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Structural Funds: Investing in Roma
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European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds
Structural Funds: Investing in Roma
EURoma is an unprecedented, innovative and flowering initiative, which is playing a key role in reinforcing cooperation between Managing Authorities and public agencies responsible for policies tackling Roma inclusion. As we are reaching the mid-point of the 2007-2013 ESF programming period, it is an appropriate moment to pause and reflect on the achievements, shortcomings and challenges ahead for mainstreaming Roma-related issues in the implementation of programmes co-financed by Structural Funds, and for the EURoma network itself. Adding value to existing practice and offering a vision for the future is the aim of this 2010 report on EURoma’s activities.
The present report provides a rigorous analysis of available data related to the use of Structural Funds for the improvement of the conditions under which the Roma population lives. Following an introduction of the context within which EURoma was created, tracing the economic, political and institutional transformations that conditioned its initial development, it expounds the process of constitution and activities of the Network before undertaking a critical analysis of Structural Funds as a policy and financial instrument for tackling Roma problems. It concludes by identifying the lessons learned and future challenges for the network.
Within the context of the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union (EU), which will sponsor the adoption of the future EU 2020 Strategy, it is an ideal moment to stimulate reflection and debate, not only at the national level but EU-wide to ensure that the future Regulations of Structural Funds and their implementation not only have a more inclusive approach, but that they focus particularly on fighting social inequalities.
