On Thursday, October 20, 2022, a working meeting was held at the County Council within the project “Social inclusion and empowerment of Roma from Satu Mare County”. At the meeting, the project implementation stage was discussed, aspects regarding the employment of health mediators following the completion of the course, and the activities to be implemented in the following period were determined. Representatives of all the partners involved in the project were present at the meeting: the City of Tășnad, the Satu Mare County Intercommunity Development Association, the Satu Mare Red Cross, the city of Ardud, the communes of Andrid, Dorolț, Lazuri, Păulești, Porumbești, Santău, Socond, Turulung.

The project aims to increase the inclusion and empowerment of Roma in Satu Mare County, by providing integrated services for 1300 people from vulnerable families (including 1250 Roma) and by increasing the capacity of local public authorities in 10 Satu Mare communities to act effectively for their social inclusion.

The project is funded by the Program “Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Increasing Roma Inclusion”, EEA and Norwegian Grants 2014-2021, the call for projects “Increasing Roma Inclusion and Empowerment” and by the Government of Romania.

The total eligible value of the project is 4,414,864.62 RON, of which 3,752,634.93 RON is EEA and Norwegian Grants and 662,229.69 RON is public co-financing.