OSCE/EU provide free legal aid to Roma population
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The European Support to Roma Inclusion project’s achievements in providing free legal aid to legally invisible persons in Serbia will be the subject of the panel discussion Free legal aid to Roma population – the good news and work still to be done.
Panellists at the event include the Director of the Government of Serbia Office for Human and Minority Rights, Suzana Paunović, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Michael Uyehara, the Head of Operations I at the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia, Nicolas Bizel, the President of the Standing Conference of the Roma Associations of the Citizens, Osman Balić, and NGO Praxis Executive Director, Ivanka Kostić. Beneficiaries and members of Praxis legal mobile teams will share their experiences on free legal aid.
The European Support for Roma Inclusion is a 4.8 mn EUR European Union-funded project, implemented by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, assisting Serbian institutions in the improvement of life of Roma people in the following areas: access to basic rights and civic participation, labour market, education, health, social welfare, adequate housing and job creation. Key stakeholders and implementing partners include the Office for Human and Minority Rights, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities, NGO Praxis, the Roma Education Fund, the Government of Serbia European Integration Office and Social Inclusion and the Poverty Reduction Unit.