INCLUSION of NGOs into SOCIAL ECONOMY

1. ZDRUŽENIE ZA SOCIÁLNU REFORMU INCLUSION of NGOs into SOCIAL ECONOMY Partners of the Development Partnership

2. Main Objective To strenghten the capacitiesNGOs so that they can assist tointegratesocially disadvantaged people into society and can support their employabilitythroughsocial enterprises.

3. 1. NGO Capacity Building Programme Main Objective Specific Project Objectives To strenghten the capacity of local NGOs in order that they create conditions for gradual integration of socially excluded into society and their return to the job market.

4. 1. 2. NGO Capacity Building Programme Social and Employment Services in CommunityCenters Specific Project Objectives To develop the social services and employment support services in the existing community centers. Personal Advisors provide assistance and counseling to clients searching for a job.

5. 1. 2. 3. NGO Capacity Building Programme Social and Employment Services in CommunityCenters Social Enterprises Specific Project Objectives Drawing on ideas from local PS&ED and in collaboration with all stakeholders, assist local NGOs to launch and operate new social enterprisesin whichsocially excluded grasp new skills and use their talents, gifts, knowledge and experience to generate income.

6. 1. 2. 3. 4. NGO Capacity Building Programme Social and Employment Services in CommunityCenters Social Enterprises Best Practices & Policy Development Specific Project Objectives To share best practices with those of similar interests and make recommendations for policy changesand proposals for implementation of successful modelsat local, regional and national levels.

7. 1. 2. 3. 4. NGO Capacity Building Programme Social and Employment Services in CommunityCenters Social Enterprises Best Practices & Policy Development Activities Implemented so far • Day-to-day operation of Job Clubs in eight municipalities and provision of social and employment services for disadvantaged • Strong Partnership at the local levels that allows to provide jobs for socially excluded • Eight trained Personal Advisors assisting and mediating between socially excluded and potential employers • NGO capacity building programme • Social Enterprise training programme • Delivery of skills and capacity building training courses for unemployed • Daily operation of social enterprises • Sharing the experiences domestically and internationally

8. Description of situation in Slovakia • Roma traditionally poorest, most marginalized & vulnerable • Communist period narrowed gap • Declined in both relative & absolute terms over last 15 years • Insufficient housing • High unemployment rates • Deteriorated health • Low rates of educational attainment • Dependency on social benefits • Limited access to services

9. Description of situation in Slovakia • 320,000 estimated Roma • 50% live integrally in 772 towns/villages • 50% live in 787 settlements • 168 concentrated urban or rural settlements (32,281 people) • 338 settlements located on the fringe of a village/town (64,661 people) • 281 distinct settlements (“osadas”) often with natural or artificial barrier (49,586 people) • Thus 619 segregated Roma shanty settlements

10. Description of situation in Slovakia • Lack: infrastructure, roads, electricity, running water, sewage removal, waste collection • Excluded from public services • No security of tenure • Sometimes on polluted land • Limited access to drinking water • Greater the distance between settlement & town/village, the worse the conditions

11. Description of situation in Slovakia • Estrangement difficult to exaggerate • National policies promote integration of the Roma communities • Only limited progress • Searching for a workable model of coexistence between Roma minority with majority for: • housing • employment • education

12. Employability of Roma slum settlements depends on • level of attained education • acquired skills • personal hygiene • overall economic development of region

13. YOUR SPIS II createspartnership collaboration within • education • culture • health, employment • social issues and family • local authorities • non-governmental organisations charities, churches, school organisations and • trained community social workers • enabling the attainment of the common goal

14. Job Clubs are vital for involving people in • training • family budgeting • children’s upbringing • hygiene and working habits • skills training courses • vocational training courses • planning and design of their future • facilitating social inclusion and integration

15. 1. 2. 3. 4. NGO Capacity Building Programme Social and Employment Services in CommunityCenters Social Enterprises Best Practices & Policy Development We are proud to share YOUR SPIS II results • Eight Job Clubs operating • Eightlocal partnerships functioning • Eight Personal Advisors trained &providing services for unemployed • Four social enterprises operational (wood-working, handicrafts shop, cleaning services, restoration of antiquities) • Two new emerging social enterprises (social services for elderly & physically disabled) • Twenty vocational training courses for unemployed delivered (wood-chipping, masonry, carpentry, restoration, tailoring, textile decoration, cleaning services, health & safety, etc.) • Four types of skills building training courses for unemployed delivered in all eight Job Clubs (PC, CV, job interview, bonton) • Seventeen unemployed establishedin micro businesses • Fifteen seasonal jobs created and operational for fivemonths • Eighty one job positions for YOUR SPIS II clients • One hundred eighty unemployedpeople back to work (AWP operated by trained local NGOs)