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HomeCivil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in Croatia
Assessing progress in key policy areas of the strategy
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Officially there are 16,975 Roma in Croatia, representing 0.40 per cent of the overall population, but recent estimates assume this number is closer to 25,000 - 30,000. As discussed in the first Roma Civil Monitor report, focusing on the topics of governance, antidiscrimination and fighting antigypsyism, Croatia has a special law on the Roma National Minority (RNM), who can elect their own representatives at the national, regional and local levels. The central Government has a committee for monitoring the National Roma Integration Strategy (NRIS) and national authorities report about its implementation, which has been externally evaluated in 2015. Every local and regional government is recommended to develop an action plan for Roma inclusion as long as there is a defined number of Roma inhabitants on their territories, but in reality, many of them have failed to do so. In practice, leadership on the Roma agenda is more often taken up by regional governments than by local ones. Counties are the units taking leadership at the regional level for Roma integration. The current NRIS aims to eliminate school segregation by 2020. The Roma Education Fund (REF) has noted significant progress in data gathering and some improvement in Roma enrolment into elementary school, with completion rates up, and into obligatory preschool, as well as an official political commitment to end segregation. However, in reality, approximately 40 percent of Roma children between six and 15 are still segregated in settings where all or most of the pupils are Roma. The Ministry of Internal Affairs implements some affirmative measures for including Roma in police academies, and the Ombudsperson’s office organises seminars to tackle discrimination by employees of public administrations who are professionally in direct contact with Roma. Despite these efforts, the high incidence of anti-Roma discrimination indicates the low effectiveness of (the enforcement of) equality legislation. Roma continue to be the targets of racially motivated crime, with violent incidents in areas surrounding Roma settlements going unreported due to limited trust and mutual understanding between the Roma community and the police. There are concerns that ethnic profiling practices are increasing. The current report was developed following a series of discussions and desk research activities. Consultations were done with Roma and pro-Roma civil society and other relevant institutions. The opportunity to participate was given to a broader circle of stakeholders who were asked to grade the relevance of diverse topics/issues, and the report focused on those that the stakeholders identified as the most relevant. The desk research included study of relevant documentation. Additionally, a series of informal, short meetings were organised with relevant individuals from the local, regional and national governments and with the NGO sector. Formal interviews were conducted with representatives of several public institutions (Ministry for Social Policy and Youth, National Roma Contact Point, Ministry of Education, Croatian Employment Office, Ombudsperson’s Office, Councils of the Roma National Minority), with representatives of Roma and pro-Roma civil society associations, and with nine individual members of the Roma community. Also, a second round of desk research was done after recommendations were received from the interviewed stakeholders. To discuss the preliminary findings of this report, focus groups were organised with 39 members of the Roma community (separate focus groups of Roma women and Roma youth were organised). For additional information, targeted interviews were conducted with institutions and individuals.
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- Témata: Sociální věci , Základní práva
- Téma: antidiskriminační politika , Chorvatsko , etnická diskriminace , Evropský fond pro regionální rozvoj , Evropský sociální fond , občanská společnost , operativní program , politika vzdělávání , předčasné ukončení studia , Romové , strategie EU , začlenění do společnosti , zpráva
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-08360-3 | DOI 10.2838/292916 | Katalogové číslo DS-02-19-446-EN-N |
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