From March 12th until March 16th 2018, the third backstopping mission of two evaluators of the Zurich University of Teacher Education, Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Weidinger and Prof. Dr. h.c. Rolf Gollob, took place in Covasna, Harghita and Alba counties. The...
In March 2018, HEKS/EPER Romania, as a provider of job information, counseling and mediation services, started a collaboration with Hora S.A., an important musical instrument manufacturer from Reghin. Besides the mediation process itself, the mediated people participated in a...
This year, HEKS/EPER Romania Foundation started a close collaboration with Softvision, one of the largest IT companies. In the first phase of the partnership, computers were distributed in schools and day centers where After-school programs are running, from Cluj,...
The Roma Civil Monitor project is carried out for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. It is coordinated by the Central European University (CEU) and implemented with the active participation of around 90 diverse NGOs from up...
On the 15th of December 2017, 30 families from Ighiu, Alba County, received a Holstein cow. HEKS/EPER Romania and OPEN FIELDS foundations have mobilized to intervene at family level through these donations. Ighiu commune is a commune with tradition...
Diakonia Covasna Foundation, a partner in the “Social inclusion and improvement of living conditions for Roma and other vulnerable groups in the counties Mures, Cluj, Bihor, Alba, Covasna, Salaj and Harghita” project, organized on the 24th of November 2017...
The housing component uses the dweller driven approach, according to which dwellers are themselves responsible for their house improvement. Thus, the project provides mainly technical assistance and construction material, while the Roma do the construction work. Since the 2015...
The Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation in Romania, Mr. Urs Herren, attended the Coordination Meeting of the Programme Management Unit of the Thematic Fund for the Inclusion of Roma and other Vulnerable Groups. The meeting was organized in Targu...
On the 28th-29th of September 2017, a delegation from Switzerland, led by Mr. Franz Schule, former HEKS/EPER Director, visited the homes built and upgraded through the “Social inclusion and improvement of the living conditions of Roma and other vulnerable...
In September 2017, HEKS/EPER Romania’s representative participated at the HEKS International Division Forum (ID Forum). This event gathers HEKS’ management from Switzerland and all around the world, giving opportunity to in depth discussions and mutual learning. This year’s four chosen...