The model of the vocational activation of the Roma is based on the integration social cooperatives offering workplaces adapted to the cultural characteristics and skills of the group. The model also includes a special training programme helping establish the cooperatives. An important element in their functioning is their being deeply rooted in the local communities, which fosters their better integration in a given community and economic reality.
moreA local organisation pursuing a business activity may shape the regional labour market by generating income, employing persons from socially excluded groups or providing services fostering sustainable development of the region. The presented model will help NGOs hold new functions in local communities – those of an employer and animator of the labour market – and gain new resources for their statutory activities.
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