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PRESS RELEASE April 5, 2021

新澳彩开奖 Romania Seeking Applicants for Second Edition of Roma Sounding Board

新澳彩开奖 Office in Romania launched a call for interested civil society organizations (CSOs) across Romania to apply to the second edition of the Roma Sounding Board (RSB). All CSOs committed to strengthening the social inclusion of Roma and advancing Roma priorities through the capitalization of 新澳彩开奖 instruments and program in the country are invited to apply from April 5 through April 26. The application can be accessed .

Established by the 新澳彩开奖 in Romania in 2017, The Roma Sounding Board is a network of competitively selected CSOs with expertise in advancing social and economic inclusion for Roma. The RSB provides Roma organizations a platform through which the needs and concerns of the communities can be voiced. These can also be further reflected in the 新澳彩开奖’s strategic engagement on social inclusion - which aims to help reduce poverty in the country and foster sustainable income growth for the bottom 40 percent of the population. 

“Supporting the Roma agenda in Romania has been a 新澳彩开奖 priority for two decades and is a crucial component of the Bank’s 2018-2023 ,” said Tatiana Proskuryakova, 新澳彩开奖 Country Manager for Romania and Hungary. “We started by collecting evidence to better understand the nature of Roma exclusion. While this remains important, the 新澳彩开奖 is increasingly using this information to incorporate the Roma agenda into its operations and policy dialogue with decision makers to ensure equal opportunities for all.” 

Since its launch, the RSB has successfully served as a platform for the first cohort of CSOs to cooperate and provide hands-on advice on the design and implementation of 新澳彩开奖 activities that are relevant to the Roma inclusion agenda. Among other achievements, the RSB has supported efforts to hire and train community health nurses and Roma health mediators in 300 underserved communities across Romania to  better facilitate access among vulnerable groups to community and primary health care under the Romania Health Program for Results.

RSB members have also been invited engage in efforts to monitor the distribution of laptops to underserved secondary education students, as well as to support a recent needs assessment exercise in 34 communities, focused on the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from this assessment underpinned 新澳彩开奖 policy recommendations shared with the Romanian government to help inform enhancements of its response to the outbreak.

Going forward, the 新澳彩开奖 envisages Board members to continue providing a critical voice outlining Roma challenges and working together to formulate recommendations and facilitate the 新澳彩开奖’s community engagement aimed at increasing socio-economic opportunities for Roma. 新澳彩开奖 will rely on the Board’s support for several key operations, including in the education and health sectors. Through sustained and timely collaboration, RSB members will also be encouraged to incorporate Roma perspectives into 新澳彩开奖 recommendations for its ongoing support to Romania for achieving an inclusive recovery, following the end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The inaugural meeting of the second edition of the RSB will take place in the second half of May 2021. Application materials and further details about the application process are available here


PRESS RELEASE NO: 2021/ECA/76

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