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Roundtable on Responsive Budgeting targeting Roma Ashkali Egyptian Communities held in Pristina

On 28 October, a Roundtable on Responsive Budgeting for Roma Ashkali Egyptian communities took place in Pristina to mark a step forward to advancement of Human Rights in vulnerable communities. Representatives from 10 partner municipalities participated in the event, confirming commitment to inclusion of these communities at local level.

Policy document prepared by the local consultant was presented at the roundtable. The findings from the local and central level have been deliberated and inputs collected from the participants. Few recommendations on the policy level with possibility of further development regarding responsive budgeting targeting Roma Ashkali Egyptian communities, were introduced. Element of creating knowledge and capacitating local government has been highlighted. 

ROMACTED Phase II continues to provide a response to the recognised need of a more systematic approach to stimulate processes of community change of engagement of the local stakeholders with each other in a constructive dialogue. The programme thus invests in a longer process involving different stakeholders at the local level. Furthermore, Phase II focuses on building stronger partnerships at all levels, which will be built towards long-term sustainability of the process, particularly through the implementation of the Responsive Budgeting principles at local level.

The Responsive Budgeting approach as a concept has been developed during 80s with the focus on gender. In countries in transition, such as Kosovo*, this concept was piloted with a ‘Policy Brief Roma Responsive Budgeting’ done by Regional Cooperation Council/ Roma Integration 2020, during 2019. Reiterating the commitments for integration of Roma in the Western Balkan societies and pledges from central-level governments to step up the efforts as part of the European Union enlargement process and regional cooperation, stipulated in the Poznan Declaration, the Responsive Budgeting was listed as one of the main priorities for further advancement of human rights in the communities.

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo* Declaration of Independence.

PRISTINA 28 OCTOBER 2022
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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