Current Affairs Counseling for Roma advisors
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Kids
"The name of our educational programme for Roma organizations is "Education for Roma Advisors".
So what do these advisors do -what is it that you teach them?
"We would like to give them some information about how to run projects, PR , how to apply for funds and when they get grants how to use them. Basic information really ...about how to communicate with the local authorities, how to communicate among themselves - what we call team work - all things which will give them equal opportunities in competition with other organizations."
Authority
Well what has the interest been like on the part of Romanies themselves? Are they interested?
"Yes, we contacted Romany advisors in some 70 regions and nearly all of them wrote back to say they were interested in taking part in the project."
When do you expect to see results?
"The first seminar opens in March and we expect that a good Roma organization will be able to put together a sound project and cooperate well with the local authorities sometime at the beginning of 2003."