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Document: ECRE(2003) 002
Title: THE IMPACT OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS ON THE ROMA IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Subtitle: A case of wilful criminal neglect & professional incompetence
Date of publication: 26 February 2003
Record of updates
Date: 2nd March 2003
Documents: Introduced to web and hard copy editions
The following update relates mainly to the correction of numeric calculations contained in paragraphs 175 through 214 and some renumbering of paragraphs from 180 through 204 (two paragraphs were previously contained in others as a result of poor formatting). The numeric corrections were submitted by SEEL (Systems Engineering Economics Lab) on 1st March 2003.
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| 180 | During the last decade, Hungary has lost something of the order of Euro 35 billion as a result of the lack of training and professional capacity of its increasing Roma population. | During the last decade, Hungary has lost something of the order of Euro 50 billion as a result of the lack of training and professional capacity of its increasing Roma population. |
| 184 | The European Union has provided some Euro 66 million to assist Roma and some Euro 10 billion for other programmes, during the last decade. Central European governments have bee remiss in not actively promoting training and have knowingly maintained the Special school system, indeed have intensified its use, which has and will contribute to a significantly reduced the earning capacity of the Roma. The result of this poor planning and policy decision making has depressed gross national products by at least Euro 90 billion over the same period. | The European Union has provided some Euro 66 million to assist Roma and some Euro 10 billion for other programmes, during the last decade. Central European governments have been remiss in not actively promoting training and have knowingly maintained the Special school system, indeed, have intensified its use, which has and will contribute to a significantly reduced the earning capacity of the Roma. The result of this poor planning and policy decision making has depressed gross national products by some Euro 150 billion over the same period. |
| 189 | The Central European economies currently run at an annual economic shortfall of around Euro 9 billion directly due to inappropriate policies applied to the Roma. This shortfall increases each year. | 190 The Central European economies currently run at an annual economic shortfall of around Euro 20 billion directly due to inappropriate policies applied to the Roma. This shortfall increases each year. |
| 198 | During this same period Central European governmental transfers of Special funds exceeded Euro 4.5 billion in direct proportion to the number of, largely, Roma children allocated to Special schools. In this process, governments have cynically thrown the productive futures of these children away by banishing them to the dead end Special school system. | 199. During this same period Central European governmental transfers of Special funds exceeded Euro 1.3 billion in direct proportion to the number of, largely, Roma children allocated to Special schools. In this process, governments have cynically thrown the productive futures of these children away by banishing them to the dead end Special school system. |
| 200 | It has to be asked why the European Commission is providing such funding when it is known that some Euro 450 million Euro are being diverted away from educational ends and, in particular, the Roma, each year. | 201. It has to be asked why the European Commission is providing such funding when it is known that some Euro 375 million are being diverted away from educational ends and, in particular, the Roma, each year. |
| 203 | In global terms, as a result of this irresponsible policy motivated primarily by financial greed and racial prejudice, Central Europe has an annual performance deficit (GNP foregone) of in excess of Euro 4.5 billion. | 204. In global terms, as a result of this irresponsible policy, motivated primarily by financial greed and racial prejudice, Central Europe has a current annual performance deficit (GNP foregone) of in excess of Euro 20 billion. |
| 204 | The European Union has provided ........ period. 213. In other words, the European Union has provided some Euro 10 billion in European public funds to assist countries whose governments have thrown away some Euro 40 billion over comparable periods of time. | 206. In other words, the European Union has provided some Euro 10 billion in European public funds to assist countries whose governments have thrown away some Euro 150 billion over comparable periods of time. |