Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
11 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Център за междуетнически диалог и толерантност "Амалипе" (CIEDT Amalipe)
EU Transparency Register
98535315829-78 First registered on 12 May 2011
Goals / Remit
Amalipe Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance is a leading Roma organization, working for the equal integration of Roma in Bulgarian Society. The organization plays a central role in organizing a Roma civic movement and advocating for Roma integration within the state institutions. Amalipe is a member of the National Network of Children, the Civil Participation Forum, the National Patient organization, the European Women Lobby. Center Amalipe has its representatives in the Monitoring Committees of the Human Resources Development OP, Education and Science for Smart Growth OP, Regions in Development OP, Good Governance OP and the Partnership Agreement. At present the organozation has Community Develoment Centres and Local community clubs in 11 municipalities and works with a network of more than 170 schools.
Our Vision
Amalipe believes in the equal integration of the Roma people in society by focusing on the preservation of the Roma identity and on the modernization of the Roma communities. By knowing their own history and culture it increases the self-esteem of the communities. At the same time, overcoming the feeling of defeatism and exclusion it requires breaking some traditionalist behavior and norms that are hampering access to opportunities in modern society. Introducing civic values and developing civic leadership within the Roma communities it will help overcoming social exclusion and marginalization. The key to social inclusion is access to a quality education and social and health services. Effective work with schools, teachers, children and their families will result in a new generation of Roma with higher level of education. Higher level of education will open opportunities for jobs and thus a better quality of life. Increasing the quality of social and healthcare services will assist overcoming the current poor health and social status of the Roma community people.
Our Mission
The mission of Amalipe is to stimulate the empowerment of the Roma community in Bulgaria. To promote an active participation and equal access to the development processes and resources with a priority focus on access to quality education and healthcare and social services.
The Long-Term Goals of Amalipe Are:
- To nurture the Roma community capacity for access to development by increasing the educational level of Roma children and youth; with special focus on Romani girls.
- To strengthen Roma community self-organization.
- To increase the participation of Roma (especially Romani women) in the policy making process by developing advocacy skills and joint action practices of Roma organizations.
- To stimulate more consistent and accountable public policies that will increase access of Roma to education, quality healthcare and social services
Our Activities
- Currently Amalipe runs nine projects within the sectors of: education, health care, social services and advocacy. Financed by the European Commission, Open Society Institute, Roma Education Fund Bulgarian Ministry of Health.
- Amalipe works with a network of 170 schools all over the country. The objective is to decrease the dropout rate of the Roma population, introduce intercultural education, promote life-long learning in the Roma community and raise the educational status of Roma. Essential part of this work is by empowering Roma parents to take part in the school life of their children and converting the school into a center of the community.
- In order to foster the self-organization of the Roma community, Amalipe has established six Roma Community Support Centers in the six regions of Bulgaria. Everyone of these centers operate with a network of three to six local community groups.
- In addition, Amalipe cooperates with grass-root Roma NGOs all over the country to organize advocacy campaigns and Roma integration activities in different fields such as: education, health care, social services, etc.Main EU files targeted
Center Amalipe follows all initiatives related to Roma and minority integration and inclusion; education
Address
Head Office
Samuil, 4
fl.1/app.16
Veliko Turnovo 5000
BULGARIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 10 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
11
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
49 people are employed by the organization in total. At the same time it works with more than 200 volunteers. In addition, 37 000 children and around 5000 adults were included in various actovotoes of the organization during previous year. They are spread all over Bugaria covering all NUTS 2 regions in Bulgaria.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Teodora Krumova (Program director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Deyan KOLEV (Chair)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Center Amalipe is a member of the National Network of Children - Bulgaria - the biggest network in Bulgaria defending children's rights.
Center Amalipe is member of the Bulgarian's Women Lobby - national member of the European Women's Lobby.
Center Amalipe is member of ENAR (European Network against Racism) - Bulgaria, EGAM and so on
Center Amalipe is member of TB Europe coalition engaged in the fight against TB in Europe and globally
Center Amalipe is member of the National Patient Organization, the biggest membership health association
Center Amalipe is member of the Forum for Civil ParticipationMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
120,530 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Center Amalipe works on a number of international (EU) projects with partners from all over Europe. They are mostly directed to education, LLL, vocational training, anti-dicrimination, youth activities, and so on. Some of the projects are:
- FamilyEduNet - Families for Educational Success
- Language Against Dropout (LAD): Bulgarian as a second language for children in the preschool and the first grade
- EDU - FIN: (Developing participative processes for the generation of a financial education curriculum addressed to young adults at risk)
- Every student will be a winner
- Spirit of Nature
- Early Marriage - Culture or Abuse?
- Advocacy training for Roma - students in Medical Universities
For more information on current project, events and activities, please, visit www.amalipe.comOther activities
The main advocacy activities of Center Amalipe are directed towards advocating for a real Roma participation in the policy making process (especially in the process of Roma inclusion), mainstreaming the Roma integration agenda in the general EU and national agenda and developing strategic planning of Roma integration process.
The specifics thematic fields Center Amalipe is interested include (but do not exclude others):
- education
- social integration
- gender issues
- public health
- regional development
- community empowerment- Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 21 Jun 2022 Location Sofia (BG) Subject Roma inclusion, early child development. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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