Roma Inclusion in Romania

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00:00 The Roma are Romania's largest ethnic minority.

00:03 70% of Romanian Roma live in poverty.

00:06 The majority of Roma live in a vicious cycle of limited access to services,

00:10 unequal economic opportunities,

00:12 and ethnic discrimination.

00:14 Supporting the Roma agenda in Romania is a World Bank

00:16 priority and a key dimension of the Country Partnership framework.

00:20 The Country Partnership Framework for Romania includes a Roma inclusion roadmap.

00:25 The roadmap is a formal commitment to integrate the specific challenges.

00:28 faced by Roma into World Bank operations and

00:30 the policy dialogue with the government of Romania.

00:33 Several instruments are at the bank's disposal to support this commitment.

00:37 The World Bank's environmental and social

00:39 framework sets out the bank's institutional

00:41 principles to address the needs and

00:43 challenges of vulnerable individuals and groups,

00:45 such as the Roma.

00:47 The Bank Directive on addressing risks and impacts on disadvantaged or vulnerable

00:51 individuals or groups ensures that the

00:54 bank systematically assesses social risks.

00:56 To set out the borrower's requirements for bank operations.

00:59 The World Bank in Romania set up the Roma Sounding Board

01:02 to further support the implementation of the Roma inclusion roadmap.

01:06 The Roma Sounding Board is a competitively selected platform of Roma

01:10 civil society organizations from Bucharest in the eight regions of Romania.

01:14 The Roma Sounding Board provides feedback and advice

01:17 to World Bank management and task teams to

01:19 better incorporate Roma needs and priorities into World

01:22 Bank projects and dialogue with the government.

01:26 The Roma Sounding Board supported efforts to hire and train

01:29 health and Roma health mediators in 300 underserved communities across

01:33 Romania to ensure the registration of vulnerable groups in primary

01:37 healthcare in the planned Romania Health Program for results.

01:40 The distribution of laptops,

01:42 interactive boards,

01:43 and video cameras to underserved secondary students in

01:46 Romania planned under the Secondary Education Project.

01:49 A needs assessment in 34 communities on the socio-economic impacts of COVID to

01:54 inform the World Bank's and government of Romania's response to the pandemic.

01:58 The setup of a Roma internship scheme at the World Bank office in Romania.

02:02 The Roma Sounding Board provides an innovative

02:04 example of how the needs of vulnerable population

02:07 groups can be systematically built into the

02:09 World Bank investment portfolio and policy dialogue.

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The Roma are Romania's largest ethnic minority. 70% of Romanian Roma live in poverty. The majority of Roma live in a vicious cycle of limited access to services, unequal economic opportunities, and ethnic discrimination. Supporting the Roma agenda in Romania is a World Bank priority and a key dimension of the Country Partnership framework. The Country Partnership Framework for Romania includes a Roma inclusion roadmap. The roadmap is a formal commitment to integrate the specific challenges. faced by Roma into World Bank operations and the policy dialogue with the government of Romania. Several instruments are at the bank's disposal to support this commitment. The World Bank's environmental and social framework sets out the bank's institutional principles to address the needs and challenges of vulnerable individuals and groups, such as the Roma. The Bank Directive on addressing risks and impacts on disadvantaged or vulnerable individuals or groups ensures that the bank systematically assesses social risks. To set out the borrower's requirements for bank operations. The World Bank in Romania set up the Roma Sounding Board to further support the implementation of the Roma inclusion roadmap. The Roma Sounding Board is a competitively selected platform of Roma civil society organizations from Bucharest in the eight regions of Romania. The Roma Sounding Board provides feedback and advice to World Bank management and task teams to better incorporate Roma needs and priorities into World Bank projects and dialogue with the government. The Roma Sounding Board supported efforts to hire and train health and Roma health mediators in 300 underserved communities across Romania to ensure the registration of vulnerable groups in primary healthcare in the planned Romania Health Program for results. The distribution of laptops, interactive boards, and video cameras to underserved secondary students in Romania planned under the Secondary Education Project. A needs assessment in 34 communities on the socio-economic impacts of COVID to inform the World Bank's and government of Romania's response to the pandemic. The setup of a Roma internship scheme at the World Bank office in Romania. The Roma Sounding Board provides an innovative example of how the needs of vulnerable population groups can be systematically built into the World Bank investment portfolio and policy dialogue.

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