ministry of interior and administration department for denominations and national and ethnic...
TRANSCRIPT
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
The Roma ethnic minority in Poland
and Polish Government policy
towards the Roma
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
AGENDA
1. Situation of Roma community in Poland
2. Actions undertaken by the Polish Government relating to Roma
2.1. Programme for the Roma community in Poland
2.2. 'Roma component' HR OP
3. Team for the Roma Affairs
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
- 12 731 declared Roma minority membership
- 15 657 declared use of Roma language at home
(Source: National Census, 2002)
Number of Roma population in Poland
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
Pilot government programme for the Roma community in Małopolska Voivodship for the years 2001-2003
Act on national and ethnic minorities and on a regional language (2005)
Programme for the Roma community in Poland (2004-2013)
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
Programme for the Roma community in Poland
2.5 million EURO (reserve of the State’s budget)
150 thousand EURO (budget of the Ministry of National Education )
100 thousand EURO (budget of the Ministry of Interior and Administration)
2001-2010 → 17 million EURO
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
Programme for the Roma communityin period 2004-2010
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of actions
298 399 427 534 620 630 705
Number of LG bodies and NGO
109 184 149 184 207 174 178
Amount of funds (in milion PLN)
6 5,8 5,9 10,9 10,9 10,9 11
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
8 areas of Programme for the Roma community in Poland
1. education,2. improvement of living and social conditions, 3. health, 4. prevention of unemployment, 5. safety, 6. culture, 7. increasing public awareness of the Roma
community, 8. civic education of the Roma.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
1. EDUCATION
*Roma education assistants and learning support teachers,
*educational programmes for the Roma parents and children including psychological and pedagogical consultancy,
*catch-up classes in various subjects,
*speech and language (pathology) therapy classes,
*holiday camps & trips,
*material help,
*community centres,
* scholarships for students and pupils.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
2. IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
* renovation of properties (flats),
* building & buying houses,* providing connection to
sewage and water supply systems.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
3. HEALTH
* employment of community nurses,
* providing health checks and protective vaccinations,
* organisation of the so-called “white days”.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
4. PREVENTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
* establishing new workplaces,
*subsidising workplaces for the Roma,
* intervention work,
* training.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
6. CULTURE
AND
7. PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY
*festivals, *publication of a magazine
partly issued in the Roma language,
*book publications, *theatre performance, etc.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
PUBLICATIONS
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
8. CIVIC EDUCATION OF THE ROMA
*Citizens Advice Centres,
*technical support for the Roma NGO,
*arrangement of consultation meetings etc.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
Team for the Roma Affairs
* established in 2008* representatives of the government
administration and twenty-two Roma representatives
* 2008-2010 → 11 meetings
* TOPICS → funding of actions for the Roma (the Programme, “Roma component”), education of the Roma children and youths, discrimination in public live, etc.
Ministry of Interior and AdministrationDepartment for Denominations
and National and Ethnic Minorities
Thank you for your attention
Andrzej Marciniak
Deputy Director
www.mswia.gov.pl