Project: Inclusion of Roma Women and Men in Security Sector25Mar2015
Press conference on the project "Inclusion of Roma men and women in the security sector" on March 26th in Niš
On March 26th, in the city of Niš will be held a press conference of the project "Inclusion of Roma men and women in the security sector: Towards a More Passing basic police training". The conference will be held in the hall of The Police Department of Niš, starting at 5pm and will be discussed about the importance of this project for the inclusion of the Roma population, as well as the importance of their greater participation in the composition of the police force in Serbia.
The key objective of the project “Inclusion of Roma Women and Men in Security Sector: Towards Greater Enrollment to Basic Police Training” is to increase the representation of the members of the Roma population in the police, in order to strengthen the trust of the population in the work of the Ministry, the security of the Romani population, and increase the level of employment of young Roma women and men. The project leader is the Police Officers Association “European Police Officers of Roma Nationality” which was established nine months ago. The Public Policy Research Centre is the partner of the Association on the project. The Office for Human and Minority Rights of the Government of the Republic of Serbia supports the project within its program for improving situation of Roma people in Serbia.
At the press conference saying:
• Nenad Tairović, pres. of the Police Association "European Romani police officers"
• Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia,
• A representative of the Office for Human and Minority Rights of the Government of the Republic of Serbia,
• Representative of the OSCE Mission to Serbia,
• Marina Tadic, researcher, Public Policy Research Centre.