Social inclusion

Social inclusion for persons belonging to vulnerable groups, facilitating their access on labour market and promoting an inclusive society that will ensure the welfare of all citizens, represent another specific objective of the European Social Fund’s intervention in Romania. Within SOPHRD, this objective is achieved through the Priority Axis 6 “Promoting social inclusion”.

In Romania, this objective is accomplished by promoting all means of attracting and reintegrating on the labour market those confronted with the risk of marginalization and social exclusion, such as: disabled persons, Roma population, youth over 18 years old leaving the state child care system, women, families with more than two children, including single parent families, drug addicted persons, victims of domestic violence, homeless persons etc.

Participating on the labour market presents a range of benefits for the persons in risk of social exclusion aiming at ensuring his financial independence, as well as proving his utility from economic and social point of view.

The social economy, or the third sector, represents one of the identified means for attracting on the labour market of persons capable of having an economic contribution. The social economy complements the activities carried out by the public and private sector, trying to find a solution to the problems identified at local level, without neglecting the human factor, through creating jobs for persons who, in normal circumstances, have difficulties entering the labour market.

Also, operations promoting social inclusion aim at ensuring equal opportunities on the labour market, by encouraging women’s involvement in fields of activity that are traditionally addressed to men and by increasing women’s participation on the labour market.

In this context, the European Social Fund finances programmes and campaigns for promoting the legislation in the field of gender equality and campaigns for rising  awareness on women rights, protection against sexual harassment, domestic violence and traffic of human beings.