THE PROJECT INTEGRATING ROMA INTERESTS TO THE SARAJEVO HOUSING PROCESS
THE PROJECT INTEGRATING ROMA INTERESTS TO THE SARAJEVO HOUSING PROCESS

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Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Civil Society, Sociology, Politics and society, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Centar za regionalizam
Keywords: roma; ethnic minorities; housing
Summary/Abstract: At the very beginning of this year the Igman Initiative started with the implementation of the project Integrating Roma interests to the Sarajevo Housing Process supported by the Foundation Open Society Institute. Within the framework of the project the expert team worked on mapping and documenting Roma refugees, determining their housing needs as well as drafting recommendations for finding housing solutions within the RHP. After a comparative analysis of the documents obtained from government bodies and data obtained from Roma rights organizations, and after the outlining of independent expert reports on state of affairs in this area the Igman Initiative organized round-tables in all four countries in order to support the authorities in their efforts to permanently resolve housing issues of Roma refugee. During the months of September and October the leadership of the Igman Initiative met with the representatives of competent government bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia as part of lobbying campaign to ensure that special attention is provided to Roma refugees within the Regional Housing Programme, considering that they are the most vulnerable group. They also lobbied for the adoption of the expert team recommendations aimed at securing equal position of Roma refugees in relation to other citizens with the same status in the framework of implementation of the Regional Housing Program. In the second half of 2014 the experts of the Igman Initiative provided free legal aid and assistance in obtaining documents to Roma refugees.

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