Social

• Consultation with relevant stakeholders shall be carried out during the development of the concept note.
• Indicative allocation to programme areas is in line with the following guiding principles: approximately 50% to the programme area “Domestic and gender-based violence”; approximately 50% to the programme area “Roma inclusion and empowerment”. The final allocations shall be agreed and set in the programme agreement.
• The maximum level of funding for investment in infrastructure (hard measures) shall be 50%.
• The programme shall give special attention to women, children, and victims from marginalised or socially excluded communities who may require specialised support such as Roma.
• The programme shall support an integrated approach to improve access to education, employment, healthcare, and housing and to combat antigypsyism and discrimination. This shall be carried out through local partnerships between municipalities, community centres, social field workers, Roma leaders and civil society organisations, educational institutions and specialised service providers.
• The programme shall support the social inclusion and empowerment of Roma living in marginalised Roma communities with particular emphasis on empowering Roma women and youth.
• The public institution(s) in the Slovak Republic in charge of the relevant policy areas, including the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and the Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities shall be actively involved in the preparation and implementation of the programme, specifically as member(s) of the Cooperation Committee.

No projects have been signed under this programme. That is a real state rather than a gap in the data: bilateral funds and newly agreed programmes both sit here.