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Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels

Experience of Košice Region with SF for Roma inclusion. Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels. EU Roma meeting 11-12 May 2011, Prague. Railways. Districts. Roads. Motorways 1 st class roads 2 nd class roads. regional capital district town town. Košice Region.

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Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels

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  1. Experience of Košice Region with SF for Roma inclusion. Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels EU Roma meeting 11-12 May 2011, Prague

  2. Railways Districts Roads Motorways 1st class roads 2nd class roads regional capital district town town Košice Region • president, council • Nuts III, reform 2001 • responsible for culture, hospitals, transport, regional development, secondary schools... • Surface -14% of Slovakia • Population: 776 012 • Administrative centre: Košice • Average monthly salary: 716 EUR (2010) • Unemployment: 18,3 % (2010)

  3. Roma living in Košice Region • 541 non integrated Roma communities (separated/segregated) • 461 local governments (17 cities),195 > 500 inh. • 70% under 1000 inh. - 17 % of SR population • 130 169 Roma – 17% of the population – 776 012 (2005) • largest settlements: • Kosice – Lunik IX - 4936 • Trebišov - 4000 • Pavlovce nad Uhom – 2496 • Smižany - 2084

  4. Roma living in Kosice Region

  5. Project proposal „Cesta“ (Road) Purpose: to create an instrument (community centers) for the local government in the area of inclusion of marginalized communities 4 pillars: health, employment, housing and education Outputs: • 20 centers of community work by local governments- community social workers, street workers, health and school assistants • establishment of standards of community work for local governments • impact on education and employment Partners in Kosice Region: 17 cities, 4 villages, 34 Roma NGO and 30 non-Roma NGO, Central Labor,Social Affairs and Family Office, Public Health Office, regional and district police directorates, Office of Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities, Regional Office of Education

  6. „Cesta“ • Region: lead partner of the project, training of the social workers, support to municipalities in project implementation, coordination of activities, methodology, information exchange, adaptation of secondary education to needs of Roma... • Municipalities: social workers, identification of premises for community work, coordination of assistant services (health, school and street work), involvement of NGOs, connecting assistant services with Roma community, primary schools etc. .

  7. Project wanted to address: • Lack of technical capacity for the design and implementation of projects at local level • Lack of social work skills in Roma communities at local level • Vertical integration (municipality-region-central government) • Lack of information and best-practice (learning opportunities) • Lack of political support

  8. but .... • ..but the project was not financed, despite all the praise and media attention • Reasons: • Not adapted to published calls- high costs, broad range of activities... • MA declined to make it a National project • No financing from other sources (state budget)

  9. Thank you for your attention! Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels Square de Meeus 1 Brussels 1000 martin.mojzis@skregions.eu

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