iVote, the leading provider of elections management, e-learning and e-commerce systems commenced the realization of the UNDP funded project “Roma info web portal”. UNDP as a long-time partner to the governments in the area of social inclusion and poverty reduction has supported the design and implementation of various programmes for socio-economic inclusion of Roma into the society. The portal will gather and map available data and information relevant to the inclusion in the area of employment, education, health and housing.

iVote’e long standing professional expertise in the field of developing and designing web portals with diverse functionalities and deliverables were crucial factors the award of this contract. The web portal will provide up to date information and news to the citizens and businesses, as well as intranet solution for managing the work of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Roma inclusion department and 12 Roma Information Centres in 12 municipalities.

“This is very interesting and challenging project. Helping Roma society through delivering technical solution that will assist national institutions to collect and use data to increase inclusion in the area of employment, social protection, education is a noble assignment that iVote’s team is eager to deliver. This is in line with our philanthropic goals set in the established iVote Foundation ”- said M-r Tomislav Zografski, CEO of iVote.

The system administrators will use a content management system to present up to date information at any time. They will have access to the web portal administration panel from various devices, regardless their physical location. The site will provide data about different types of interventions (employment, social protection, education) and an e-mail option for sending requests from citizens to the centres. Each request will be confidential and will have proper ID number, so the personal information of the citizens won’t be recorded. For better organization and management, statistical review of the issues according to the status- open/closed/resolved will be enabled. Citizens will have the option to subscribe to receive e-mail notification about the latest news and events. A country map with all municipalities with Pins and Pop-ups showing activities/services of different service providers per municipality coloured in different colours will be in function.