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OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME HUMAN CAPITAL Priority I, Subactivity 1.3.1 Projects for the Roma community. Genesis Ministry of Interior and Administration in co-operation with the Ministry of Education Preparations for the utilisation of the EU 2007-2013 budget
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OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMEHUMAN CAPITALPriority I, Subactivity 1.3.1Projects for the Roma community
Genesis • Ministry of Interior and Administrationinco-operationwiththeMinistry of Education • Preparations for theutilisation of the EU 2007-2013 budget • Proposal for separateallocation for support of the Roma minority
Projects for the Roma community – Subactivity 1.3.1 (I) • OperationalProgramme ‘Human Capital 2007-2013’ • Priority I – Employment and socialintegration • Subactivity 1.3.1 – projects for the Roma community (Roma component)
Aims of Subactivity 1.3.1 Increase of levels of employment, education, socialintegration and health of themembers of the Roma community
TARGET GROUPS OF THE SUBACTIVITY 1.3.1 • Members of the Roma community, • Authorities and otherbodiesacting for the benefit of the Roma community in Poland, • Peoplefromthe Roma environment
Projects for the Roma community – Subactivity 1.3.1 (II) • Allocation for theSubactivity - 22 000 000 EUR • Subactivity 1.3.1 isimplementedatthe national level • Projectsmay be implemented for up to 3 years • Projectsmust be completedbeforetheend of 2015
Projects for the Roma community - financing • European Union – EuropeanSocial Fund (85%) • Polish state budget (15%) • Beneficiary’scontributionis not required (withtheexception of projectsincluding state aid)
Roma component – authoritiesinthe management system MANAGING AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY INTERMEDIATE AUTHORITY (2ND GRADE) IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITY FOR EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES (MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND ADMINISTRATION) CONTENT SUPERVISION AND CO-ORDINATION DEPARTMENT DNEM (MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND ADMINISTRATION)
Implementationdetails (I) • Call for proposals, non-limited access • Single beneficiariesorpartnerships • Constantcollection of proposals • Formal and content-relatedeligibilitycriteriacommon for HK OP • Strategiccriteria – specific for the Roma component
Implementationdetails (I) STRATEGIC CRITERIA • Inclusion of educationalactivities of formalornon-formalcharacter. • Involvement of themembers of the Roma community atthestage of theprojectpreparation and implementation. • Utilisation of measuresenlistedinthethe national strategy, chapter VII „Measuresaimedattherealisation of theaims of theGovernmental Programme for the Roma Community in Poland”. • Declaredresultinemployment of min. 25% of the Roma thatparticipatedintheproject. • Partnershipwithorganisationsacting for the benefit of the Roma community.
Implementationdetails (III) • Formalevaluation - IAEP • Content-relatedevaluation – Projects’ EvaluationCommittee • Acceptance of the ranking list – MI&A and IAEP • Contract, supervision, financial execution - IAEP
EDUCATION: • formal and non-formaleducation activities for Roma children, youths and adults, • employment of teachers and Roma educationalassistants to support Roma children’seducation, • development of handbooks regarding Romani history and culture.
HEALTH: • organisation of “white days” for Roma, • employment of social nurses and Roma assistants.
COUNTERACTING UNEMPLOYMENT: • Job counselling and employment monitoring, • vocational training (upgrading and acquiringnew qualifications), • organisation of on-the-jobtraining and subsidized employment.
ROMA AND CIVIL SOCIETY: • Activitiesaimedat a modification of the Roma mentalityin order to increasethelevel of socialintegration and participationinthe development of civilsociety, • Educationalactivitiesinforming Roma abouttheircivilrights and obligations, Polishsocial and politicalrealities, access to pedagogical and psychologicalsupport.
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ROMA: • Dissemination of informationaboutthe Roma, • Promotion of publicationsaboutthe Roma, • Regular broadcasting of programmesaboutthe Roma inlocal and nation-wide media, • Support of scientific researchrelated to the Roma.
ADMINISTRATION EFFICIENCY SUPPORT • Organisation of training and workshops for public employment services, socialassistance services, localgovernments and NGOs, • Encouragement of activities of public employment services and localgovernments to enhancejobopportunities for Roma people, • Research – evaluation of theimpact and efficiency of differentforms of support.
SUBACTIVITY 1.3.1 • Implementation of 24 projectswith a value of 15,815,770.74 PLN (around 4 mil EUR) • Another 22 projectsqualified for implementation; valuearound 19 mil PLN (around 5 mil EUR) • Projectsimplemented and thoseaccepted for implementationdeclaresupport for around 6400 Roma. • Project beneficiaries – mainly public authorities and Roma NGOs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONBartosz Ziółkowski Implementing Authority for European Programmes ul. Wspólna 2/4, 00-926 Warszawa tel. 22 461 87 39; fax 22 461 87 22 wwpe@wwpe.gov.pl, www.wwpe.gov.pl