The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the equal treatment for the most marginalized groups from Romania and Bulgaria.

The 70 CSOs from Romania and Bulgaria, direct beneficiaries of the project, will improve their capacity to answer to the needs of their beneficiaries.

The services provided directly within the local community by the CSOs involved in the project for the Roma communities and the abandoned children will have a better quality. These services will tackle one of the most stringent problems faced by the Roma community and by the young leaving institutions: the low access to vocational support and the low rate of employment.

The abandoned children from Bulgaria will benefit of appropriate reinsertion programs based on the experience and knowledge gained by the Romanian NGOs in the recently implemented reform for child protection. The marginalized groups of people will have better access to high quality employment as consequence of more divers and effective vocational and employment support. They will have many NGOs in their communities able to provide them with the needed support and to develop for them an appropriate social and economical reinsertion plan. These services will be able to answer to the different sources of marginalization and discrimination. In this way, the tolerance towards Roma and disadvantaged people will be increased.

In Romania, around 100.000 children and young people and 40.000 families will be the indirect beneficiaries of the services provided by the CSOs and in Bulgaria, around 20.000 disadvantaged children, youth and families.

70 Romanian and Bulgarian CSOs working with the most disadvantaged groups will be integrated into relevant European networks which are high quality resources for good practices, for partnerships and for information. Relevant information regarding the social context after the EU integration will be acquired by the CSOs. They will be able to plan long-term actions in close partnership and to have a coherent exchange of information and experience. Their projects and activities/ services will be more attractive for the local community and for the direct beneficiaries. They will use improved methodologies for their services in the key areas of the project as well as in advocacy and fundraising. The project will improve the cooperation between CSOs and policy makers in Romania and Bulgaria.

The project will assist the CSOs from Romania and Bulgaria in strengthening their actions aimed to ensure equal treatment and human dignity of their target beneficiaries/communities. The project foresees the involvement of CSOs from Romania and Bulgaria in common activities with CSOs and networks from European countries (Italy, Belgium, Poland) in order to transfer experience, knowledge and lessons learned.