4.5 Initiatives promoting social inclusion and raising awareness
lntercultural awareness and inclusion
www.prijatelni.sk (“acceptable for job”)/ Roma Employment Campaign - Fighting Prejudices
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May 2019 – ongoing
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NGO Divé maky http://divemaky.sk/
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The campaign invites to a special (fictitious) page that would make the CV more suitable for work interview. The page would “whiten” your photo page if it is too dark and changes address or name if it evokes a Roma origin and increases the chances of being invited to a job interview.
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The aim is to point to the fact that a CV sent by a Roma candidate has 50% less chance of receiving a response.
Deň krivých zrkadiel /Crooked Mirrors Day
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annual exhibition
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NGO Združenie na pomoc ľuďom s mentálnym postihnutím http://www.zpmpvsr.sk/ Association to Support People with Developmental Disabilities
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the aim is to show the potential of the people with intellectual disabilities;
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activities of the campaing taking place in capital and bigger centres of Slovakia (Bratislava, Dolný Kubín, Komárno, Košice, Malacky, Nitra, Trnava)
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presentations of products and activities of target groups.
Other on-going programmes and initiatives of non-governmental non-profit organizations
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NGO |
Name of the initiative/Programme |
Theme |
Activities |
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Persons with hearing impairments |
Education/Training, Dialogue. |
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(Upstream) |
Nota Bene Newsletter Nota Bene Books Luggage porters |
Support of homeless people |
Dialogue, Training, Campaign |
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(From Emotions to Knowledge) |
(Online living library) |
Inclusion |
Dialogue through storytelling |
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(Union of blinds and partially-sighted of Slovakia) |
(White pastel) |
Visual impairment |
Regular campaign |
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Pathways to Inclusion / Cesty k inklúzii |
Inclusion in youth work |
Training programme with accreditation |
Young people's rights
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NGO |
Name of the initiative/programme |
Theme |
Activities |
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Equity and Equality |
Campaign |
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(New schooling) |
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Inclusive education |
Campaign |
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Saplinq (o.z.) |
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LGBTQ+ youth, especially in Eastern Slovakia |
Operates PRIZMA community center in Košice, organizes PRIDE Košice, offers education and advocacy (e.g., Rainbow Ribbon campaign) |
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Initiative Otherness (Iniciatíva Inakosť”) |
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LGBTQ+ youth nationwide |
Runs a community center in Bratislava, offers free psychological and legal support, organizes PRIDE Bratislava and Film Festival Inakosti |
Other programmes and initiatives of non-governmental non-profit organizations
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NGO |
Name of the initiative/programme |
Theme |
Tools/Activities |
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Cyber bullying |
Campaign |
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A call for humanity / Výzva k ľudskosti Tell it to my eyes / Povedz mi to do očí BUT can not hide the hate / ALE hejt neskryje |
Support for migrants/refugees |
Grant programme, Campaign, Dialogue |
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#smespecial / We are Special |
Supporitng incusion trough the sports for the intelectually disabled persons |
Campaing, Declaration of inclusion |
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I See The Essential |
Inclusion of children with disabilities |
Campaign |
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Looking for Similarities project COPE |
Preventing anti – muslim hatred |
Project, Campaign |
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Program ECHO |
Harm Reduction, streetwork, increasing awareness |
Project |
Key initiatives to safeguard democracy and prevent radicalisation leading to violent extremism
The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic has recently developed The Conceptual Framework for Countering Radicalisation and Extremism by 2024. The Ministry also provides subsidies for the prevention of criminality and deals with the support for the violence victims as well as the prevention of trafficking. In 2021 the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic has prepared the National Strategy of Roma Equality, Inclusion and Participation 2030.
The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic has established the National Coordination Center for Resolving the Violence on Children (2014) which implements the National Strategy on the Protection of Children against Violence, updated in 2019. It includes digital and sexual abuse prevention and measures.
The Plenipotentiary of the Civic Society is another subject to ensure the open democracy approach in the Slovak Republic. The office participates in the Open Goverment Partnership Initiative and is running the National Projects on Participation PART and PARTII including the participative approach in developing the initiatives in the equal access to processes of development of the policies on local, regional and national levels.
Funding
Financing of activities run or covered by NIVAM is through state budget of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic. State subsidies in the field of youth work are provided on the basis of the Act on Youth Work Support and under conditions specified by the Subsidies Directive nr. 48/2021 about youth work. Other initiatives are covered by various donor sources.
Quality assurance
There is no quality assurance apart from the standard participants evaluation.