Current Projects

In 2004, Open Society Institute Education Support Program in Budapest launched an international study about private tutoring because tutoring in transition countries was experiencing a significant boom, which raised important economic, social and ethical concerns. Even though private tutoring is an international phenomenon, little attention was paid to it in transition countries so far due to its existence mostly in the shadow economy.

The analysis will be prepared by specialists from the field: pedagogical professionals, psychologists and bureaucrats with the support and assistance from the SGI internal researchers. This will facilitate communication about practical aspects of the transformation and about the shift to a more inclusive education between professionals in the area of special schooling on the one side and decision-makers on the other side. In this way realistic, realisable and a clearly formulated suggestions will be generated.

A Good Start worked with over 4000 Roma children and their families in sixteen localities in four countries to ensure access to early childhood education and care services.

The Project Generation Facility II is concerned with Slovakia's regions with the greatest number of municipalities with Roma communities: Banska Bystrica, Presov and Kosice. In terms of socio-economic status, these regions have the highest unemployment, lowest average wage and highest number of persons receiving social benefits. PGF II Project therefore free of cost help municipalities, towns, entrepreneurs and NGOs to prepare quality projects for Structural Funds and other European grant opportunities acquirement. The only requirement for writing the project is the willingness to do projects for the benefit of all citizens, including Roma.