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Social Exclusion and Integration in the Czech Republic

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: June 19, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00

Research and data by Czech ministries show that there are a growing number of socially excluded localities and linked communities. The number of people who are indebted and under distraint is on the rise, the share of long-term unemployed continues to rise, neither employers nor the state administration show any interest in them and they face sweeping accusations of laziness and inadaptability. At the same time, social benefits fail to function as a safety net and that role is mainly played by the grey economy. Incidents occur in various places in the Czech Republic, the coexistence of the majority and Romanies is disturbed and from time to time social unrest erupts.

The Institute for Social Inclusion has mapped the decisions of the state administration from 1990 to the present and demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of decisions by politicians and officials have either been incompetent or made the situation worse. Despite the state administration being aware of the extent of the problem and its solution (from practice both abroad and in the Czech Republic), the situation is not improving but on the contrary deteriorating. WHY?

Speakers will include: Ivan Gabal (Member of the Czech Parliament), Jan Černý (director of People in Need’s Social Integration Programmes) and Martin Šimáček (Institute for Social Inclusion). We are trying to secure the presence of a city/town mayor.

Debate organised by the Institute for Social Inclusion.

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