Organized by the Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC), the Roma education forum and the EPTISA Consortium, there were several sessions held within the project “Local integration of refugees, internally displaced persons and minorities” which were attended by a representative of the Office of the Ombudsman from the Department for protection of the rights of the children and persons with disabilities.
At the session, special emphasis was placed on the “Information of the Ombudsman on the situation with street children”, relating to the research conducted in 2015 in all of the day care centers in the country that shelter street children.
The aim of this project is to improve the capacity of the administration in order to strengthen and support the process of local integration and inclusion of Roma, Roma refugees and internally displaced persons.
Source: Office of Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia