On May 1, 2020, the Roma Education Fund (REF) signed an agreement with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) to implement a 32-month vocational education project in Albania and Kosovo.
Financed by a EUR 865,000 contribution from Austrian Development Cooperation, together with EUR 107,949 funding from REF and two local project partners, the project Education, Employment, Partnerships and Gender Equality: A Winning Formula for Roma in VET seeks to contribute to social inclusion and poverty reduction of Roma in Albania and Kosovo through support of the vocational education and training, facilitation to labor market and empowering stakeholders to take measures to support transition of Roma to employment.
