Social inclusion and social capital

Year

2016

Organizational development grant from the Think Tank Fund

The Think Tank Fund of the Open Society Institute Foundation awarded the Center a grant for organizational development. This fund supports independent centers that promote inclusive change through analysis, advocacy, and engagement with a wide range of societal actors. As a result, over the next year the CENTER will be able to strengthen its capacities, improve the quality of its analyses, and increase its public presence.

Year

2014

Roma in Serbia: How safe they feel and do they see improvements?

The publication “Roma Women and Men and Security Sector Reform in the Republic of Serbia” presents the results of research conducted by the CENTER on the security-related problems of the Roma population. It is the first study of its kind to analyze the perceptions of Roma women and men regarding their own security, as well as the policies of the Ministry of the Interior (i.e., the police) and the Ministry of Defense, as the main actors of the security sector, toward this vulnerable group.

Year

2021-2023

Improved capacities and resilience of CSOs in Serbia to protect economic and social rights of Roma and migrants in the aftermath of Covid–19 pandemic

Glavni cilj ovog projekta je jačanje kapaciteta i otpornosti civilnog sektora u cilju bolje zaštite ekonomskih i socijalnih prava ranjivih grupa tokom vanrednih situacija koje uključuju zdravstvene hazarde visokog rizika kao što je kovid -19.

Year

2022

Additional Report for the GIZ Study “Mapping Substandard Roma Settlements in Belgrade to Enhance Linkages Between Housing and Social Inclusion Policies”, on improving water and sanitation

Dodatni izveštaj za studiju GIZ “Mapiranje podstandardnih romskih naselja u Beogradu: Ka boljem povezivanju politika stambenog i socijalnog uključivanja” bavi se pitanjima mogućeg rešavanja problema snabdevanja vodom i uređenjem kanalizacione mreže.

Year

2021

Mapping Substandard Roma Settlements in Belgrade to Enhance Linkages between Housing and Social Inclusion Policies

Cilj studije je da pruži preliminarni pregled karakteristika podstandardnih romskih naselja na teritoriji Grada Beograda u sklada sa pet prioritetnih oblasti – stanovanje, zapošljavanje, obrazovanje, zdravlje i socijalna zaštita

Year

2017-2019

LOVE (Law, Order, Values) to migrants/asylum seekers in enjoying rights without discrimination

Ključni cilj ovog projekta je da obezbedi održivu zaštitu migranata/tražioca azila/osoba kojima je odobren azil od diskriminacije u Srbiji, a u skladu sa EU vrednostima i standardima u suzbijanju diskriminacije.

Year

2018

Impact Analysis of Two Newly Introduced Services Designed to Support Minors among Migrants and Refugees

CENTAR je za potrebe IDEAS sproveo analizu prvih efekata uvođena dve nove usluge u podršci deci izbeglicama/migrantima – privremenih staratelja i kulturnih medijatora.

Year

2016-2017

Enhancing the role of local communities in preventing dropout from the education system

The Center for Public Policy Research, in partnership with the Center for Social Policy as the lead organization, implemented the project “Mechanisms for Preventing the Dropout of Roma Students from the Education System,” aimed at reducing student dropout and early school leaving, particularly among Roma girls and boys and returnees under readmission agreements from EU Member States.

Year

2016-2017

Advocating for successful integration of Roma migrants through better education/employment policies

The Roma Forum of Serbia and the Center for Public Policy Research carried out, from November 2016 to June 2017, the project “Documenting New Forms of Discrimination and Advocating the Successful Integration of Returning Roma through Improved Conditions in Education and Employment.” The project focused on researching new opportunities for the employment of returning Roma, in partnership with European and domestic business associations, and through proactive policies toward EU partners aimed at opening opportunities for the seasonal employment of returning Roma in the EU through legal channels.

Year

2016

Rural Development Network as a Framework for Research Collaboration

Following a successful study on formal and informal networks in rural areas, a team of members from the Association of Agro-Economists of the Republic of Macedonia (AAEM) and researchers from the CENTER, led by Prof. Dr. Natalija Bogdanov, worked in this project on creating a network of researchers in the field of rural development that would include the scientific community across the Western Balkans.

Social inclusion and social capital

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