A STUDY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN SUBSTANDARD ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN 21 MUNICIPALITIES IN SERBIA Novi Sad, 2014 ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN SUBSTANDARD ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN 21 MUNICIPALITIES IN SERBIA Author: Slađana Jovanović, Graduate Architectural Engineer EHO Project Coordinator Co-author: Robert Bu EHO Deputy Director/Programme Coordinator Editors: Boris Žerjav, National Project Officer – Housing We are here together – European support for Roma inclusion OSCE Mission to Serbia Predrag Nikolić, Senior Project Assistant We are here together – European support for Roma inclusion OSCE Mission to Serbia Design: comma | communication design Printing: Fiducia 011 Number of copies: 200 Publisher: OSCE Mission to Serbia Španskih boraca 1 11070 Belgrade, Serbia This publication has been prepared with the support of the European Union through the project “We are here together – European Support for Roma Inclusion”. The views expressed are solely those of the authors and their associates, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the European Union or the OSCE Mission to Serbia. ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN SUBSTANDARD ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN 21 MUNICIPALITIES IN SERBIA IV [ ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN SUBSTANDARD ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN 21 MUNICIPALITIES IN SERBIA ] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The project Assessment of the Situation in Substandard Settlements in 21 Municipalities in Serbia has been implement- ed by the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization (EHO) from Novi Sad as part of the housing component of the project We are here together – European support for Roma inclusion, implemented by the OSCE Mission to Serbia to support the implementation of the Strategy for Improvement of the Status of Roma in the Republic of Serbia. The project is funded by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance – IPA) for the year 2012. The beneficiaries of the housing component of the project are the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, and 20 pilot mu- nicipalities: Sombor, Odžaci, Novi Sad, Kovin, Pančevo, Palilula, Zvezdara, Valjevo, Koceljeva, Smederevo, Kragujevac, Kruševac, Knjaževac, Prokuplje, Leskovac, Vranje, Bujanovac, Bojnik, Žitorađa and Bela Palanka. In June 2014, the Delegation of the European Union, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and EHO agreed that, due to the cat- astrophic floods that occurred in Serbia, the project would include the 21st municipality – City Municipality Obrenovac. Coordination of the project Assessment of the Situation in Substandard Settlements in 21 Municipalities in Serbia, in all its stages, was performed by EHO Deputy Director and Programme Coordinator Robert Bu. EHO Project Coordinator, Slađana Jovanović, was responsible for cooperation with the key stakeholders in 21 municipalities, collection of relevant data in each municipality, expert support to research conducted in substandard settlements and preparation of study. Robert Bu and Slađana Jovanović are also the authors of complete project documentation, the Study on the Assessment of the Situation in Substandard Settlements and the Plan of Intervention for the Improvement of Housing Conditions in Substandard Settlements in 21 Municipalities including the estimates of required funds. The expert team of EHO was responsible for the implementation of project activities in the field. The expert team mem- bers were: Anamaria Farago, Stanka Janković, Marija Manić and Danilo Ćurčić. The report was developed on the basis of extensive field research in six EHO teams with a total of 18 researchers. Field research was conducted after intensive work on relevant data collection in direct cooperation with representatives of 21 local self-governments. EHO is grateful to all collaborators, and especially to the researchers who significantly contributed to the success of the project. We thank all the Roma, men and women, from substandard settlements and the representatives of local self-govern- ments who were involved in the implementation of the project. We would especially like to thank the OSCE Mission to Serbia for entrusting us with the project implementation and presentation of our experience, skills, knowledge, methods and instruments for the implementation of participatory projects for the improvement of housing conditions for the Roma living in substandard settlements in Serbia. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................V INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................VIII CITY OF SOMBOR .................................................................................................................................... 1 SETTLEMENT IN BAČKI MONOŠTOR ....................................................................................................................................2 MUNICIPALITY OF ODŽACI ....................................................................................................................... 5 NOVO NASELJE SETTLEMENT IN BOGOJEVO .....................................................................................................................6 ČERGA SETTLEMENT IN DERONJE ......................................................................................................................................8 CITY OF NOVI SAD ................................................................................................................................. 11 VELIKI RIT SETTLEMENT .....................................................................................................................................................12 OTHER SUBSTANDARD SETTLEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY: .................................................14 CITY OF PANČEVO ................................................................................................................................. 17 SETTLEMENT MALI RIT – LONDON.....................................................................................................................................18 SETTLEMENT CIGLANA GORNJA........................................................................................................................................20 SETTLEMENT KOLONIJA ŠUMICE – STARČEVO ................................................................................................................22 OTHER SUBSTANDARD SETTLEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ..........................................................................24 MUNICIPALITY KOVIN ........................................................................................................................... 29 SETTLEMENT KOZARA IN DELIBLATO ...............................................................................................................................30 SETTLEMENT ČERGARI PREMA DUNAVU IN DUBOVAC ...................................................................................................32 SETTLEMENT KLEK .............................................................................................................................................................34 SETTLEMENT IN DUBOVAC .................................................................................................................................................36 CITY MUNICIPALITY PALILULA .............................................................................................................. 39 SETTLEMENT MIRIJEVSKO BRDO – MALI LESKOVAC ......................................................................................................40 SETTLEMENT KOTEŽ............................................................................................................................................................42 CITY MUNICIPALITY ZVEZDARA ............................................................................................................. 45 SETTLEMENT ORLOVSKO NASELJE ...................................................................................................................................46 SETTLEMENT BOSUTSKA ....................................................................................................................................................48 OTHER SUBSTANDARD SETTLEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE TERRITORY OF ZVEZDARA MUNICIPALITY .....................50 CITY MUNICIPALITY OBRENOVAC .......................................................................................................... 53 SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGES STUBLINE AND VELIKO POLJE ......................................................................54 SETTLEMENT ZVEČKA GAJ .................................................................................................................................................56 SETTLEMENT BOŠNJACI .....................................................................................................................................................58 MILOŠA OBRENOVIĆA STREET NO. 25 – MIRČIĆA MAGACIN ...........................................................................................60 MILOŠA OBRENOVIĆA STREET NO. 28 ...............................................................................................................................62 MILOŠA OBRENOVIĆA STREET NO. 122 .............................................................................................................................64