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High Comission for Immigration and Intercultural Di alogue

Support Office for Roma Communities

GACI

High Comission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialog ue

Support Office for Roma Communities - GACI

Rua dos Anjos n.º 66, 1.º, 1150-025 Lisboa

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email: [email protected]

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High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue

ACIDI

ACIDI, is a Public Institute integrated in thePresidency of the Council of Ministers, and its missionshall be to cooperate in the creation, implementationand evaluation of sector, crosscuting and publicpolicies concerned with the integration of immigrantsand ethnic minorities, as well as to promote thedialogue between various cultures, ethnic groups andreligions.

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Support Office for Roma Communities

GACI

GACI was created in January 2007 in order to

respond to the needs related to Roma

communities inclusion and it is the office

responsible for the promotion of intercultural

dialogue in this thematic field.




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GACI’s main objectives

Know effective needs

Advising local authorities and NGOs

Establishment of partnerships

Promote Roma communities participation

Share knowledge

Inform

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Field Visits

Knowing Roma communities’ real and

effective needs is one of the most

relevant activities of the office.




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Advising

Supporting local authorities, NGOs,

partnerships in all phases of their projects

and initiatives is a fundamental step to

ensure an intercultural approach.

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Partnership

Investing in local, regional, national

and transnational partnerships allows

social innovation and development.




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Participation

Through a group of prepared Roma

consultants, ACIDI offers Roma

communities perspective.

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Share Knowledge

Edition of studies focused on issues

related with Roma communities

inclusion.




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Inform

Website for promotion of events,

documents, news, projects and

activities relevant in this context.

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Project for Municipal Mediators

It comes from positive experience from the past concerning mediator’s

intervention in multicultural contexts.

It aims to improve the Roma communities access to services and local

equipments, and to promote equal opportunities and intercultural dialogue by

introducing mediators in municipalities.




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It begun in October 1st 2009 and it is in its fourth year.

Programme period

Candidates

Can apply municipalities in partnership with civil society organizations.

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Municipalities distribution

North – 5

Centre – 2

Lisbon region – 5

Alentejo – 2

Algarve - 1

Total – 15




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Municipalities that apllied or contacted ACIDI

I Phase – 01/10/2009 II Phase – 01/10/2011

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Project Partnership

ACIDI IP

-Supports financially 75% of mediatorssalary

-Promotes training for municipalmediators

-Project’s national coordinator

Municipalities-Supports financially 25% of mediators salary

-Implementation of an Intervention Plan andevaluation

-Project’s local coordinators

Civil Society Organizations

-Project’s Financial Management

-Cooperation in the design andimplementation of localintervention plan.




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Municipal MediatorFrom local Roma communities and are identified by municipalities.

Profile-Must facilitate the communication between Romacommunities and local authorities and civil organizations.

-Must promote consensus and mediate conflicts.

-Must promote intercultural dialogue as a strategicmethodology of work and intervention.

-Must promote and facilitate Roma communities accessto local services and organizations.

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Mediator’s Training

72 hours per training in areas such as Laws and Institutions,Communication, Mediation.

CESIS (Social Intervention Studies Centre) is responsible for trainingsessions.




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Dinâmia-CET (Territorial Studies Centre) is responsible for Project’s

evaluation and for monitoring results in each municipality.

Independent Evaluation

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Local Intervention PlanEstablished by project’s coordinator, mediatorand local public and civil society organization(partners).

Monthly ReportsMonthly, local projects report to ACIDI theirprogress.

Periodic meetings of coordinators and mediators

Gabinete de Apoio às Comunidades Ciganas - Gaci


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Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Interc ultural

Projecto Mediadores Municipais

Co-financiado por:

Most of local projects are working inEducation thematic field:

As results, more roma children are going toschool and stay longer in school.

Many of project’s municipalities areworking in Housing as well among manyother areas.in Independent Evaluation Report

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It is a Project where national and local authorities, civil societyorganizations and Roma communities work together.

Allows vertical relation between entities responsible for Europeanfunds, national authorities responsible for monitoring Romacommunities issues and civil society organizations and municipalitiesthat know local, immediate and real needs.

Municipal Mediators an Innovative Project

Gabinete de Apoio às Comunidades Ciganas - Gaci


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Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Interc ultural

Projecto Mediadores Municipais

Co-financiado por:

Due to its potential in the field ofmediation, in 2011 Project for MunicipalMediators was selected to participate inCouncil of Europe program ROMED.

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For further information visit website

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