Economie sociala

CRED has been carring out three projects in the prisons, since 2nd May 2008 till 30 April 2009, in the framework of the Phare Project 2006, with the support of the Ministry of Labour, Family and Chances Equality and the Intermediate Regional Body for the Sectorial Operational Program for the Developing the Human Resources:

                                             CRED Team

-  "Support for professional integration of roma people who are leaving the prisons in Braila and Galati counties"
- „A step forward to release by integration in the labour market"
- „The Integration on the the Labour Market - a New Chance"

The Partners in the project are: The Prison for Minors and Young Persons in Tichilesti, The Prison in Braila, The Prision in Galati, the Reeducation Center in Gaesti, the Prison in Ploiesti, the Prison for women in Targusor, the Prison in Bacau, the Reeducation Center in Targu Ocna, and the Division for Imprisonment of the National School for Training the prison staff in Targu Ocna.
The projects aim at increasing the chances for employment for the rroma people released from these institutions, focusing on endorsing the social insertion, fighting discrimination and social exclusion, by measures meant to supporting and completing the national strategies and employment policies within the regions where they are being carried out. 

The Scope of the Project

1. To develop the psycho-social abilities for the rroma people released from the institutions mentioned before to find a job
2. A larger access to information and social services for counseling the rroma people regarding the labor market and the learning programs
3. To increase the civil society commitment in fighting discrimination on the labor market, with regards to the rroma people who are leaving the prisons in the project


The Main Activities

• Setting up the information and counseling centers with the purpose to facilitating the admission of the beneficiaries on the labor market
• Setting up a center where people can gain the competences to using the information and communication technologies required for a job
• Testing and assessing the professional competences of the rroma people
• The counseling and professional guidance with the view to reinsertion to the labor market (individual activity)
• Getting the required abilities to get a job (group activity)
• Releasing a guide on how to obtain a job for the rroma people
• Disseminating information with regards to the labor market, vacancies and conditions to fill them, methods to reduce discrimination
• Raise awareness among the communities with regards to rroma people difficulties in getting a job, by an information campaign ( releasing print materials, inviting likely employers)
• Organizing a panel to bring together civil society and public institution representatives