Short description of the project: The Pata Rata area based on the outskirts of the Cluj metropolitan area was created by evictions of poor, largely Roma families, from central areas of the city, as well as by immigration from nearby villages. People living in the area have made a living through the collection and trading in waste from the nearby waste-landfill site. The waste site was going to be closed in 2015. With this in mind the objective is to prepare for the closure and reintegration of local people by increasing participation in mainstream society and enhancing access to different public services including: education, social welfare, health and housing.

The project addresses the approximately 300 families living in a condition of multiple deprivations in Pata Rat, an informal urban settlement near the city landfill.

At the end of the project communities from Pata Rat will have a better quality of life, will be better informed regarding the planned development processes and gain an overall better control on their own lives.

The project will build on cooperation developed between a wide range of stakeholders including the municipality of Cluj-Napoca, public health, education and employment actors, as well as civil society organisations.