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
Košice Region
• Surface
•president, council
-14% of Slovakia
•Nuts III, reform 2001
• Population: 776 012
• Administrative centre: Košice
• Average monthly salary: 716 EUR
(2010)
• responsible for culture,
hospitals, transport, regional
development, secondary
schools...
• Unemployment: 18,3 % (2010)
Railways
Roads
regional capital
Motorways
district town
1st class roads
town
2nd class roads
Districts
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:
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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
„Cesta“
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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...
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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:
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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 ....
..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)
Thank you for
your attention!
Martin Mojžiš
Liaison Office of Košice
Region in Brussels
Square de Meeus 1
Brussels 1000
martin.mojzis@skregions.eu