Indicator history

The implementation of Phare Project BG 2004/016-711.01.03 ‘Improvement of the situation and inclusion of the disadvantaged ethnic minorities with a special focus on Roma’ is the major positive initiative on national level. The project focuses on improving the social integration of disadvantaged ethnic minorities by upgrading the existing public infrastructure and measures for legalising the constructions.

The specifics of the living conditions of the Roma population are addressed in the Operational Programme ‘Regional Development’ 2007-2013 of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. The measures for improving the living conditions of Roma are defined under Priority Axis 1: Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development.

A number of small scale projects for the construction of Roma houses have been implemented throughout the country.

The National Action Plan for Implementing the National Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria for Integration of Roma 2012 – 2020 foresees, among all, defining new areas for housing with opportunities for devolvement and dispersion of the compact Roma neighborhoods;  creation of cadastral maps and registers of areas with compact Roma population; design and construction of technical infrastructure.