The 3-day Roma Youth Conference event organized by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe took place between 7 and 9 of April. The conference gathered a wide audience of Roma and Non-Roma stakeholders in the field of youth and human rights. Its aim was to improve knowledge of the history, culture and identity of Roma as a factor in enhancing social inclusion and participation of young Roma people. Youth worker Kalina Damyanova and mediators Nikolay Nikolov and Katya Krivcheva took part as representatives of Municipal Enterprice "Youth Centre Plovdiv".
Project № BG06-103 "Establishing a Youth Centre in the City of Plovdiv" under the programme "Children and Youth at Risk", component 1 "Care for Youth at Risk" with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.
Project № BGLD-1.003-0002 "Youth Centre Plovdiv - a powerful factor for local development" under the programme “Local development, poverty reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups” funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021.