On Tuesday, April 19, the Salon was held with the theme: Professional capacity building and employment in the Ashkali, Roma and Egyptian communities.
Fatlum Sadiku, advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Emilia Rexhepi and Senad Ibishi from Voice of Rome, Ashkali and Egyptians were invited to discuss this topic. Moderation of this salon was made by Fitimtare Hasangjekaj journalist, while the editorial will be written by Gresë Sermaxhaj.
spoke about the difficulties of this community in employment. He pointed out that only 111 members of these communities are employed as civil servants. He also pointed to an initiative where they are trying to change the situation, even at the institutional level. Despite living in 2022, this community still faces various challenges in unemployment. Ibishi has indicated that Out of 80,000 civil servants, only 111 community members work.
Among other things, in this salon it was emphasized that there is a lack of vocational schools and the interest is very small to continue studies, therefore it was requested from the institutional level to create more favorable policies.
While, Fatlum Sadiku, advisor in the office of Deputy Prime Minister Emilia Redzepi, said that they have allocated over 18 million euros for certain areas dedicated to these communities. Areas where these tools are allocated are: education, health and hate speech prevention.
As the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, of course, the political position is higher. However, when looking at the budgetary possessions that we have, we still need to focus on the requests and programs at the offices of the relevant ministries. What remains with our ministry is the meeting of communities in municipalities, in conferences, invitations or receptions of communities in our office and the practical insistence of the Prime Minister on their concerns, said Sadiu.
He has shown that the budget is 18 million 843 thousand euros where they are divided into budget figures. He further said that in the last 20 years we have had enormous abuses. It is a situation inherited from the past and the vision and short-term plans are only in our focus.