in your hands Campaign activities January – May 2006

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INTRODUCTION

Education is the main precondition for resolving of the other problems that are burdening the modern living, such as the unemployment, the low standard of living, protection of the human and minority rights, better social integration, coping with various forms of violence. The reality of Roma people in Macedonia is widening to early leaving of the primary school, parallel educational system in private flats, impossibility to enrol at a university, non-engagement of the Roma intellectuals, poverty, unemployment and rejection of the society. According to the data of the State Bureau of Statistics out of 7.868 Roma that had enrolled at school, only Keep reading…

Fair play for fair participation

National Roma Centrum from Kumanovo is organizing the campaign “Dzan” (translated: go, know), in order to increase the level of Roma participation in all forms of civil participation in the society. The organization will work on education and motivation on Romani voters to be involved in the electoral process for the Parliamentary elections in Macedonia. The campaign is organized with support by Roma Participation Programme Budapest. Through our working programme and propaganda material as well with basic instructions, we want to convey a message to stop with the manipulation of Roma votes. Our idea is to promote tolerance and fair elections throughout football matches Keep reading…

16 June 2006, Budapest, Skopje. The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and the National Roma Centrum (NRC) sent a letter to Dr. Vlado Buckovski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia expressing grave concern about the recent death of a Romani youth named Trajan Bekirov, and urging that Macedonian authorities to carry out a prompt, thorough and effective investigation. Copies of the letter were also sent to Ms. Meri Mladenovska Gjorgjievska, Keep reading…