The project’s objective is to facilitate access to free legal aid to Roma population in 6 counties, to strengthen Roma civil society organizations and Councils for National Minorities in Brod-Posavina County and to design & promote new mechanisms for monitoring Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities and local action plans.

Activities within the project include implementation of a legal service aiming to improve the provision of free legal aid to Roma, community meetings in Roma settlements, development of a brochure promoting free legal assistance to access documentation, active participation in WeBLAN cross-border cooperation with regional partners providing free legal aid in the region, capacity building of Roma civil society organizations and councils for national minorities in Brod-Posavina County, creation of local Action Plan for Roma, analysis of the implementation of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities in Brod-Posavina County and organization of the round table as the final event.

The target groups are Roma population in six counties; government authorities, specifically civil servants and public service providers responsible for conducting birth registration, residence registration, and facilitating access to citizenship; Roma CSOs; members of councils of national minorities and citizens of all ages and sex as the final beneficiaries.

The project is being implemented in the following six counties: Brod-Posavina County, Osijek-Baranja County, Vukovar-Srijem County, Istra County, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and Zagreb County.