In the period October 2013 – March 2014 was the main outcome of WP2 National report – Needs assessment. Main findings show that the financial management of the Roma community is significantly affected by the low level of income related to high unemployment. They use with high frequency services of non-banking companies, which leads to an indebtedness of households. They do not use savings and current accounts. One of the most fundamental priorities is financial planning, which may lead to the efficient use of limited resources of households. An important step for the successful continuation of the project in our country was the conference “Healthy Communities” which directly involved approx. 120 Roma mediators and interested subjects to support Roma communities. Within the conference “Healthy Communities” a cooperation for further phases of the project was established. Area of financial literacy was at the conference “Healthy Communities” outlined as a priority for further development of the Roma community. From this perspective, the project FINALLY can have a positive effect on the level of health of these communities. There were discussed various steps of Toolbox for learning Roma in the area of financial literacy. FINALLY project was presented to the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma communities, which significantly supports the project on the website of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.
