NNHM Participated in Meeting Held by European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 11.02.2015 ZdravenMediator.net
On 3rd February,
2015 Association National Network of Health Mediators was presented by Diliana
Dilkova at the Final Conference of the project
Better Inclusion of the Roma Community through Civil Society Activities, in Brussels at the headquarters of European
Economic and Social Committee.
The Meeting was attended by representatives of European institutions -
European Commission, Council of Europe, European Parliament, European Agency
for Fundamental Rights, representatives of NGOs from Finland, Spain and
Romania, other structures and organizations based in Brussels.
The main project goal is to prepare a Report, based on the best
practices aimed to ensuring equal access for Roma communities to education,
health care services, housing, employment, etc. Good practices on all topics
were presented by representatives from Finland, Romania, Spain, Bulgaria. In
Session “Roma and Health” Diliana Dilkova presented in detail the Health Mediation
Programe in Bulgaria, international projects implemented by the Network and the
short video Proffesion Health
Mediator (2014).The presentation
provoked many questions, related to the actual work of Health mediators in Bulgaria on the
field, their work relations with health system representatives, organisation ofthe work
with Mobile Units for performing medical check-ups for uninsured people and others.
The participants discussed thedraft version of the final report,
commentedand offeredconcrete recommendations that have to be included in future documents of
European Commission.
The Conference gave opportunities for extensive debate on four priority
areas, including discrimination of Roma. In March 2014 another meeting will take place in
Brussels in order to be launched a new platform, aimed
exclusively at issues related to equal access of Roma to services and their
rights as European citizens. The National Network of Health Mediators also will
be presented.
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