The study says that the countries would have to determine and fulfil binding goals to improve the integration of the Romany minority into society. Two years ago, eight Eastern and Central European countries, including the Czech Republic and Slovakia, launched ‘The Decade of Roma Inclusion’ (2005-2015) international program to improve the situation of Romanian. The study says that trustworthy data on Romanian are still missing along with the assessment of the achieved goals in Romany integration.
Philanthropist Soros called on the governments of the countries participating in the program to better use resources in order to improve the living conditions of Romania and create more opportunities for them. Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovakia, where some 10 million Romanian live in total, according to estimates, pledged to pass new anti-discrimination laws and improve the access to education and health care for Romania at the summit in Sofia two years ago. However, in spite of that, thousands of Romanian are still living in very poor conditions in deprived settlements without electricity and running water, being segregated from the majority population. Romaniand have worse access to health care and other social services and more difficulties to find jobs, the study says. (praguemonitor.com)
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