INTEGRAL
The
programme fits within an action plan focusing on the Roma community
and covering aspects related to education, training for women,
inclusion in the labour market, activities with minors, etc.
MAINSTREAMING
AND RECOGNISING DIFFERENCES
These
two concepts are closely linked and complement one another. On
the one hand it is necessary to facilitate access to mainstream
resources available to the entire population. Services and structures
exclusively for Roma should be avoided and attention should therefore
be provided by means of the same approaches and services as for
the rest of the population in order to prevent further segregation.
On
the other hand it is also necessary to bear in mind (while avoiding
approaches that exclusively highlight differences) certain socio-cultural
features characterising the Roma people which may occasionally
lead to exclusion.
Public
resources need to make an effort to recognise diversity and adapt
to the peculiarities of their target populations.
From
FSGG, it is believed that this project has managed to make the
mainstreaming objective (favouring access to mainstream resources)
compatible with that of developing specific actions (allowing
for differences). The Avillela Acobá programme by itself
is not a final goal-oriented service but is rather a mediation
and intervention instrument to help professionals and service
users to better understand one another and implement factors giving
rise to change.
INTERCULTURALITY
This
term means that out of respect for cultural characteristics, all
actions must always foster peaceful co-existence, mutual awareness
and relations between peoples of different cultures.
NETWORK-BASED
COLLABORATION
This
is fundamental for the development of the service and the interventions
and for coordinated work among public institutions, health services,
associations, penitentiary centres, legal resources and the rest
of the social system.
