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Göksel Fil Will Represent Tekirdağ In TAIEX 25/11/2010

Göksel Fil, the president of Hacı Evhat Neighbourhood Improvement and Solidarity Association, will represent Tekirdağ in TAIEX seminar organized by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission.

TAIEX is the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument managed by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission. TAIEX supports partner countries with regard to the approximation, application and enforcement of EU legislation. The beneficiaries of TAIEX assistance are member states and candidate countries including Turkey like Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

The name of TAIEX seminar will be existed at December 15-16 in İstanbul is "Roma Citizens In Turkey". Participants of the seminar were nominated by respective ministries and local authorities. Main issues of the seminar are the aspects of access to social services, combating stereotypes, housing and urban renewal, working life and employment challenges. Göksel Fil will represent Tekirdağ in the seminar.

We asked Göksel Fil to evaluate the issue. Mr. Fil made a statement for us after his and Erdinç Çekiç's, the president of EDROM, conversation with Hayati Yazıcı, the secretary of state. Göksel Fil said that they will focus on education problems of Roma children in the seminar. Fil also emphasized that they talked over with Hayati Yazıcı about social house-dwellings being planned to be built in Malkara.

Göksel Fill, who is one of 30 participants of the seminar, used those word evaluating the issue: "We will try to represent our people in the best way in the seminar which is organized to discuss problems and demands of Roma." Göksel Fil also thanked to Birol Kaya, Malkara Mayor, and parlimentarian for their support to Roma community about employment and housing in Malkara.

Source: Çingeneyiz Tekirdağ