BRIGHT citizenship rights for EU women

Partner

ALDA- European Association of Local Democracy Agencies, Center for Sustainable Communities Development, Center Partnership for Equality (CPE), Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), LABSUS- Laboratorio per la sussidiarietà

Donor

European Commission-DG Justice and Consumers, Intesa Sanpaolo Fund for charitable, social and cultural contributions (cofinancing), Italian Buddhist Union (cofinancing)

Stakeholders

Trade unions, Community-based organizations, Employers

Objective of the project

We aim at improving EU citizenship rights awareness and civic and political participation of Romanian and Bulgarian female workers in Southern Italy.

Abstract of the project

The project aims at improving the awareness and exercise of EU citizenship rights among Romanian and Bulgarian female workers in the agricultural sector in Southern Italy. The intervention involves women’s leadership and mediation trainings and rights awareness raising activities and the adoption of Public-Public Partnership Agreements to co- develop new gender-sensitive public services that address women’s needs with local institutions, citizens, mobile workers, employers, unions and third sector associations.

Context analysis

Despite the progress in strengthening citizenship rights of EU mobile citizens, there are still significant gaps in terms EU citizenship rights awareness as well as participation in the European democratic process (Annual Citizenship Report, 2017, EU). Civic awareness and democratic participation among EU mobile citizens is crucial because it has a direct effect on their wellbeing and on their integration in the host country. Nonetheless, EU mobile workers, particularly those employed in low-labour standards and low-paid jobs, are usually discouraged to participate in civic and political activities in the host countries because of lack of information and other barriers for their participation.

Puglia, Italy

Calabria, Italy

Romania

Bulgaria

The project is implemented in 3 EU countries including Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Implementation Period

01/11/2019 - 28/02/2022

Beneficiaries

Direct

8 Bulgarian and Romanian women community leaders
400 Bulgarian and Romanian women aware of EU citizenship rights
60 Bulgarian and Romanian women became Local Labour Mediators
20 trade unions, employers and citizens and 5 EU local authorities piloted the Public-Public Agreements (PuPs)

Indirect

800 Romanian and Bulgarian female EU mobile citizens
250 national and EU local authorities
National Trade Unions

Project Strategy

Activities

Service and user mapping
Reflection-Action circles
Women leadership training
Awareness raising meetings (Romania and Bulgaria)
Local Labour Mediators training (Romania and Bulgaria)
Capacity building on Public-Public Partnership Agreements (PuPs)
Piloting of PuPs

Outputs

80 women take part in the Reflection-Action circles
8 Bulgarian and Romanian women trained as community leaders
400 Bulgarian and Romanian women received information on EU citizenship and labour rights
60 women trained as Local Labour Mediators
20 institutional representatives co-design tools for social inclusion and cohesion
5 european local authorities adopt the Public-Public Partnership Agreements
800 women benefit from the implementation of 4 gender responsive public services

Outcomes

Women have improved their capacity to take part in decision-making processes and to represent the needs of their communities
Mobile women are satisfied with available services one year after the implementation of the Public-Public Partnership Agreements (PuPs)
Romanian and Bulgarian female workers improved their awareness of EU citizenship rights, formal and informal channel of employment, services and duty-bearers before their departure
Local authorities reached by the project are willing and have increased their capacity to adopt PuPs

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Project

BRIGHT for EU women’s citizenship rights

Building Rights-based and Innovative Governance for EU mobile citizens