The MERI network launches also the Mayors Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma Awards. Best practices (supported with relevant case work) in using EU and other available donor funds for Roma Inclusion in the areas of education, employment, health, housing and public utilities will be acknowledged at the first MERI Conference and Awards ceremony which will be hosted by the European Commission and MtM on 4 and 5 October 2012 in Budapest, under the patronage of László Andor, Member of the European Commission.
Read moreThe Open Society Foundations’ Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma (MtM) programme in cooperation with the European Commission and under the patronage of László Andor, Member of the European Commission. is launching a new initiative to establish a European network of local governments which have implemented (or plan to implement) programmes supporting integration and inclusion of vulnerable groups with a focus on Roma. The network called Mayors Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma Inclusion Network (MERI) will promote inclusion and integration of Roma at local levels through best practice-sharing and learning across European countries, and bring to the forefront local level results and achievements.
Read moreThe MERI network launches also the Mayors Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma Awards. Best practices (supported with relevant case work) in using EU other available donor funds for Roma Inclusion in the areas of education, employment, health, housing and public utilities will be acknowledged at the first MERI Conference and Awards ceremony which will be hosted by the European Commission and MtM on 4 and 5 October 2012 in Budapest, under the patronage of László Andor, Member of the European Commission.
Read moreAlmost 450 resources are now available on the archive website of the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability. Citizenship DRC was an experiment in global research. In 2001, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded a coordinating team, based at the Institute of Development Studies, to assemble a research consortium to investigate how citizens hold institutions to account and claim their rights.
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