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Implement laws and policies that protect and promote the civil, political, social and economic rights of migrants, Roma people, refugees and asylum seekers, especially the rights to health, to education and to work

Put in place mechanisms to identify at an early stage children among refugees and asylum seekers who might have been involved in armed conflict in order to ensure their protection, recovery and reintegration

Step up its efforts in order to improve the participation of the Roma minority in parliament, having in view the fact that one Roma candidate was elected in the parliamentary elections in 2012

Take further measures for the sustainable development of the Roma community with a focus on their integration into mainstream society

Take steps to facilitate access to education, health and housing for the Roma community

Stop the land segregation that has fomented the building of walls and barriers in areas such as Presov, Michalovce, Partizanske or Trebisov

Make sure to strike a balance between the need to give Roma a chance to own their own land and the risk of cemented segregation that might bring. Giving the Roma the chance to buy out the now, sometimes illegal, lands of settlements would create better possibilities also to claim the need for sanitation and municipal services

Put an end to forced evictions and demolition of Roma settlements without previous notice and, if such cases take place, offer alternative housing solutions

Ensure that housing policies are motivated by the integration of Roma and other marginalized and vulnerable groups and that they avoid all forms of exclusion or forced segregation

Pay particular attention to the provision of adequate basic services to the Roma population, such as drinking water, sanitation, electricity and systems of sewage and waste disposal

Adopt a national strategy and plan of action to ensure access to adequate and acceptable education for Roma children

Intensify efforts to increase the rate of registration and participation in the educational system of Roma children

That appropriate steps are taken to ensure inclusive education in Slovak schools and to desegregate students that have been placed in special classes or special schools on other grounds than mental disability

Establish a task force of relevant ministries and civil society organizations to develop a plan to desegregate Roma education and to ensure the necessary resources are available to begin implementation

Further increase its efforts to end the segregation of Roma children in schools by tasking an appropriate authority with the clear responsibility of identifying segregation and giving schools binding guidelines to end segregating practices

Adopt and implement a sound legal framework and appropriate policies to address the issue of discriminatory practices against Roma in the education system, utilizing the definition of segregation provided by the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and of the regional court in Presov, including measures to ensure that the court%u2019s definition of ethnic segregation in education is disseminated and promoted to the relevant stakeholders

Take measures that ensure that children of ethnic minorities can remain within the school system. In this regard, it is suggested that these measures are implemented at the level of local governments with an important number of Roma or Hungarian population residing there and that adequate follow-up of the progress is carried out in this regard

Adopt a concrete plan and measures leading to the abolition of segregated settings and achievement of better education outcomes for children from Romani communities

That further steps are taken in order to review existing policies and practices that lead to segregation of Roma children in schools

Introduce a clear duty on all schools to desegregate education and end discrimination against Romani children

Strengthen efforts to include Roma children in mainstream education

Focus on education as the most important part of a long term sustainable solution for the Roma population and have patience and perseverance with this work. Roma children must be given the same opportunities and not put in schools aimed at mentally challenged students

Promote a more effective policy aimed at integrating Roma on issues related to education, employment, housing and health, that will produce positive results

Assess the implementation of the Strategy for Roma Integration up to 2020 annually and keep Roma NGOs, including women's and children's organizations, actively involved in the implementation and assessment of the strategy

Continue with activities towards implementing the revised National Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion for 2011-2015 and the adopted Strategy for the Integration of Roma up to 2020

Strengthen its obligations under the Strategy for Roma Integration with a view to effectively combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other interrelated forms of intolerance

Take all necessary measures to implement the National Roma Integration Strategy. This includes the provision of financial means regarding the efficient implementation of this Strategy

Reinforce the provisions of the Strategy for the Integration of Roma

Continue to implement the Strategy for Roma Integration up to 2020

Fully implement its National Roma Integration Strategy to combat socioeconomic marginalization and discrimination and continue to condemn all acts of violence against Roma persons