From Bologna to Craiova: a successful return programme for Roma people
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Brief description of the initiative
The ROI project –Progetto per un Ritorno Operativo Imprenditoriale– was part of a rights-based programme for Roma people promoted by the municipality of Bologna. Specifically, ROI is a return programme for those families who were voluntarily inclined to return to Romania. They were helped to start a small entrepreneurial initiative in their country of origin, by supporting their access to local microcredit facilities.
Results and lessons learned
(1) The selection procedure, which identifies motivated and reliable beneficiaries.
(2) The planning process, which is both participatory, including various experts and counsellors, and personalised, in that it is designed around the individual?s abilities and needs.
(3) The creation of a strong network of partners, which includes language mediators, local authorities in the country of origin, civil society associations, and technical partners in both territories of origin and destination.
(4) The focus on the long term self-sufficiency of migrant beneficiaries.
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Main objectives
The overall objective has been to allow beneficiary families not only to return home but to also put in place a business activity, through which they can sustain themselves in the long term. Programme activities included the identification and selection of beneficiary families; direct support to beneficiary families by specialised institutions to assist them in conceiving their return project; feasibility studies, in collaboration with the programme partners in Romania; support for their return and the setting up of the activity; control over the full repayment of the initial loan by beneficiary families.
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Main activities
Activities have included the identification and selection of beneficiary families; direct support to beneficiary families by specialised institutions; support for their return and the setting up of the activity; control over the full repayment of the initial loan by beneficiary families.
Main beneficiaries
Roma families interested in returning to their country of origin and setting up a small business activity
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