Work Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/work/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:16:16 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Work Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/work/ 32 32 Slovakia; Social Project https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-social-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-social-project Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:16:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26879 A Roma activist created a project to support people who need it most. In the village of Valaská in Horehronie, […]

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]]> A Roma activist created a project to support people who need it most. In the village of Valaská in Horehronie, close to Banská Bystrica Ivan Mako created a project that is unique in Slovakia. With a vision to help those who need it most – not only Roma, but all the socially disadvantaged, poor or disabled, regardless of race, nationality or religion, his project has been going on for years and is a flourishing business. Ten years from now, a Roma can be president, he believes.

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]]> Roma Integration https://rroma.org/fr/roma-integration-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-integration-3 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:16:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26753 Progress in Roma Integration, Establishment of a Regional Health Center, Further Development of the Economy, and Solving the Housing Problem […]

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]]> Progress in Roma Integration, Establishment of a Regional Health Center, Further Development of the Economy, and Solving the Housing Problem are the Four Key Tasks Set by Kočevje Mayor Gregor Košir for 2025. He also expressed satisfaction that the municipality is not among the most indebted, which allows it greater flexibility in planning projects.

As Košir emphasizes, one of the key problems in Roma integration is their low employment rate. Of the approximately 800 Roma living in the municipality, only a few individuals are regularly employed. Therefore, one of his priorities will be to increase employment among the Roma population. In cooperation with the Employment Service, they are planning to launch the Romano program, which will be aimed at solving this problem.

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]]> Slovakia, Unemployment, and Roma https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-unemployment-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-unemployment-and-roma-2 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:41:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26735 Slovakia is fifth among European countries for long term unemployment. Slovakia’s Minister of Labour Erik Tomáš from Hlas has now […]

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]]> Slovakia is fifth among European countries for long term unemployment. Slovakia’s Minister of Labour Erik Tomáš from Hlas has now come up with a solution that his critics describe as a whip for the unemployed. They could lose it for several months if they do not start working. They plan to offer them work along the lines of Hungary’s Orban Közmunca – a form of forced employment often under 19th century conditions.

The minister claims that they will affect all unemployed people and should not be considered discriminatory. However, the data shows that the percentage of Roma is highest in the districts of Slovakia where long-term unemployment is also the highest.

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]]> Slovakia and Social Benefits https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-and-social-benefits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-social-benefits Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:09:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26668 The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (MPSVR) of the Slovak Republic presented a specific bill regulating the reduction […]

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]]> The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (MPSVR) of the Slovak Republic presented a specific bill regulating the reduction of social benefits in the event that a person able to work refuses to work. The discussion on the withdrawal of social benefits began in the middle of last year.

The issue here? Roma. And the work that the ministry is proposing is very much in line to what is being done in Hungary, so called közmunka [communal / public work] meaning cheap labour based on 19th century technology.

Bad.

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]]> Slovakia: Restauration https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-restauration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-restauration Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:29:01 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26657 Tuňa Castle in Slovakia is being saved after centuries of neglect. Lots of manual work, not least be cause the […]

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]]> Tuňa Castle in Slovakia is being saved after centuries of neglect. Lots of manual work, not least be cause the castle ruins cannot be accessed by vehicles. The project lead says they did a lot of work in 2024. “It helped a lot that we currently have 12 employees, ten workers, a coordinator and a foreman. It helped with carrying out the material that we need to get to the castle. At the same time, it also helped with the work on the castle, where we gradually created three Roma masonry teams and therefore work was done in two or three places at the same time.”

Well done to employ Roma here.

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]]> Southern Slovakia https://rroma.org/fr/southern-slovakia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southern-slovakia Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:53:47 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26525 In Fil’akovo, a third of the city’s population are Roma. However, there are no excluded communities and makeshift dwellings like […]

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]]> In Fil’akovo, a third of the city’s population are Roma. However, there are no excluded communities and makeshift dwellings like in eastern Slovakia. There is a different historical development behind this.

The local Roma mostly speak Hungarian, the majority language in the city. They attend secondary schools, and some then go on to study at universities. Jobs in this region are still scarce, far away, and poorly paid. For Roma, this means that it is even more difficult to find one, which is why many choose to go abroad.

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]]> Slovakia, Romnja, and Work https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-romnja-and-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-romnja-and-work Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:51:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26520 Romnja from the Bardejov district in  Slovakia have been trying to improve their financial situation by getting a job for […]

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]]> Romnja from the Bardejov district in  Slovakia have been trying to improve their financial situation by getting a job for years, but many are not successful. The obstacles are persistent racism, practical problems of life in the settlement, but often also resentment from their own families. Women from marginalized Roma communities thus remain the least working group.

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]]> Slovakia and Inclusion https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-and-inclusion-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-inclusion-3 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:47:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26507 The deaf Pavel Šarina (32) employs more than a hundred people, seventy percent of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Among […]

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]]> The deaf Pavel Šarina (32) employs more than a hundred people, seventy percent of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Among them are dozens of Roma who do not let the young boss down. In Veľký Krtíš and the surrounding area, he has a total of five establishments, from which they serve thousands of portions of food daily. He was recently awarded the Roma Spirit award, which he sees mainly as an appreciation of the work of his employees.

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]]> Slovakia: Discrimination https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-discrimination-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-discrimination-2 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:34:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26044 Klaudio Virág (27), a resident of the city of Levič, tried to get a job at the Slovak Power Plants […]

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]]> Klaudio Virág (27), a resident of the city of Levič, tried to get a job at the Slovak Power Plants in Mochovce as a locksmith. He claims that in a phone call, the job broker told him that they didn’t want Roma people in Mochovce, allegedly because of bad experiences.

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]]> Slovakia, Roma, and Work https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-roma-and-work-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-roma-and-work-5 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:56:31 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25838 Often called an “Ambitious fool,” Ivan Mak came up with the idea that he would employ Roma, the disabled, the […]

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]]> Often called an “Ambitious fool,” Ivan Mak came up with the idea that he would employ Roma, the disabled, the long-term unemployed, single mothers, people without education and difficult to place on the labour market. For 10 years, Ivan has been giving work in the laundry and ironing shop in Horehroní, regardless of the colour of the skin or the disability of the people. It is said that people used to look at him like a UFO.

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