
handle: 10986/44638
This report provides an overview of activities and outputs on the continuous support provided under 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 (Cicava, Dlhé Stráže, Krivany, Ostrovany, Varadka, and Varhanovce), 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' within CuRI V and is a continuation of activities that started as part of CuRI II in 2019. Consistent with the CuRI philosophy, support under this component takes a pragmatic approach, supporting regional authorities and municipalities in planning, preparing, and implementing projects aimed at reducing the development gap between Roma and non-Roma, and improving the 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 grounded in the Slovak experience. In parallel with supporting infrastructure implementation, the Project Team also focused on strengthening the foundations for sustained change by making knowledge tools more accessible to municipalities and agencies beyond CuRI. As part of this effort, the World Bank has been collaborating with two municipalities to pilot an approach to enhanced stakeholder engagement in municipal-wide and project- and issue-specific planning, with a particular focus on Roma participation and engagement. The results of this have been codified into a Handbook and Toolkit that can be used by other municipalities and agencies at a national level to enable stronger stakeholder engagement. The Collaborative Innovation Process Handbook and Toolkit are attached as annexes to this report.
DEVELOPMENT GAP, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAGGING REGIONS, INEQUALITY, NO POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT GAP, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAGGING REGIONS, INEQUALITY, NO POVERTY
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