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European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds
Structural Funds: Investing in Roma
Under the theme “The role of stakeholders in making the EU Framework a success”, the Platform met on 17th-18th November. The use of Structural Funds for Roma integration was high on the agenda.
1st December 2011
The use of EU funds and Roma was one of the key topics discussed at the Equality Summit co-organised by the EU Polish Presidency and the European Commission on 14th-15th November in Poznan (Poland).
20th November 2011 | European Parliament news
At its plenary session in November, Members of the European Parliament criticised the Commission for not going far enough to combat discrimination against Roma and urged Member States to prepare their national Roma strategies by the end of 2011.
17th November 2011
Published by the Directorate-General Justice, the publication "Working together for Roma inclusion" provides guidance on the key elements of the EU Framework for national Roma integration strategies adopted in April.
15th November 2011
The EURoma Network held its half-yearly meeting on 10th-11th November in the city of Budapest, hosted by the Hungarian partners. The meeting gathered some 70 participants, including Structural Funds Managing Authorities and public bodies in charge of Roma policies from the 12 Member States currently involved in the Network, as well as European Commission’s representatives and other relevant stakeholders, and EURoma Technical Secretariat.
15th October 2011
On 6th October the European Commission adopted a legislative package setting the rules for the Union’s cohesion policy and its financial instruments in the 2014-2020 period. Social inclusion, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and the social aspects in general are reinforced in the proposals.
10th October 2011
Organised by the European Commission with the Polish EU Presidency, the first annual convention of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion was held on 17th-18th October in Krakow (Poland).
European Commission's DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion released an evaluation of the ESF support for enhancing access to the labour market and the social inclusion of migrants and ethnic minorities, including Roma.
July, 2011 | Open Society Foundations and the Metropolitan Research Institute (Budapest)
OSI and Metropolitan Research Institute (Budapest) released: "Vademecum - Improving housing conditions for marginalized communities, including Roma in five countries through the absorption of ERDF".
July, 2011
The EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs recently published a study on measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the EU.
May 11th and 12th, 2011
EURoma members coming from the ESF and ERDF Managing Authorities as well as bodies responsible for policies at national level for Roma communities, and other relevant stakeholders gathered in Prague last 11th and 12nd of May in order to work on a guide on how to better use Structural Funds for the social inclusion of Roma at local level. Updates on the EU recent developments and the Czech country monographic were some of the most remarkable issues on the agenda.
28th March 2011
The last months have witnessed important developments regarding the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, which paves the way towards the full development and integration of Roma population.
14 March 2011
At its upcoming meeting on 11th-12th May in Prague, EURoma members and other stakeholders will review the draft this Guide which will be published in June in cooperation with the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission.
2nd March 2011
The first EURoma Report on Roma and Structural Funds is already available in Spanish. It provides a rigorous analysis of available data on the use of Structural Funds for the improvement of the situation of Roma.
1st March 2011
EURoma Network has reached a consensus on a number of key proposals to ensure that future Structural Funds Regulations have a higher impact on the living conditions of Roma people.
January 1st, 2011
In order to progress on the EU Framework Strategy for the inclusion of the Roma, the Hungarian Presidency will ensure that key issues will be addressed by the European Commission, the General Affairs Council of the Foreign and EU Affairs Ministers and the Heads of State and Government during their Presidency.
Brussels, Dec 16th
The European platform against poverty and social exclusion will encourage new ways of working and help governments and other actors develop more effective and innovative methods to tackle poverty
Speeding efforts to fight poverty and social exclusion in Europe, using employment as a route out of poverty through active inclusion strategies; and stepping up efforts to integrate minority groups like the Roma people.
Brussels, Dec. 13th
The fourth meeting of the Integrated Platform on Roma inclusion focused on early education as a key issue to tackle the Roma situation all over Europe
Brussels, Nov. 30th
The key objective of the conference aimed at highlighting the need for transparency and accountability when implementing initiatives targeting the Roma population at different levels and the importance of having effective evaluation and monitoring mechanisms.
Nov. 23rd
High rates of unemployment (10% of the active population) and at the same time difficulties in recruiting high-skills personnel frames the introduction of actions to reach the objectives of 75 % of men and women at work by the year 2020.
Brussels, Nov 18-19
Aiming at exchanging good practices and recommendations the Belgian presidency gathered in Brussels ESF managing authorities and other stakeholders in order to debate on how to combat poverty and social exclusion with ESF support.
10 th Novermber, 2010
This report gives a first outlook on the future cohesion policy post-2013 and presents a current assessment of regional disparities in the EU and highlighting the contributions that regions and cohesion policy can make towards achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy goals.
As a follow up to the High Level Event developed in October 2009 the Commission is organizing a seminar on how to facilitate the use of EU funds to support projects aiming at the integration of the Roma in September in Hungary and it will be a high level event in Romania in October.
Social Agenda, the European Commission's magazine on employment and social affairs, in its issue 24 (July 2010) dedicates the core of the publication to the Roma inclusion. Different perspectives (socioeconomic, institutional, political, etc.) are presented in the special feature of this magazine.
The Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2010 covers a range of areas including social inclusion policy, housing, healthcare, the impact of the economic crisis on pension systems and governance.
24th April 2009
The European Fundamental Rights Agency has analysed the situation of the Roma population in a ‘data in focus’ report, the first in a series of reports on minority groups and issues covered by the survey EU-MIDIS.
The Decade of Roma Inclusion (2005-2015) presidency is held annually by a participating Decade country according to a rotating schedule. Since July is the Serbian turn, the first non-EU country. Decade goals are to close the unacceptable gaps between Roma and the rest of society and to work toward elimination of discrimination through development and implementation of National Action Plans.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) commissioned the report: “Incident Report – Violent Attacks Against Roma in the Ponticelli district of Naples,
Seville, 22-23 January 2008
January 2008 twelve countries of the EU together with a wide representation of the European Commission launched in
