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There are approximately ten million Roma in Europe, living in almost every country on the continent Roma are also one of Europe's most vulnerable minorities, Research has shown that in practically every aspect of life, Roma are worse off than the average citizen. Roma have higher rates of infant mortality, lower life expectancy, lower per-capita income, and higher unemployment, all major indicators of social exclusion. The disadvantaged situation of Roma communities has been widely recognized at both the international and national levels (Open Society Institute, 2007), and a remarkably wide range of initiatives has been developed to address and improve their situation. Positive change, however, has been slow to manifest itself. The Roma are a more traditional community that is trapped in a so-called "dependency trap," whereby they become dependent on social transfers that push them even further into poverty and marginalisation. Some experts argue that the only way to break out of this trap is through education. According to the human capital theory, there is a positive correlation between individuals' education and the welfare of the state. Bevc (1991) argues that investments in education will pay off in the form of welfare and more sustainable societies. In Europe, education is primarily a competency of national governments. In many countries, much of the actual regulation of education is delegated to local authorities. Yet, as with most other aspects of public policy, international conventions and instruments, and intergovernmental organizations like the European Union contribute to the larger framework to which states adhere. There are several mechanisms that would better include Roma into national educational systems throughout the EU; one of them is the Roma teaching assistant program. Although well-recognized and widely implemented, this mechanism lacks a thorough international evaluation that would help support arguments for the program to become a standard practice. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the Roma teaching assistant program in Slovenia. This paper is the first to present empirical research on Roma teaching assistants and although results of the research imply that this mechanism lacks in substance and that there is much room for improvement, a thorough evaluation will help guide future models. Adapted from the source document.

There are approximately ten million Roma in Europe, living in almost every country on the continent Roma are also one of Europe's most vulnerable minorities, Research has shown that in practically every aspect of life, Roma are worse off than the average citizen. Roma have higher rates of infant mortality, lower life expectancy, lower per-capita income, and higher unemployment, all major indicators of social exclusion. The disadvantaged situation of Roma communities has been widely recognized at both the international and national levels (Open Society Institute, 2007), and a remarkably wide range of initiatives has been developed to address and improve their situation. Positive change, however, has been slow to manifest itself. The Roma are a more traditional community that is trapped in a so-called "dependency trap," whereby they become dependent on social transfers that push them even further into poverty and marginalisation. Some experts argue that the only way to break out of this trap is through education. According to the human capital theory, there is a positive correlation between individuals' education and the welfare of the state. Bevc (1991) argues that investments in education will pay off in the form of welfare and more sustainable societies. In Europe, education is primarily a competency of national governments. In many countries, much of the actual regulation of education is delegated to local authorities. Yet, as with most other aspects of public policy, international conventions and instruments, and intergovernmental organizations like the European Union contribute to the larger framework to which states adhere. There are several mechanisms that would better include Roma into national educational systems throughout the EU; one of them is the Roma teaching assistant program. Although well-recognized and widely implemented, this mechanism lacks a thorough international evaluation that would help support arguments for the program to become a standard practice. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the Roma teaching assistant program in Slovenia. This paper is the first to present empirical research on Roma teaching assistants and although results of the research imply that this mechanism lacks in substance and that there is much room for improvement, a thorough evaluation will help guide future models. Adapted from the source document.

A suitable quality level of the main functions and tasks of municipal administrations is a fundamental condition for the existence and development of every activity, not only for market-oriented organisations but also the public sector. Slovenian municipalities have not adopted a general policy on quality and it is therefore difficult to speak of the optimisation of work in a municipal administration, the efficiency and rationality of work, cost reduction, nor to evaluate the performance of an administration and the individual civil servants it employs. The authors of this article present the results of an empirical research project on administrative capacity carried out among the directors of Slovenian municipal administrations, in both 2007 and 2012 and an analysis of the topic in the context of reorganisation of local administrations. By means of the Administrative Capacity Index, they evaluate the degrees of individual municipalities' administrative capacities and establish at what population size a municipality can be regarded as administratively capable. Adapted from the source document.

In a democratic political system, electoral participation is regarded as a fundamental medium of political self-realization & as the most straightforward expression of the public opinion of citizens. Voter participation in elections is one of the most characteristic indicators of authority legitimacy. The higher voter participation, the higher legitimacy of a political system will be. However, in the last few decades, we have been witnessing a distinct trend toward the decline in voter turnout in the world & in our country. The purpose of our paper is to examine the trend of electoral behavior in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, & to confirm the assumption that electoral abstention has begun to increase also in the City Municipality of Ljubljana. On the basis of an empirical research, we want to operationalize some aspects of the theoretical origins of the reasons for abstention from elections to identify the indicators that could clarify the decline in voter turnout. Appendixes, References. Adapted from the source document.

International audience ; In its Constitutional Charter, Europe, as a multicultural society, advocates and guarantees the protection of minorities and emphasizes the establishment of the conditions for preserving cultural diversity. The protection of minorities is especially important, given the large number of different nationalities that have often not only settled within the boundaries of their motherlands but also coexist on common European territory. One of the most problematic concerns here is the displaced Roma community. The rights of the Roma minority are regulated by each individual country within its legislative borders but always in compliance with the related EU guidelines. The purpose of the article is to provide an in-depth evaluation of the current state of the Roma's participation at the local level in Europe, and specifically in Slovenia. The authors thereby seek to identify how the Roma question is being resolved, based on an empirical analysis of opinions of decision-makers at the local level.

In its Constitutional Charter, Europe, as a multicultural society, advocates and guarantees the protection of minorities and emphasizes the establishment of the conditions for preserving cultural diversity. The protection of minorities is especially important, given the large number of different nationalities that have often not only settled within the boundaries of their motherlands but also coexist on common European territory. One of the most problematic concerns here is the displaced Roma community. The rights of the Roma minority are regulated by each individual country within its legislative borders but always in compliance with the related EU guidelines. The purpose of the article is to provide an in-depth evaluation of the current state of the Roma's participation at the local level in Europe, and specifically in Slovenia. The authors thereby seek to identify how the Roma question is being resolved, based on an empirical analysis of opinions of decision-makers at the local level.