Download or read book Inclusion of Roma population through housing and settlements improvement written by Vladimir Macura and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2006-07-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper presents Roma housing and settlement situation in Serbia today - which is very poor - and offers some recommendations for bettering living conditions. The paper consists of four parts. The first one presents the main facts about the Roma issue in Serbia. The second one provides an assessment of the Roma housing and settlement situation. A set of clear and achievable recommendations on desirable policies and strategies to address the problems and needs identified by the assessment is given in the third part. The fourth part offers a model cost estimation of upgrading Roma settlements. Roma housing and settlement problems have been visible for a long period in Serbia, but no one has tried to do anything to upgrade their living conditions. The State prepared and adopted Law on the protection of rights and freedoms of national minorities (2001) and a set of strategies and action plans for the general improvement of the Roma situation (2002 - 2005). However, positive outputs do not exist on the local level jet. A crucial problem is the translation of National-level commitments into local action. The main section of this paper is Recommendations for local level - municipalities and cities. Recommendations, in particular, address some of the sore points of the current attitude toward Roma settlements and housing. The overall goal is stressed at the beginning of the section. It is to upgrade Roma settlements as equal parts to the others in cities. The main measure is settlement consolidation. Demolition and relocation of settlements would be only a last resort. Implementation of this approach should be based on a set of principles that can be found in several international documents and action plans for Roma inclusion. What follows is a combination of general principles created for informal settlement and from a book under preparation on Roma housing and settlements. The answer to the question of how much would cost the proposed policy is given in the fourth paper section. Model cost estimation for consolidating a Roma unserviced settlement is a base for the answer. A rough cost estimate regarding the improvement of 250 Roma settlements in Serbia is also made. The conclusion is that finances for upgrading Roma settlements should come from national, local and Roma sources.

Download or read book ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN SERBIA written by Vladimir Macura and published by Society for the Improvement of Local Roma Communities. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report represents architectural and urbanistic aspects of Roma settlements in Serbia (without Kosovo), emphasising the housing issues. The report is a part of EU-ROMA project (www.eu-roma.net ) launching a European open confrontation on Roma housing issue and public space.

Download or read book Social Inclusion Improvement of Housing in Roma Settlements in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Republic of Serbia written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roma Housing and Settlements in South Eastern Europe written by Vladimir Macura and published by OSCE/ODIHR. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of two architects/town-planners, the book is an in-depth study of the issue of Roma settlements and housing in urban areas. It aims to promote positive experiences and practices in Serbia and to suggest ways of building upon such examples both in Serbia and in other areas of South-Eastern Europe.

Download or read book Roma in the Republic of Macedonia Challenges and Inequalities in Housing Education and Health written by Andrea Spitálszky and published by Minority Rights Group. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Republic of Macedonia’s Roma population is still the most vulnerable minority in the country, a community that faces both institutional marginalization and social prejudice. This briefing, drawing on the first-hand accounts gathered by Roma mediators working with their communities, provides crucial insights into their daily lives and the difficulties they continue to face. Despite official recognition, Roma remain excluded from mainstream society and experience discrimination in almost every aspect of their lives, beginning at school and continuing into adult life, with the majority of Roma unable to obtain formal employment. As a result, many Roma live in substandard living conditions, often struggling with overcrowding and without access to basic services. Roma in the Republic of Macedonia: Challenges and Inequalities in Housing, Education and Health outlines the range of challenges the country's Roma still face and includes a series of recommendations on how their situation can be improved. These include a more inclusive approach to service provision, greater awareness of the specific barriers experienced by the community and an emphasis on targeted strategies to address these disparities. The briefing is available in English, Macedonian, Romani and Albanian.

Download or read book Urbanism and Roma Settlements in Serbia written by Vladimir Macura and published by The European Roma Rights Centre. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of the study is the impact of the applied urban planning policies against the development of Roma settlements in three cities in Serbia – Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš. Particular attention has been paid to the extent to which urban planning policies had contributed to the exclusion of Roma settlements from residential parts of the cities and their displacement to the terrains that had not been planned for housing or which are unfavourable or dangerous for life. The report also deals with the urban policies that had a different approach towards the Roma and adjacent non-Roma settlements, and how they influenced the installation of new infrastructure, roads, etc. in these areas; how they affected the changes in various regulations and parameters which prevented development and prosperity of the settlements and improvement of the living conditions.

Download or read book Social Housing in Transition Countries written by Jozsef Hegedus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the large-scale social housing programs begun in Eastern and Central Europe after 2000 as an attempt to mitigate the inequality and declining standards of living that took hold in the region after the wave of privatizations that accompanied the political turn of the 1990s. It provides both case studies and theoretical frameworks for evaluating their successes and failures.

Download or read book Roma in an Expanding Europe written by Dena Ringold and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004, Roma (or gypsies) are now the largest minority group in Europe. They are also one of the poorest and most vulnerable groups, living mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, suffering poverty levels as high as ten times that found within majority populations. The lack of information about the living conditions and needs of Roma people compound these stark gaps in human development outcomes. This publication, prepared for a conference held in Budapest, Hungary in June 2003, brings together original sociological research, evaluations of programme initiatives, and the first comparative cross-country household survey on ethnicity and poverty. It finds that Roma poverty is multi-faceted and can only be addressed by a inclusive policy approach which respects their diversity.

Download or read book Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrea Óhidy and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the current educational climate and the impact of these policy measures for Roma people in eight Central and Eastern European countries. There is a severe lack of information about the Roma people in the public domain. This book seeks to raise awareness of this forgotten minority.

Download or read book Existing models of housing improvement for Roma written by Zlata Vuksanović-Macura and published by OSCE Mission to Serbia. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Civil Society Monitoring Report on Implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy in Italy written by Donatella De Vito and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than six years from the launch of the National Strategy for Roma Inclusion (NRIS), no real improvements can be seen regarding Roma inclusion. Despite isolated progress in some regions, many problems still persist even after the NRIS implementation, and it appears to be difficult to solve them without a radical change of direction in respect to what has been done so far. The limited powers that the National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR) has to ensure the implementation of the NRIS at the local level, together with a poor capacity to coordinate actions among different institutional levels, have negatively impacted the development of Local Action Plans for Roma inclusion. At local level, everything is left at the discretion of the local authorities, that have powers to decide whether and how to put it into action. As a result, only 11 regions out of 20 have set up the consultative meetings for agreeing on how to implement the NRIS at local level. Only one region, Emilia Romagna, has promoted and approved a regional law aimed at closing the Roma municipal camps and implemented actions aimed at supporting RSC housing and social inclusion. It must be reported that there are several regional and local authorities that not only do not implement the NRIS, but even deny it, keeping on maintaining - or even opening - new mono-ethnic residential areas and camps. Moreover, the delay in the implementation of the NRIS in the two regions in which RSC presence and exclusion is higher, such as Lazio (22 per cent) and Lombardy (11 per cent), is particularly significant. In Lazio, the regional consultations started only in 2015, while in Lombardy it has not even been organized yet. Stigmatization and the use of rooted stereotypes in the public speech about Roma are on the rise, as a consequence of the increased radicalization and extremism shown by Lega Nord and Five Star Movement Government. It is urgent to promote actions aimed at making public authorities distance themselves from racist and xenophobic discourse that targets Roma and effectively criminalise anti-Roma rhetoric, hate speech and hate crime. As a consequence of this situation, the human rights of thousands of Roma continue to be violated, particularly in the area of housing, as segregated camps, discrimination in access to social housing and forced evictions remain a daily reality for the Roma living in camps in Italy. As underlined in this report, the living conditions in camps are often inadequate, failing to meet international human rights standards and even the national regulations on housing. While the NRIS promised to "overcome camps", stating that "the liberation from the camp as a place of relational and physical degradation of families and people of Romani origin, and their relocation to decent housing, is possible",6 very little action has been taken by the authorities to this end. The "National working group on housing", established by the Strategy to address discrimination in access to housing, has never been organised, and no national plans have been planned or implemented to provide for the process of desegregation from camps that was foreseen by the NRIS. Despite the fact that the Strategy acknowledged the "excessive use" of evictions of informal settlements, and how these were "substantially inadequate" to address the housing situation of Roma, Italy has continued to evict Roma from informal camps, without the necessary safeguards such as consultation, adequate notice and others, in violation of the country's international and regional human rights obligations and in contrast to other forms of evictions carried out in Italy. When evicted, Roma families are often not provided with adequate housing alternatives, and they are instead often made homeless or placed into ethnically segregated camps or temporary accommodation. Roma are also sometimes forcibly evicted from authorized camps, when authorities decide to close them down, even if authorities do not offer inhabitants adequate alternatives, like in the Camping River Case, that is analysed in this report.

Download or read book Come Closer Inclusion and Exclusion of Roma in Present Day Romanian Society written by Gabor Fleck, Cosima Rughinis (Eds.) and published by Cosima Rughinis. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roma and the Transition in Central and Eastern Europe written by Dena Ringold and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report brings together the available evidence from primary and secondary sources, including household surveys and results of recent qualitative studies, to develop a picture of the development challenges facing Roma populations in Central and Eastern Europe. While living standards have declined for all population groups during the transition to a market economy, there are growing indications that conditions have deteriorated more severely for Roma than for others, and that Roma are poorly positioned to take advantage of emerging economic opportunities. This report focuses on five countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic. The first chapter of the report provides the historical context and an overview of the methodological issues and main data sources; chapter two presents the available evidence on welfare status and living conditions, examining poverty, housing education, employment and health; chapter three considers issues relating to access to social services; and the final chapter reviews the opportunities for Roma participation in the design and implementation of community development policies and programmes, and outlines policy implications.

Download or read book Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe written by Andrea Óhidy and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an in-depth exploration into the current educational climate and the impact of these policy measures for Roma people in seven Western and Southern European countries and seeks to raise awareness of this forgotten minority and to assess the policies implemented to integrate the Roma people into the education system.

Download or read book Improving Roma Housing and Eliminating Slums Spain written by European Union. Agency for Fundamental Rights and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is part of a series of case studies on specific housing initiatives for Roma and Travellers. It is intended to contribute to a deeper understanding of lessons learned within the context of the larger research project on housing conditions of Roma and Travellers in the EU. The present case study examines two examples of housing programmes intended to improve the housing conditions of Roma slum dwellers. Spain has a long history of housing programmes targeting social exclusion, particularly among the Roma population and has implemented initiatives since the early 1980s aiming to improve the housing situation of this ethnic group. Mistakes occurred during early initiatives, but since the 1980s there has been a shift from projects solely focusing on improving housing to programmes aiming to increase social integration by adopting a holistic approach that takes into account other aspects such as employment, education and health. Both programmes presented in this case study are examples of this new approach.

Download or read book Slovak Republic written by Ana Revenga and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El objetivo de este estudio es analizar el fenomeno de la pobreza en la Republica de Eslovaquia y sus relaciones con el mercado laboral, asi mismo ayuda a disenar acciones y politicas para reducir la pobreza y mejorar el bienestar de la poblacion de Eslovaquia.

Download or read book Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the New EU Member States written by Uwe Altrock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accession to the EU in May 2004 was a historic milestone for the spatial and urban development of the new member states. Meanwhile, the social and economic transition during the pre-accession phase already brought about radical changes in national urban systems and new challenges for regional development. In this edited volume, a carefully selected and specially commissioned set of articles, written by experts from both the new and the old EU member states, presents a comprehensive assessment of emerging political and planning solutions at local, regional, national and EU levels. Topics include brownfield redevelopment in the Czech Republic, urban sprawl in Hungary, the upgrading and integration of marginalized Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia and sustainable coastal management in Cyprus.