Project BRIGHT for EU women’s citizenship rights Building Rights-based and Innovative Governance for EU mobile citizens *EU citizens living in another Member State Countering violence and labour exploitation of women Violence against migrant women Women’s Rights 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 Links Project's introductory video / View website Do you want to know more projects on women's rights? / View website