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Projects Improving Roma Living Key Guiding Principles for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Programs in Improving Roma Living Conditions Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Handbook for Improving the Living Public Disclosure Authorized Conditions of Roma MODULE 1 Suggestions for Program Managers MODULE 2 Practice and Advisory Notes for National-Level Authorities Public Disclosure Authorized MODULE 3 Good Practice Notes and Tools for Local Actors Handbook for Improving the Living Conditions of Roma Disclaimer: This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the executive directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The information and views set out in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for the accuracy of the data included in this report. 3 Good Practice Notes ....................................................................................................................144 Good Practice Note 1: Engaging Local Communities .......................................................................................................................144 TABLE OF COntEnts Good Practice Note 2: Planning Resettlement .................................................................................................................................. 150 Good Practice Note 3: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation ..............................................................................................156 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Good Practice Note 4: Formalizing Real Property Rights ............................................................................................................. 164 ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Global Case Studies: Lessons from interventions for improving the living conditions of marginalized communities ......................................................169 Suggestions for Program Managers .................................................... 14 Module 1: Table OF Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 170 Key Consideration Points for Overseeing the Implementation of Project-Funding Programs ....................................... 16 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 172 Case Studies ..................................................................................................................................... 178 Practice and Advisory Notes for National-Level Authorities ....30 Module 2: References ......................................................................................................................................... 212 INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Step A - Designing the Call for Proposals ......................................................................... 34 Project Briefs: Reviews of 36 Projects Improving Roma Living Key Guiding Principles for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Programs in Improving Roma Living Conditions ....... 34 Conditions in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Potential Interventions to be Funded by Programs ........................................................................................................................... 46 Slovak Republic, Spain, and the United Kingdom ..........................................................169 Practice and Advisory Note on Community Outreach ..................................................................................................................... 52 Table OF Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 220 Step B - Supporting Project Development and Management ................................... 56 Synthesis Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 222 Practice and Advisory Note to Help Local Communities Develop and Implement Projects ........................................... 56 Practice and Advisory Note to Help Local Actors Identify Disadvantaged Areas .............................................................. 60 Project Briefs ................................................................................................................................... 236 Step C - Selecting Projects ....................................................................................................... 66 Possible Project Selection Criteria for Enhancing Project Impacts on Roma Inclusion ................................................... 66 Discussion Note on Addressing Spatial Segregation of Roma .....................................................................................................70 Step D - Monitoring Project Implementation .................................................................... 76 Practice and Advisory Note on Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................... 76 Practice and Advisory Note for Monitoring Project Aspects that Cannot be Measured by Results Indicators ....... 84 Practice and Advisory Note for Facilitating Peer Learning and Exchange of Good Practices ...................................... 88 Module 3: Good Practice Notes and Tools for Local Actors ........................ 92 INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 94 Tools for Preparing Integrated Interventions ................................................................... 96 Diagnostic Questionnaire for Community Needs Assessment .................................................................................................... 96 Table of Potential Place-Based Intervention Options .................................................................................................................... 112 Diagnostic Tool for Assessing Project Sustainability ................................................................................................................... 136 4 5 AcknOWLEDGEMEnts This work was conducted in joint partnership between the World Bank and the European Commission (Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy and Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion), which also jointly funded the activity. It was prepared under the technical supervision of Elisabeth Huybens with overall guidance from Mamta Murthi, Ismail Radwan, and Katarina Mathernova. This product was prepared by a core team comprising Kosuke Anan (Task Team Leader), Paula Restrepo Cadavid, Mariana Orloff, Antonia Doncheva, Gabrielle Gunneberg, Camille Bourguignon, and Mihai Magheru. Enrica Chiozza, Dominique Be, and Alexandros Tsolakis of the European Commission were extensively involved throughout the course of work. Jessica Gallegos, Sandor Karacsony, Yarissa L. Sommer, Ashna Mathema, and Kathryn Owens contributed to the writing of Global Case Studies. Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga and Sophia Georgieva led the preparation of the Project Briefs and the Synthesis Summary. Dora Petkova, Jakob Hurrle, Stepan Ripka, Reka Kenesei, Balazs Kadar, Nora Teller, Elena Galliano, Maria Faraone, Florin Botonogou, and Richard Filcak conducted field research and analysis. The team received inputs from Eva-Maria Szavuj of the European Commission, Christian Bodewig, Rob Swinkels, Claudia Rokx, Plamen Danchev, Dan Owen, Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, Sebastian Burduja, Angela Khaminwa, Jorge Villegas, Mika Torhonen, Kathrine Kelm, and Elena Correa. Pietro Vulpiani of the National Office Against Racial Discrimination, Italy, and Ádám Kullmann of Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma, Open Society Foundations also contributed. Kenneth Simler, Valerie Morrica, Daria Goldstein, Dorota Kowalska, and Regina Nesiama also provided support. Lauri Scherer edited the text and George Maier worked on the graphic design.
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