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1st Workshop – 29th /30th September 2010E-Inclusion of vulnerable groups

ICT Education programs and impact on rehabilitation and resocialisation of specific

vulnerable groups

ROMA

PROJECT “ACCEDER”

Fundación Secretariado Gitano

OUR ORGANIZATION

WE ARE A NON-PROFIT INTERCULTURAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ROMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER SPAIN AND ALSO IN EUROPE.

OUR MISSION IS THE INTEGRAL PROMOTION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY FROM THE RESPECT TO ITS CULTURAL IDENTITY

AROUND 700.000 ROMA PEOPLE (45% in Andalucía, in the

South))

YOUNG POPULATION: 45% IS UNDER 16.

BIRTH RATE HIGHLY ABOVE AVARAGE

MORE THAN 7 OUT OF 10 YOUNG ROMA OVER 16 (71,2%)

DIDN´T FINISH PRIMARY SCHOOL

REMARKABLE ADVANCES IN THE LAST 30 YEARS

SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION (National Statistics)

ROMA COMUNITY: SPANISH SCENERY

OCCUPATIONAL SITUATION SPANISH POPULATION

ROMA POPULATION

16 years and over 34.474.300 475.000

Activity rate % 56,1 69,3

Unemployment rate % 10,4 13,8

Employment rate % 50,3 59,7

Industry Sector Occupation % 18,0 4,7

Services Sector Occupation % 64,6 75,9

Temporality rate % 30,9 70,9

Part-time jobs rate % 8,5 42,0

Young people over 15 without primary school certificate %

15,3 71,3

PROJECT “ACCEDER”

DESCRIPTION AND ITINERARIES

OPERATIVE PROGRAMME OF FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

MULTIREGIONAL PROGRAMME AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

2000-2006/ 2007-2013

WOMEN:

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

HANDICAPPED PEOPLE

INMIGRANTSEMIGRANTS

SPANISH +MIGRANTS

INMATES ROMA COMMUNITY

COLLECTIVES IN RISK OF

EXCLUSION

FSG PROGRAM“ACCEDER”

OBJECTIVE

Access to employment in equal terms– Improvement of Roma Population employability.

– Prejudices and discriminatory practises suffered by Roma men and women awareness

– The spread of more active measures regarding to Roma population

• 48 Labour insertion points located in 14 Spanish regions48 Labour insertion points located in 14 Spanish regions • Work teams(260 people staff)Work teams(260 people staff)• European presence European presence

WORK TEAMSCOORDINATOR• Team supervising• Person of reference• Institutional relationships

INTERCULTURAL MEDIATOR• Users recruitment • Welcome and initial information• Work in community contexts, social participation.

PROSPECTOR• Labour market analysis and job offers search• Cooperation with companies• Offers management

CONSULTANT• Employability diagnosis • Individualized itinerary design• Guidance, accompaniment, derivation and monitoring

SOCIAL TECHNICAL• Other issues participation: family, education, health, housing…• Individual and family intervention• Pre-training and educative actions development

ACTIONS

• LABOUR INSERTION ITINERARIES

- Labour insertion as employee

- Self-employment

• STIMULATE PRO-ACTIVE MEASURES ADDRESSED TO ROMA POPULATION

LABOUR INSERTION ITINERARIES

• INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH

• INTERCULTURAL APPROACH

• INTERCULTURAL AND MULTI-SKILLED TEAMS

• INTEGRATING APPROACH

• MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH

• STANDATIZATION APPROACH

STIMULATE PRO-ACTIVE MEASURES ADDRESSED TO ROMA POPULATION

TRAINING AND AWARENESS ACTIONS ADDRESSED TO SOCIAL AGENTS AND PUBLIC OPINION

ROMA POPULATION STEROTYPES BREAK

TECHNICAL ASSITANCE TO THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN OF PLANS AND MEASURES

MATERIALS, STUDIES AND SEARCHING DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

“Know them beforemisjudging them”

“Employment makes us equals”

II CAMPAIGN (2005-06)

“Your prejudices are other's voice”

I CAMPAIGN (2004-05)

III CAMPAIGN (2007-08)

PROJECT “ACCEDER”

RESULTS

2000-2009 Results

Number of attended people: 51.710

Number of achieved contracts: 36.030

Number of contracted / hired people: 17.071

Number of trained people: 17.447

- Trained by FSG: 11.432- Trained by external organizations: 6.015

Number of people who got their first employment: 4.005

Number of agreements signed with Public Administrations: 192

Number of companies which have formalized agreements with this program: over 400

KEYS TO SUCCESS

INSERTION INDIVIDUALIZED ITINERARIES FRAMED IN AN INTEGRAL AND COMMUNITY APPROACH

BALANCE OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

INTERCULTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINAR WORK TEAMS

PROGRESSIVE STANDARIZATION VOCATION

ADAPTED SERVICES BUT NO SEGREGATED

LONG-TERM PLANNING

CAPACITY TO ACT WITH FLEXIBILITY AND TO BE ADAPTABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES

INNOVATION CAPACITY

STRONG PARTERSHIPS: CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND A GOOD PUBLIC-PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM

NATIONWIDE DIMENSION OF LOCAL ACTIONS

FUTURE CHALLENGES

IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ROMA POPULATION EMPLOYMENTS

ACTIONS IN THE EDUCATION FIELD, TO PREVENT THE TRUANCY AND STRENGTHEN THE INITIAL TRAINING

FAVOR THE SOCIAL AND LABOR INCLUSION OF IMNIGRANT ROMA FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

THANK YOU

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