In this episode, we take you to Timișoara, Romania, to meet  Roxana Damaschin-Țecu.

Roxana is an economist by education, working to support people with intellectual disabilities to get out of institutions and to have a good life included in the community.

Roxana shares her journey, beginning in 2002, working closely alongside Elisabeta Moldovan, a self-advocate and survivor of institutional abuse.

Roxana talks about the need for community-based support for people with disabilities, about her work with self-advocacy organisation Ceva de spus. About development of housing with UnLoc, and about a social enterprise OilRight providing jobs for people with disabilities while reducing environmental impact.

She also discusses the challenges and necessary steps for deinstitutionalisation in Romania, emphasising the importance of collaborative efforts between public authorities, NGOs, and community partners.

### What's in this episode

00:00 Welcome to Inclusion Europe Radio

00:38 Introducing Roxana Damaschin

01:38 Eli's Story: A Journey of Resilience

05:22 The Self-Advocacy Organization

07:19 Creating Community-Based Support Services

11:10 Social Enterprise for Inclusion and Sustainability

14:07 Challenges and Future of Deinstitutionalisation

25:32 Housing

This episode was done with co-funding by the European Union.