Malteser Albania continues to give its contribution, in assisting Roma and Egyptian Communities, with the aim to involve them actively in society through various services in areas it offers.
Being a partner of the PAIRS project, together with the Ministry of Labour and other stakeholders, Malteser has organized many different activities and meetings about the Roma and Egyptian Communities.The appointed meeting was “Employment – opportunities and challenges”, which was held in Shkodra, on November 5, 2014. Its aim was to involve and aware interested stakeholders in encouraging the employment of Roma and Egyptian Communities in our country. During its study visits Malteser has been presented with initiatives which aim the encouragement of employment in these communities in the partner countries of the project. During its meeting with the representatives, the Malteser staff presented its work done in cooperation with local and national stakeholders in order to extend the lessons gained from effective methods of promoting employment.
More specifically, two good practices were presented on encouraging employment among Roma and Egyptian Communities, like “Dry cleaning and ironing” and “Labour Mediators”, which are supposed to be transferred to the local context. Discussions were also held about employment encouraging programs by the public administration. Representatives of civil society organizations, participants in this meeting, presented examples of good practices.
Very active in this meeting were the Director of the Regional Office of Employment Shkodra, who offered suggestions and recommendations on this topic; the Director of the Regional Directorate on Vocational Training in Shkodra, who extensively informed on educational programs for target groups, and representatives from Regional Social Services, Municipality, County, from various NGOs and Roma and Egyptian Communities.