2007 January - National Roma Centrum

National Roma Centrum – Kumanovo

Campaign for Roma education (Mobilization of the Roma parents to send children in mainstream schools) – continuing

Evaluation report

2006

Introduction

Guided from the precondition that education is a key for opening of the doors towards better life, the National Roma Centrum in the period January – October 2006 has realized the project Campaign for Roma education (Mobilization of the Roma parents to send children in mainstream schools), with financial support of the Roma Education Fund.

The condition of the Roma in education is reason – consequential relationships where on each side of the triangle are the parents, school and government institutions. But the most important side is the one of the parents. It depends on them whether the children will be included in the educational process and how successful will this be. That is why the most important work of the NRC in the campaign was to work with the parents. Keep reading…

Vladimir Milcin	Asmet Elezovski

Would you like to briefly describe your background and your current position?

I was born in Skopje in 1947. I completed the theater play director course at the Theater, Film, Radio and Television Academy in Belgrade in 1970. I am currently working as a full-time professor of acting at the Dramatic Arts Faculty in Skopje. Since 1992 I have been the executive manager of the Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM). Keep reading…

Lívia Járóka

What is your name and current position?

Lívia Járóka, Member of the European Parliament from Hungary.

What is your political belonging as a member of the European Parliament?

I am a member of FIDESZ (Hungarian Civic Union) and the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats and I serve on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality as the deputy coordinator for European People’s Party and European Democrats group, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Keep reading…

For the parents who will not enroll their children in school, besides the fines so far terminating of social assistance is being predicted if they are beneficiaries.

The socially endangered families will remain without the monetary assistance from the state if the parents do not enroll their children in elementary education. The social assistance will also be terminated for the parents who will not enroll their children in high school if it becomes obligatory in the next year. Keep reading…

Skopje, 31st of January (MIA) – The Roma issue in Macedonia – lack of knowledge or lack of political will is a subject on the today’s public hearing which is held in the Assembly of Republic of Macedonia.

According to the report of the European Roma Rights Centre and the National Roma Centrum from Republic of Macedonia, the Roma in Macedonia in regard of employment and conditions for work are in a very difficult condition. Keep reading…