Slovakia Catching-up Regions 5. Progress report on support to Prešov, Banská Bystrica and municipalities in Košice. Self-governing regions on improving the integration of Marginalized Roma Communities, 2025

This report was prepared by a World Bank team comprised of Yondela Silimela, Svetluša Surová,  Samuel Arbe, Simona Mészárosová, Valerie Morrica, Václav Hochmuth, Lubomír Billý, Thandile  Tanzile Gule, Juni Singh, Rastislav Zubaj, and the Reos Partners.

This report provides an overview of activities and outputs of the continuous support provided
under the Slovakia Catching-up Regions Initiative 5 (CuRI V..) between January 2024 and March
2025 to the three regions of Prešov Self-Governing Region (PSK) and its six pilot municipalities 
(Čičava, Dlhé Stráže, Krivany, Ostrovany, Varadka, and Varhaňovce), Telgárt municipality
in Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region (BBSK) and Jasov municipality in Košice Self-Governing
Region (KSK). This work was undertaken under the component “Integration of Marginalized Roma
Communities” under CuRI V. and is a continuation of activities which started as part of CuRI II.
in 2019. Consistent with the CuRI philosophy, support under this component takes a pragmatic
approach in supporting regional authorities and municipalities to plan, prepare and implement
projects aimed at reducing the development gap between Roma and non-Roma, and improving
integration and inclusion of Marginalized Roma Communities (MRC). The Project Team works
closely with regional counterparts, provides hands-on support to municipalities and maintains
open communication channels with national authorities to highlight lessons from practical
implementation, address systemic challenges and share global best practices that are grounded
in the Slovak experience.

Link to the full report is here: https://www.academia.edu/145170995/PROGRESS_REPORT_ON_SUPPORT_TO_PRE%C5%A0OV_BANSK%C3%81_BYSTRICA_AND_MUNICIPALITIES_IN_KO%C5%A0ICE_SELF_GOVERNING_REGIONS_ON_IMPROVING_THE_INTEGRATION_OF_MARGINALIZED_ROMA_COMMUNITIES