Promoting Roma Equality in Slovenia and Slovakia

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Title of Project: Promoting Roma Equality in Slovenia and Slovakia The overall objective of the project is to promote and protect the rights of Roma victims of discrimination by raising societies and stakeholders’ awareness, enhancing implementation of non-discrimination legislation and empowering Roma to seek legal remedies, in Slovakia and Slovenia. Activities Research and baseline study on discrimination against the Roma and access to justice Training on discrimination for legal practitioners, CSOs/Roma activists Field work by Roma mediators to identify discrimination cases Legal aid for Roma victims of discrimination Reporting discrimination cases to the equality body Roundtable for equality bodies to exchange experience Advocacy to combat discrimination Lessons learnt report and exchange of experience Beneficiaries 30 legal practitioners and 30 CSOs/Roma activists benefit from training 120 Roma benefit from legal advice 12 Roma clients’ cases reported to national equality bodies 3 equality bodies benefit from exchange of experience 10 decision-makers receive information on discrimination Roma communities increase awareness of discrimination and legal remedies Results -Enhanced knowledge on legal remedies to discrimination and access to justice -Strengthened capacity and willingness of legal practitioners to provide legal aid for Roma and challenge discrimination incidents -Strengthened capacity of NGOs to provide Roma community with information about anti-discrimination law and legal remedies -Increased access to justice of the Roma community Deliverables -1 baseline report and 2 conferences -4 trainings and 4 training materials -84 field work reports -120 instances of legal advice -12 discrimination cases to the equality body -1 roundtable event -10 advocacy meetings -2 shadow reports  -1 lessons learned report and 2 conferences