CENTER AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS The "Training and education centers in the south of Serbia" Programme in the past was aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty and social exclusion of the Roma in the poorest municipalities in the south-east Serbia (Pirot, Prokuplje, Lebane, Bojnik, Surdulica, Vladicin Han and Niš). Network Development and Education Centres (ROC), which provides support for children of different age groups as well as their parents, has been developed by the synergy of the Society for the Improvement of Roma settlements and UNICEF, with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). We will promote the model of community center, said Simonovic. It will be a place for gathering and meeting of different social groups in the local community, which is used for development, information, education of stakeholders and the general progress of the community where the center is located. Community centers will become a network of individual centers, sharing information and practices and building a common platform for positioning and advocacy at the local, regional and national level in order to strengthen their capacity to raise funds. |
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