The Ministry of Human Rights and Minorities, in collaboration with the Joint Project of the European Union and the Council of Europe Roma Integration III phase Phases, prepared an action plan during the workshop held in the period from March 4 to 6, 2024, in Podgorica. This plan outlines the implementation of the Strategy for Social Inclusion for the Roma and Egyptians 2021-2025.

Participants in this workshop included representatives from the National Commission for Monitoring the Implementation of the Strategy for Social Inclusion of the Roma and Egyptian Communities and the National Coordinating Body for the Implementation of the Poznan Declaration, as well as representatives from the Roma non-governmental sector and international organizations.

This series of participatory approaches defines activities for 2024 and 2025 aimed at overcoming the challenges faced by Roma and Egyptian communities in Montenegro, including discrimination, civil registration, poverty, employment, education, housing, and health.

The national bodies involved in this initiative consist of representatives from the ministries of labor, interior affairs, education, spatial planning, urbanism and state property, human rights, finance, European affairs, justice, culture, and the Ombudsman.

The established goal of this activity is to rationalize the priorities set in the strategic document for the social inclusion of the Roma and Egyptian communities.

This activity was realized with the support of the Joint Project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, Roma Integration III Phase financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe and is implemented by the Council of Europe - Roma and Travelers Division.

The third phase of this action is implementing in 7 beneficiaries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey.