Cairde/Community health development organisation 

 Cairde is working from a rights-based and a holistic approach. Cairde is dedicated to reducing health inequalities among minority ethnic communities in Ireland. This aim is achieved by improving minority ethnic access to health services and minority ethnic participation in health planning and delivery. Cairde's mission is achieved via the actions implemented in the delivery of primary healthcare, such as the Intercultural Health Strategy, National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy, to disadvantaged minority ethnic communities in Ireland. Cairde runs two Health Information and Advocacy Centres, one in Dublin city centre, and one in Balbriggan.

Cesis/Studies & Social Interventions Center

CESIS is a NGO concerned to promote evidence-based, policy-relevant research. CESIS has a longstanding and widely recognised experience in comparative European projects as well as in EU level research networks (e.g. ESPAN - European Social Policy Analysis Network and NEC – Network of Eurofound Correspondents) in fields such as: Children & youth; Human rights; Poverty & social inclusion; Social policies & social protection; Mobility & migration; Ethnic/cultural minorities; Gender equality; Time use & work life balance; Gender-based violence & domestic violence; CESIS currently employs 10 persons. CESIS's team has over three decades of relevant experience in the areas covered by this proposal. Our work methodology is based on analysing large-scale surveys and statistical databases, conducting qualitative interviews, and facilitating discussion groups. Mobilising networks of relevant actors at national and local level is a regular practice in CESIS initiatives. We are also accredited as a training organisation, regularly training both professionals, especially those working in the social field, and vulnerable women and men. Over the course of its work, CESIS has built up a vast network of contacts and has also acted as a consultant to public organisations

CooperActiva/non profit organization 

CooperActiva is a non-profit organization with a mission: intervene in areas of concentrated poverty and social exclusion, guided by a holistic perspective of problems, guaranteeing citizenship rights and promoting the social development of communities. CooperActiva operates in two municipalities on the outskirts of Lisbon: Amadora and Cascais. CooperActiva provides support to adults in situations of exclusion, providing services to guarantee their most basic needs, guiding them towards integration into the labour market and support them in resolving other problems that may arise in their lives. On the other hand, CooperActiva works with children and young people to promote success at school and educational paths that go beyond completing the compulsory 12 years of schooling. The organization also works with victims of domestic violence, supporting them with psychotherapy, social and legal support services. In addition to direct intervention with victims, training sessions for professionals are also organized. Very recently, a specialised service was created for children who are also victims of domestic violence.

Sastipen/Roma Center for Public Health Policies 

 Sastipen is a non-governmental organization from Romania founded in August 2007. The mission of Sastipen is to promote the social dialogue, the community participation and involvement in the decision-making structures of public health services for Roma and non-Roma, through the improvement of the communication between the administrative structures of public health services and local communities, both at the national and international level. Sastipen has as main areas of interest analyzing and developing health policies, strategies and interventions, especially in Roma communities in order to improve their condition. Through the projects and activities implemented since the organization's establishment until now, SASTIPEN has gained its notoriety among Roma NGOs in Romania as an organization which is developing new initiatives with long-term effects in disadvantaged communities, but also as organization having the status of a "watch dog", organization which militates for defending the rights of Roma patients who benefit the public health services. Sastipen's experienced is based especially on the implementation of concerted actions of advocacy which led to creating long-term strategic partnerships with different local authorities in the rural or urban area, with the purpose of implementing inclusion policies for the members of vulnerable communities, focused on Roma, policies designed on an integrated, comprehensive approach with the direct involvement of local communities' members. Sastipen advocates an approach to Roma health that values the social inclusion, transparency, accountability, non discrimination and participation principles. By his work, Sastipen tried to change the paradigm of health policies by advocating for transferring the responsibility for designing and implementation process to the county/local level. Sastipen is working with the local authorities for ensuring the access of Roma to the local services especially at the health service.

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