1. SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT MUNICIPALITY OF TIMISOARA

2. Regeneration of marginalised urban areas in Timisoara
OUR INITIATIVE
Regeneration of marginalised urban areas in Timisoara
Timisoara has five marginalized urban areas
They are small areas inside neighborhoods
With over 2000 inhabitants
These areas lack investments
Often people don’t have access to basic infrastructure like running water, sewage, gas heating, electricity
There are no medical, educational, social facilities in these areas

3. Timisoara’s five marginalized urban areas

4. Kuncz marginalized area
450 inhabitants
70% roma ethnics
In the past the all area was in private property, with a bricks factory and poor roma employees
People built houses on the land, without having property papers
Today they don’t have property papers for the land and houses and they have problems with identity papers

5. Ronat marginalized area
300 inhabitants
15% roma ethnics
Ronat was in the past inhabited by workers coming in Timisoara from all over the country
The workers received land from authorities to build houses and the Ronat neighborhood developed over the time
Except a small area at the neighborhood's periphery with very poor inhabitants, most of them coming from other counties

6. Polona marginalized area
Over 500 inhabitants
Until the nineties there was a factory in the area
After the factory was closed many inhabitants couldn't find a new job
There are seven apartment blocks with social houses in the area

7. Freidorf marginalized area
Marginalized area with houses and apartment blocks
Over 500 inhabitants
An old neighborhood, some of the houses were demolished and apartment blocks were built
The apartment blocks were occupied mostly by industrial workers, many of whom had difficulties in finding a job
There are also poor inhabitants living in run-down houses

8. Fratelia marginalized area
Over 500 inhabitants
The inhabitants were poor workers in factories situated near the city of Timisoara
They have different ethnic backgrounds with some very traditional roma groups like Gabori roma
The traditional roma ethnic groups have earned their daily living by specific economic activities (like spout making, informal comercial activities)

9. POPULATION - major features YOUNG AND ADULTS
Lack of formal education
No working skills
Never worked legally – they often work on the black market
Lack of abilities to acquire and keep a job
High concentration of social benefits (minimum guaranteed income, children’s allowances, disability benefits)

10. POPULATION – major features CHILDREN
High rate of school dropout
School failure
High rates of children not continuing their studies after the 8th grade
In traditional roma families girls quit school after the fourth grade
Children often in the care of one parent or of a relative (other parent/parents gone abroad for economical reasons)
Parents/caretakers don’t have abilities and knowledge to support their children in school asignements

11. Population in the marginalised areas tends to be socially isolated
CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT
In the present
Population in the marginalised areas tends to be socially isolated
Inhabitants are not involved in consultative structures, like neighbourhood consultative councils

12. We will adress poverty manifestations related to:
OUR VISION To implement Sustainable Development Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
We will adress poverty manifestations related to:
limited access to education and other basic services
social discrimination and exclusion
lack of participation in decision-making

13. WHAT INTERVENTIONS AREA BASED INTERVENTIONS green areas sport grounds
play grounds
roads and streets
building/modernisation of social infrastructure

14. WHAT INTERVENTIONS PEOPLE BASED INTERVENTIONS
Provision of integrated services (a mix of socio-medical, socio-educational, job market mediation and social services) for inhabitants
Interventions to promote increased participation in education
Interventions to promote increased participation on the job market

15. WHAT
INTERVENTIONS
Capacity building – involvement of local stakeholders and inhabitants in designing and implementing the interventions
What we done so far:
Supported the Local Initiative Group for roma citizens:
Provided them a place to meet
Involvement of the community expert for roma population (our employee)
Created the Local Action Group for roma citizens. The Local Action Plan for roma citizens integration was approved by the local council
Created the Local Comitee for Children approved by the local council
What we want to do further:
Create small consultative structures involving both interested stakeholders and citizens to adress different issues in marginalised areas

16. MUNICIPALITY OF TIMISOARA
WHO
RESPONSABLES
MUNICIPALITY OF TIMISOARA
SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
INHABITANTS

17. European Funds (ERDF) for infrastructure
HOW
FUNDING
A combination of:
European Funds (ERDF) for infrastructure
EEA and Norway grants for infrastructure and services
Local budget for integrated services

18. RESULTS
At least 2000 inhabitants from five marginalised urban areas will have a higher life quality
five modernised buildings, one per area, for provision of integrated services
two green areas
three small sports grounds
one play ground
one modernised road and street
eleven services provided to inhabitants
at least 550 inhabitanst will receive services (like day care services for children, counselling for families and children, job market mediation, socio-medical services)

19. RESULTS
AFTER THE INTERVENTIONS
NOW

20. RESULTS
AFTER THE INTERVENTIONS
NOW

21. THANK YOU Lawyer RODICA COJAN General Director
Social Assistance Department
Municipality of Timisoara
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