The issue - 1

• 6 % of the Hungarian population Are Roma (the only visible ethnic minority)

• After long record of 98 % male employment in state owned industries high long term unemployment rate among them

• Low educational level • Low vocational skills

The issue - 2

• Structural reasons behind unemployment• Poor housing conditions• The regions where they live are under-

resourced• scarcity of workplaces• scarcity of human resources• scarcity of infrastructure

The micro region 1

• Small villages (population under 500 inhabitants)

• Majority of the people used to work in industries – no other skills

• Unemployment rate is 33.8 %• 10 % of the registered unemployed have

not finished elementary school

The micro region 2

• About 20.000 people are out of the labour market (= not even registered as unemployed by the labour offices)

• Majority of the local Roma live on welfare, day labour, occasional or black labour and loans

• Housing conditions are deteriorating, people cannot afford proper maintenance of their homes and heating

What is EQUAL?

The aim of the Community initiative EQUAL is to promote new ways of combating all forms of discrimination and inequalities in the labor market.

Who are supported by EQUAL?

The Hungarian EQUAL programme will support innovations which foster and access to employment for disadvantaged people - those who are excluded from the labor market or experience difficulties in accessing employment due to discrimination related to gender, ethnic origin, disability, age, lack of qualifications or lack of work experience.

BRIDGE Development Partnership

Autonómia Foundation Lungo Drom Roma organization of Méra Lungo Drom Roma organization of Szalaszend Advocacy Organization of the Roma and

Disadvantaged People of Bodva Valley, Perkupa Andrássy Gyula vocational school, Miskolc

BRIDGE project

The aim of the project

The unemployed local Roma will have an access to skills, jobs and income so that their families’ living conditions should improve.

The broken down houses of the families with no work income will be renovated and modernized; the energy efficiency of the heating systems will grow and the insulation will be improved so that the heating costs of the families will be significantly lower.

Preparatory phase - research

Dimensions measured in the survey: education household income employment status skills and ablities social network motivation and solidarity

Research Data – 1 House ownership

60,5

2,6

36,8

0

20

40

60

80

Owner Renter Relative

%

Resarch data – 3 neighbourhood segregaion

35,1

15,6

49,4

0

10

20

30

40

50

Roma Non Roma Roma andnon Romatogether

%

Resarch data – 4 education

13%

70%

17%

Less than elementaryElementaryVocational school

Resarch data – 5 employment status

Long term unemployed

24% Long term unemployed with

one day jobs17%

Never was employed

16%

Regularly employed3% Never was

employed officially, temporary jobs in the black market

24%Temporary employed

15%

Never was employed officially, regular jobs in the

black market1%

Research data – 6 Social network

27 2741,3

4,80

20

40

60

Relative fewconnections

(mainly familyinteractions)

Relative fewconnections (notonly with family

members)

Relative highnumber of

connections, localsare dominant

Relative highnumber of

connections, open

%

Research data – 7 Household income

5,325

50

19,70

20

40

60

Nothing Socialminimum

Socialminimum +temporary

wages

Socialbenefits +

regularsaleries

%

Groups based on the dimensions

a) socially disintegrated, segregatedb) not educated, inactive, not

motivatedc) not educated, motivated, more or

less actived) educated (but the not marketable),

motivated, more or less activee) educated (more professions),

motivated, active

Proportion of the groups

a) not educated, inactive, not motivated

b) not educated, motivated, more or less active

c) educated (but the not marketable), motivated, more or less active

d) educated (more professions), motivated, active

3347

14 60

20

40

60

a b c d %

Research – the condition of the houses

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Roma Non Roma

houses built before1945

old social housing"CS"

recent socialhousing

other

Research – condition of the houses 5382 houses

67,3

32,7

Non romahouses Roma houses

Research – condition of the houses

31,8

46,2

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

40,0

45,0

50,0

houses to berenovated

houses to berenovated lived byRoma

What we offer

1. Vocational training, salary during the training (minimum wage)

a) After the training employment (provided by the program)

b) After the training employment (provided by local enterprises)

c) After the training micro credit for starting a micro business

2. Vocational training for free

3. House renovation – energetical renovation

The project -1

I. Training50 unskilled unemployed (or without marketable skilles) can get registered skills.

maisons construction carpenters stovemakers skills wood work machine operators

The project - 2

II. EmploymentDuring the training 50 trainees were employed, out of them 38 will be employed by the DP after the training for 7 - 11 months.

masons: 6 carpenters: 9 stovemakers: 9 smiths: 6 Woodwork machine operators: 8

The project - 3

III. Housing renovation and energy efficiencyThe housekeeping costs of the families livign in the renovated houses fill decrease, and the are expected to become motivated to participate in similar programs. Establishment of a small workshop to

renovate doors and windows: the houses with bad quality insulation, without windows and proper doors will be liveable and closeable, through the products.

Organisation of stovemaker brigade(s): of the outdated heating equipment will be replaced by energy efficient stoves so that the winter fire wood demand of the families will decrease

The project - 4

IV. Organisation developmentThe formation of the social economy in the region will start. The supporting institutional system willbe developed and the region’s labour market development will be supported.