Work on the final version of the 2013 Atlas of Roma Communities is still pending, so whether a complete analysis of this survey is published by the end of 2013 as originally planned remains to be seen, the Government Proxy for the Roma Communities Peter Pollak said on Thursday. Originally, the final analysis was due to be released in 4Q13.
“We can't confirm this, the final text on our part has still not been processed at the moment,” said Daniel Skobla on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States in Bratislava, which is working on the project. According to Skobla, the release date needs to be agreed with the project partners: the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry, the Government Proxy for the Roma Communities, the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) and Prešov University. The purpose of the monitoring is to identify the most socially excluded Roma communities, at which development efforts need to be directed. Of the Slovak population of 5.4 million, more than 400,000 are Roma (7.45 percent). Almost half of the Roma (46.5 percent) live dispersed among the majority population and are integrated into society. Some 13 percent of Roma live in villages, whereas 17 percent live in isolated settlements.
