On December 15, 2023, a round table was organized by the Office for Community Affairs with the Roma community, attended by representatives of the Roma community, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, the adviser to the Prime Minister from the Roma community, Nurije Shala, deputy the minister of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Sylejman Elshani.
At this table, the challenges, opportunities of the Roma community, priorities for 2024, and activities developed during the year, as well as the issue of employment, for which a platform for paid internships was created, created through “Kosovo Generation Unlimited. “, which aims for 15% of the participants to be from non-majority communities in Kosovo.
Prime Minister Kurti emphasized that the Government has invested 200 thousand euros in learning centers to help Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian students, as well as the allocation of budget funds for the renovation and construction of 618 houses, from which the Roma community also benefits.
From the grants of the Ministry for Communities and Return, 146 Roma families have received white goods, furniture, hygiene packages and food packages, support for business as well as for the use of the Roma language, it has been possible for the Strategy for young people and the action plan to be translated in the Romani language, in order to achieve full consultations with the young people of Kosovo. He added that 500 students from these communities have been awarded scholarships in high schools, while 55 scholarships have been awarded to public university students.
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