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On behalf of the 8th FARE Week Against Racism, the National Roma Centrum in partnership with the FARE network organized a small football tournament in the Sports Hall in Kumanovo. This activity was held on the 27th October in the Week Against Racism which began on the 17th October and will last until the 30th.

On the event participants were teams from several elementary schools from Kumanovo and also there was game between the non governmental sector from Kumanovo and the members of the Council of the Municipality of Kumanovo. These players that were on the tournament joined other players, fan groups and even professional players world wide to contribute in the struggle against racism. The teams were made of Roma, Macedonian and Albanian pupils from the fifth to the eight grade. Before the official opening of the event there was a parade through the city with the banners against racism and the official motto of the event “Different players, same game”. Asmet Elezovski the manager of NRC officially opened the tournament, and the professional ex football player, the renowned Vujadin Stanojkovic closed the tournament with awards and diplomas for participation to the players.

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FARE Action week against racism and discrimination in European football.

The FARE Action week is the focus of the symbolic struggle of the European football against racism and discrimination.
The activities are designed to raise awareness for this issue and to point out the determination of football to fight this problem. Initiatives are being set up by NGO campaigns, fan groups, clubs, national associations, ethnic minorities, youth groups and schools.

More than 2000 activities will be organized in 37 European countries. On behalf of the Action week against racism and discrimination, the National Roma Centrum “NRC” from Kumanovo in partnership with FARE within the frames of their action, UNITED AGAINST RACISM will organize a football tournament. These activities will serve as addition and continuance of the intensive urges for quality education which is being realized through the national campaign “The key is our hands”, Roma Education Fund – Budapest. On Thursday, 25.10.2007 at 10 o’clock in Skopje hotel “Jadran”, a press conference will be held on behalf of the Action week against racism. The tournament will be held on:

Date: 27.10.2007 - Saturday
Location: Sports hall - Kumanovo

Participants

• ES. Krste Misirkov
• ES. Bajram Sabani
• ES. Braka Miladinovci
• ES. H. T. Karpos
• ES. 11 Oktomvri
• Council of Municipality of Kumanovo
• NGO - sector
• Kumanovo – “Euro – sport”
  

AGENDA

• 9.00 – Gathering of the participants in fornt of NRC’s office
• 9.15 – Start of the parade through the city
• 9.30 – Arrival in the Sports Hall
• 9.40 – Official opening of the manifestation (Mr. Zoran Petrusevski – president of the Council of Municipality of Kumanovo).
• 10.00- Begging of the tournament
• 11.15- One game between the girl teams
• 11. 30- One game between the Council of Municipality of Kumanovo and the NGO sector.
• 12.00 – Final game
• 12.30. Closing of the tournament and awarding of diplomas and awards to the winners (Mr. Zoran Damjanovski, mayor of municipality of Kumanovo and the famous Macedonian footballer Mr. Vujadin Stanojkovic).

Contact person: Kiril Petkovski, tel: 031 427 558, Fax: 031 427 558, Mob. 075 280 521,
e-mail: info % nationalromacentrum.org, www.nationalromacentrum.org, Done Bozinov nr. 11/5

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Report

MAC 029
National Roma Centrum
Campaign for Roma education

Preparation period

The National Roma Centrum began with realization of the project in February 2007. During the first two months were the preparations for the planned activities, with which we created foundations for their successful realization.

Changes in the Law for elementary education - The preparations were in following of the changes in the law for elementary education, changes with introducing nine years elementary education, analyses of the previous year which would be useful in preparation of implementing plans as pointers for further actions.

List of Roma families for comparison and analyses - Considering the fact that we in 2006 had already visited the Roma families in Skopje, Prilep and Kumanovo we prepared the list of the Roma in these three cities and we prepared it for comparison with the new data which should arrive in the period June – September.

Meetings with the implementation team - We organized meetings with the team which will be included in he project activities in order to determine the obligations, as well as to set up the foundation for the realization of the idea.

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The activities of the project point out the importance of health services for the Roma women in order to turn to the much needed research and studies within this sector, a process based on human rights for identifying of the specific situation of the Roma women. According to this, NRC’s goals are to contribute and ensuring that all necessary and provisions will reflect the real needs of the Roma women, than generalization and assumptions which do not express enough the health status of the Roma women. Health protection remains an issue of great importance for the Roma women, thus analyses of the health protection status represents a key for moving towards improvement and change of policies and practices. The Roma women are in a “double disadvantage” because, first of all they are Roma, and second they are women. The health protection of the Roma women does not represent a great concern for the authorities, and many Roma women do not even have basic personal documentation, like birth certificates, ID cards, citizenships so they do not have access towards health services. NRC will make researches in four cities in R. Macedonia where most of the Roma population lives – in Kumanovo, Bitola, Prielp and Kriva Palanka which is in the north-east region in Macedonia where the Roma live in extremely difficult conditions.

The health of the Roma, the advantages of a healthy and an informed woman who will know where to turn for help is one of the main activities which NRC is planning to implement. Prosperity and health of the Roma woman, path towards challenges is an activity supported by the Woman Health Program of SOROS – Budapest. A data base will be created about the health of the Roma woman. For this purpose 6 assistants were engaged who are working on the field and at the same time are informing the women, where and how they can turn for help.

A lawyer will be available for consultations in cases where there is no health insurance and where there is unequal treatment towards the Roma women by relevant institutions. Within the frames of the project a report will be delivered and analyses of the project activities as well as submits to World Health Organization, UN and other relevant institutions. Our final analyses will be delivered to the relevant institutions in R. Macedonia.

The project is supported by the Republic Institute for health protection.

Duration of the grant: August 2007/2008

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Campaign for Roma education
“The key is in our hands”

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