Roma Policy Lab

bilateral project

Project: “Establishment of Youth Center in Pernik – A model for high standards of youth work“

The main objective of the project is to provide effective activities aimed at social inclusion and personal development of young people in the municipality with a special focus on vulnerable groups, develop quality youth activities and policies at local, national and international level, and build appropriate infrastructure.

Project “Establishment of a Youth Centre in the city of Montana“

Establishment of a Youth Center in Montana, which will provide comprehensive services for young people related to innovative, educational and non-formal learning; psychological assistance and support; forums on youth problems and challenges; cultural, civic and sports initiatives.

Project „Build bridges for а change”

Civic engagement of Roma and young people aged below 29 has been extremely low in Bulgaria over the last years. Low education level, lack of initiative, unemployment, result in apathy and looking for opportunities for migration. That is why persistent and targeted effort should be made to train representatives of vulnerable groups who can influence their community.

What are abuse, violence and crimes in the name of honour and why they are a problem not just for individual communities, but for the society as a whole?  

What are abuse, violence and crimes in the name of honour and why they are a problem not just for individual communities, but for the whole of society? This continues to be an open question and task before the Bulgarian legislation and the responsible institutions.

Project “Social and legal action to combat honor related abuse”

The Bulgarian legislation does not have a definition of honour abuse or violence and a data collection system which leads to impunity for offenders and inadequate protection for victims. The project sets out to carry out a national representative study of the issue among the various ethnic groups of Roma, Jews, Turks and Bulgarian as well as among asylum seekers who have been granted international protection, drawing comparison with the situation and good practices from Norway, analyse Bulgarians’ awareness and attitude to the issue, develop and submit to the public institutions recommendations for changes to the policies and legislation to prevent and solve such cases effectively.

Project: “Improving the access to justice for people living under the poverty line with a special emphasis on women, children and Roma”

The main aim of the project is to further expand the system for legal aid provision to encompass more citizens with vulnerable background as well as to strengthen the state’s role in reaction to domestic and gender-based violence while exercising its duties to ensure equal and fair access to justice and legal aid to people whose fundamental human rights have been violated.

Project “Enhancing the National Capacity for the Effective Implementation of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights”

The main objective of the project is the effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as achieving a culture of human rights protection and creating effective instruments for prevention of future violations.