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project info
Start date: 15 February 2018
End date: 15 April 2023
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 4 600 919,60 €
EU contribution: 3 901 270,00 € (84,793%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Ministerul Fondurilor Europene

AUGUSTIN – INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR EQUAL CHANCES AND PROSPERITY

The general objective of the project is to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion from marginalised communities with Roma population (Augustin commune, county. Brasov).Achieving the general objective of the project will result in the improvement of the material, social and professional situation of 551 people at risk of poverty and social exclusion in Augustine, including 155 Roma through integrated measures aimed at education, employment, encouraging entrepreneurship by providing microgrants, developing medical, medical, social and social services, improving housing conditions, regulating property documents and promoting multiculturalism. The objective of the project is in line with the general objective of POCU "development of human resources by increasing access to a quality vocational education and training system, stimulating employment, especially for young people, reducing poverty and social exclusion by facilitating access to social and health services. The objective of the project is in line with the general objective of the POCU, namely "the development of human resources by increasing access to a quality vocational education and training system, stimulating employment, especially for young people, reducing poverty and social exclusion by facilitating access to social and health services. Through its general objective, the project responds to the investment priorities, objectives and actions assumed by Romania within the POCU Stategy, namely the valorisation of human capital, as a resource for sustainable development in the future. Through its integrated measures, the project generates opportunities to improve professional skills and strengthen entrepreneurial capabilities, employment opportunities for 340 people from Augustine Commune and the creation of a minimum of 100 jobs in Augustin Jud. Brasov. At the same time, the project facilitates access to educational measures for 150 preschoolers and students in the commune and creates premises for reducing the risk of school dropouts, including by engaging parents/guardians in specific activities. The project supports the improvement of social services in the commune and creates premises for the development of very poor medical and social services in the targeted community. By means of measures to improve housing conditions addressed to a minimum of 200 households (200 individual branches at the sewerage network of the commune, providing sanitation packages) and by regulating the property documents for 150 households, the project represents an integrated intervention aimed at reducing poverty, promoting a social development model based on inclusion, equal chances,

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