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This report is the final output of a policy and programming advisory service undertaken by UNDP Bulgaria for the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria over the period from November 2004 to February 2005. The National Housing Strategy, adopted by the Council of Ministers on 14 May 2004, supplies the development framework through a specific slot dedicated to Roma housing under the Operational Direction addressing priority needs.
The preparation of the proposed indicative National Programme has been accompanied by wide collaboration with policy-makers, experts and future beneficiaries at the national, municipal and community levels so as to ensure that the complex policy and implementation aspects of the proposed programme are fully taken into consideration.
The proposals set out in the present report take the form of an indicative National Programme, based on a series of thoroughly-documented assumptions. This presents a practical operational approach, offering a prompt start-up through an operational model and also providing a methodology for adjustment and further refinement. It therefore therefore constitutes a first step in a collaborative consultation process that UNDP Bulgaria hopes will result in the formal adoption of the programme in the near future.
UNDP has the mandate both globally and in Bulgaria to assist Governments in addressing the issues of the most deprived and poorest segments of the population – which in the case of Bulgaria are the Roma people. Roma in Bulgaria and in Europe are some of the most disadvantaged in terms of jobs, education, health and living conditions. The key to solving these issues is partnership – partnership on the side of the government at the policy level – partnership on the side of municipalities in terms of implementation – partnership on the side of people themselves.
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