Roma integration across the Danube: best practices and social entrepreneurship models exchange between Romania and Bulgaria

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80% of the Roma population in Europe lives in the Danube Region. To promote efficient Roma integration policies in the countries, a framework for cooperation and sharing best practices as well as knowledge is fundamental. While Roma inclusion actions have been supported in recent years through some European funds, the effects remain limited in the south of Romania, one of the country’s poorest regions and home to an important Roma community (more than 8% of the total population). In Bulgaria, on the other hand, Kavarna, a small town in the North East region has become a model for its comprehensive approach to Roma integration. RID aimed at facilitating the useful exchange of experience between municipalities, civil society and Roma entrepreneurs from the two countries. The main project activities were: organising a best practice exchange visit in Kavarna and drafting a report on Kavarna’s integration model. Organising a two-day workshop in Kavarna to share best practices and to identify business opportunities in the region. A follow-up report on the results and the future cooperation possibilities was established and disseminated to municipalities’ networks and social entrepreneurs and to the public.

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