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Equal Opportunity Funding Policy Recent developments

Equal Opportunity Funding Policy Recent developments. Andor Urmos Head of Department Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Hungary. New approach – anti-segregation policy. Desegration criteria in accessing EU funds (urban-rehabilitation)

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Equal Opportunity Funding Policy Recent developments

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  1. Equal Opportunity Funding Policy Recent developments Andor Urmos Head of Department Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Hungary

  2. New approach – anti-segregation policy • Desegration criteria in accessing EU funds (urban-rehabilitation) • All applicants (municipalities) should attach anti-segregation plan in the proposal • Eradication of segregation • Avoiding strenghtening the segregation • Independent experts approve the plan

  3. Equal Opportunity Funding PolicyPublic Education • All developments of public education facilities should focus on equal opportunity aspects and desegregation of disadvantaged, Roma children • Equal opportunity plan of public education – attachment to all national and EU funds • Support and approval by independent experts • Legal background – special paragraph of Public Education Act (105. §)

  4. Urban-rehabilitation (Regional Operational Program) • Priority to prestige invesment (i.e. new municipal house, new cultural center) • Underutilised resources for de-segregation • 250% overutilisation of the budget of Functional Urban-rehabilitation in 2008 (i.e. renovation of the municipal house, reconstruction of the city center, etc.) • 60% underutilisation of the budget of Social Urban-rehabilitation in 2008 (i.e. rehabilitation of the Roma settlement, or any other deteoriated areas) • 157 anti-segregation plans have been prepared in 2008 (by large and medium-size cities) • Mobility program – providing housing in integrated areas (social housing, rent, etc.) • Complex projects (housing, employment, education, etc.) • Merged with educational anti-segregation policy

  5. Segregated neighborhoods by census data

  6. Anti-segregation plan 2008 157 plans

  7. Equal opportunity plan of public education 20081235 plans

  8. Equal Opportunity Funding Policy Future steps • Legal environment! • Amandement of Law on Equal Treatmant and Equal Opportunities – 1st of January 2010 • Complex equal opportunity plan (education, urban.rehabilitation, employment, healthcare, etc.) – obligatory attachement for all programs, supported by national and EU funds • Approval by the independent expert • Best practice - Hungarian contribution to EU policies

  9. Thank you for your attention!

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