NRNA Slovakia and IOM agree to work together

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Our cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was already excellent before NRNA Slovakia was founded. It mattered above all in times of war and crisis — in rescue and repatriation — and in community and cultural programmes.

To give concrete shape to the several rounds of discussion about institutional cooperation that have taken place since NRNA Slovakia was founded, a special meeting held today, 9 January, at the head office of IOM Slovakia in Bratislava has produced an important agreement to cooperate between NRNA Slovakia and IOM.

Under this understanding, programmes will be run in the following areas, for the direct benefit of non-resident Nepalis living in Slovakia:

I. Culture II. Language and education III. Training and empowerment IV. Human rights, employment and employment opportunities

Once all the legal steps have been completed, the cooperation will be made official within a few days with the signing of an MOU between NRNA Slovakia and IOM.

This cooperation is expected to contribute significantly to the social, cultural and economic empowerment of the Nepali community in Slovakia.

Note: as a next step we are also in talks about possible cooperation with several other organisations, and we expect positive results in the near future:

1. The City of Bratislava (Hlavné mesto SR Bratislava) and its LOOM programme — the centre for people of foreign origin, a place and a network of services helping with housing, integration and other social needs. 2. The Human Rights League, Bratislava.

Photo: a conversation with the former President of Slovakia, Andrej Kiska, at an outreach event held before COVID-19 in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration.

Let us make NRNA great — the identity of Nepalis in Slovakia.