Martin Mojžiš Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels
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Martin Mojžiš
Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels
Experience of Košice Region with SF for Roma
inclusion.
EU Roma meeting
11-12 May 2011, Prague
Košice Region
RoadsMotorways
1st class roads
2nd class roads
DistrictsRailways
regional capital
district town
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• Surface -14% of Slovakia
• Population: 776 012
• Administrative centre: Košice
• Average monthly salary: 716 EUR (2010)
• Unemployment: 18,3 % (2010)
•president, council
•Nuts III, reform 2001
• responsible for culture, hospitals, transport, regional development, secondary schools...
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:
1. Kosice – Lunik IX - 4936
2. Trebišov - 4000
3. Pavlovce nad Uhom – 2496
4. Smižany - 2084
Roma living in Kosice Region
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:
I 20 centers of community work by local governments- community social workers, street workers, health and school assistants
I establishment of standards of community work for local governments
I 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
„„Cesta“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.
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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
..but the project was not financed, despite all the praise and media attention
Reasons:
1. Not adapted to published calls- high costs, broad range of activities...
2. MA declined to make it a National project
3. No financing from other sources (state budget)
but ....
Thank you for your attention!
Martin Mojžiš
Liaison Office of Košice Region in Brussels
Square de Meeus 1
Brussels 1000