1. Action plan for Monitoring and Social Accountability in Republic of Macedonia

2. Group members:
Representatives of Roma NGO’s and Government.

3. Policy or program for intervention:
Socio-economic development of Roma in Macedonia (used strategy from Roma NGO network and government national action plan for employment)
Projects and programs for improvement of social and economical conditions, raising of common trust
Program and projects for establishing small and medium business and possibilities for taking credits
Influencing the institutions for bettering the living conditions

4. Goal or Change that we want to see:
Raising the rate of employment of the labour market over qualification and pre-qualification of the labour according to the needs of the market of labour.

5. Stakeholders/ Key people of groups:
Efficient not employed Roma in Macedonia
Civil society (NGO’s)
Government (ministry for labour and social policy, Biro for employment, local self government)
Private sector (Business people)
Donors (WB, OSI, USAID, UNDP, EAR, DFID, Swiss embassy)
Medium

6. Tools to be used: organizing trainings for consultancy
Advocacy and lobby for getting loans and support for preparing business plans and opening business informational centres
Ohrid agreement (percentage representation of all ethnic communities in public administration institutions)
“Decade of Roma inclusion”
Reorganizing the biro for employment in agency for mediation for employment
Correlations among Ministry’s of Education and Labour and social policy for the needs of labour market

7. Action to be taken by Civil Society within 30 days
Establishing working groups
Assessment of market labour
Trainings related of the results
Coordinative body
Lobby groups
Public debates for decentralization
Informing thorough the media
Preparation for the next phase

8. Action to be taken by Government within 30 days
Establishing working groups Desegregating data for the market of labour (for Roma)
Training for staff of the department for employment
Informing all governmental resources
Informing thorough the media

9. Action to be taken by the donors within 30 days
Establishing working groups
Assessment of market labour
Trainings related of the results
Coordinative body
Public debates for decentralization
Informing thorough the media
Including the business sector

10. Action to be taken by Civil Society within 6 months
Advocacy and lobby for getting financial resources and credits
Support for preparation of business plans
Data base
Monitoring
Informing thorough media

11. Action to be taken by the government within 6 months
Pre-qualification for not employed workers
Working places
Promoting of the self employment and consultancy
Establishing business and consultancy centres
Programs for employing Roma in the public institutions
Writing and presenting periodical reports

12. Action to be taken by the donors within 6 months
Courses for public administration
Monitoring
Financing programs for employment
Presenting through media

13. THANKS