Poverty
and Welfare of Roma in the Slovak Republic - The World Bank, Foundation
S.P.A.C.E., Ineko, The Open Society Institute (April, 2002) (323 kb)
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Poverty
and Welfare of Roma in the Slovak Republic
World Bank
Report "Poverty and Welfare of Roma in the Slovak Republic",
will be released in Slovakia. On this occasion, between April 9 and
11, a series of workshops will be organized followed by press briefings.
In Poprad, a selected group of mayors are invited from neighboring villages
with significant Roma population. In Presov, NGO representatives, social
workers and students are participating.
In Bratislava members of the Slovak Parliament are expected to join
the workshop.
Press briefings
will be held after each of these events; representatives of local and
national printed and electronic media are invited.
On April 22, panel discussion on World Bank Report "Poverty and
Welfare of Roma in the Slovak Republic" will be held in Washington
DC, in the World Bank's J Building (1-050), organized jointly by the
Slovak Embassy and the Bank. Opening remarks by Ivan Miklos, Deputy
Prime Minister, and Roger Grawe, Country Director. Discussants include
Slovak academics, NGO and Government representatives as well as World
Bank staff. Concluding remarks by Klara Orgovanova, Plenipotentiary
for Roma Affairs from the Slovak Government.
Following
the discussion, Slovakia's Ambassador, Mr. Butora will open an Art Exhibit
in the World Bank's premises that will display drawings of Roma children
from Slovakia.
Source:
ECA News
Joint
Hungary-Slovakia Workshop on Roma Projects,
Bratislava, April 2001
The Bank
arranged a workshop on lessons from Roma projects in Slovakia and Hungary
together with the Open Society
Foundation in Bratislava and the Slovak
Government. The Hungary Project database and case studies served
as the basis for the discussion, along with a similar database and case
studies on Slovakia which were supported by the European
Union and the Open Society Foundation.
The meeting
was attended by over 70 representatives from the Slovak government,
donor organizations, embassies and NGOs. A group of 10 Hungarians involved
in Roma projects also attended the sessions. The objective of the workshop
was to discuss research on Roma projects recently completed in both
countries and to agree upon next steps for monitoring project activity
and coordination within and across countries.
