Focus group within project Financial literacy for Roma – FINALLY (GRUNDTVIG multilateral project financed by EU through LifeLong Learning Programme) was organized on the Faculty of Economics University of Niš.
The aim of this activity was to collect information about the current state of financial literacy of adult Roma and to define priorities, strategies and content of the training for its improvement that will be organized during the project.
The participants in this focus group were professionals from different fields experienced in working with Roma minority on local and republic level: representatives of 5 NGOs, Republic union of recyclable items collectors, two sociologists – researchers of various aspects of life of Roma in Serbia, and 5 representatives of the Faculty – members of project team.
The focus group resulted in successful identification of strengths and weaknesses of personal and household financial management of Roma, opportunities and threats for improvement of those strategies, and subjects and good practice examples regarding education of adult Roma.
