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Achievements of the Spanish EU Presidency of the Council regarding Roma and the use of funds for equality and inclusion
Under the recently concluded Spanish Presidency of the EU Council (July-December 2023), a wide range of initiatives of particular relevance to Roma equality and inclusion as well as to EU Funds were developed. These include: Housing Council Conclusions on Measures to...
Contribute to European Commission’s mid-term evaluation on ESF+
In the framework of the ESF+ mid-term evaluation, the European Commission is seeking views on effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the ESF+ since its entry into force until end 2023. The consultation is open until 13 February. The...
European Commission calls for evidence on implementation of NRIS
The aim is to gather views from a broad range of stakeholders on Member States’ measures to promote equality, inclusion and participation of Roma, with a special focus on the use of the Funds. Deadline for contribution is 2 February 2024. On 5 January 2024 the...
Latest EURoma Network meeting focuses on residential situation of Roma and the role of EU Funds to address it
The meeting was jointly organised with the 22nd NRCPs meeting, led by European Commission DG Justice, and under the Spanish EU Presidency. It followed, and aimed to complement, the European Platform for Roma Inclusion held the day before. On 1 December, EURoma Network...
Latest EURoma meeting pays particular attention to employment and training of Roma
Representatives of EURoma partner organisations, European Commission as well as other relevant stakeholders also exchanged about other relevant EU developments related to Roma equality and inclusion as well as to European Cohesion Policy Funds. On 6-7 June, EURoma...
Council calls for action on equal access for Roma to adequate and desegregated housing
Adopted under the leadership of the Spanish EU Presidency, this Council Conclusions represent a relevant step forward by putting on the political agenda the situation faced by many Roma as regards the equal access to adequate and desegregated housing (and notably the...
The role of Recovery and Resilience funds to promote Roma equality and inclusion
Recovery and Resilience (RRF) Funds can play a significant role in the promotion of Roma equality and inclusion, along with other funding sources such as European Cohesion Policy Funds such as the ESF+ and ERDF. Aware of this, EURoma follows closely the Recovery and...
Spanish Presidency of the Council: what’s in for Roma and for EU Funds
Spain holds the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2023. Under the motto ‘Europe, closer’, and working around four priority areas, Spain seeks to advance in European unity, bringing citizens closer to the...
EUROMA Reference Document: How to guarantee that the European Child Guarantee efficiently tackles Roma children’s poverty and inequality gap?
This reference document identifies critical aspects to consider in the context of the Child Guarantee National Action Plans and of the 2021-2027 programming period of the European Cohesion Policy Funds 2021-2027 (notably ESF+ and ERDF) in order to guarantee that they...
EUROMA Reference Document: How to guarantee that the European Child Guarantee efficiently tackles Roma children’s poverty and inequality gap?
This reference document identifies critical aspects to consider in the context of the Child Guarantee National Action Plans and of the 2021-2027 programming period of the European Cohesion Policy Funds 2021-2027 (notably ESF+ and ERDF) in order to guarantee that they...
New publication: access & use of data and compliance with protection rules in ESF+
The purpose of this study is to assess the legal and practical challenges in accessing and re-using administrative data, including data related to ethnic origin, for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation of ESF and ESF+ programmes. This study aims to assess...
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights 2023 (FRA) Annual Report & Roma
FRA’s Report reviews major developments in the field in 2022, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments. The report includes a specific chapter on inclusion and equality of Roma people. In addition, this...
Mini-toolkit: Use of ESF for actions to combat poverty and social exclusion of children
The toolkit draws on exchanges during a peer-to-peer training on programming actions to combat poverty and social exclusion of children, held in January 2021, in the context of the emerging European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) within the context of the ESF Transnational...
Open call for technical support to implement the partnership principle
This call for expression of interest targets public authorities responsible for managing or implementing the ERDF, CF or JTF either as managing authorities, intermediate bodies or beneficiaries jointly with civil society organisations (CSOs). European Commission...
Join the European Community of Practice on Partnership under EU-funded programmes
The European Commission is looking for partners who wish to actively engage and share their experience in partnership under the EU-funded programmes. The Community of Practice on Partnership (ECoPP) was launched in April 2022 to further improve the quality of...
Public consultation on 2014-2020 ERDF & CF ex post evaluation
European Commission DG REGIO opens this public consultation to collect stakeholders' views on the investments supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) in the period 2014-2020 and to collect further evidence for their...
Get registered for new events on Good Governance for EU regional policy
The European Commission is launching a second series of events (online and hybrid) for Member States under the joint heading ‘Good Governance for EU Regional Policy’. Registration is open until 21.03.2023. Planned events are as follows: Tools and services supporting...
The potential of Cohesion policy to promote gender equality, including for Roma
On the occassion of the 2023 International Women's Day, DG REGIO releases a Data Story that shows the potential of Cohesion Policy to support and promote gender equality, including of Roma. Context Over 30% (EUR 110 billion) of all cohesion policy investments (incl....
EU Funds and Roma policies
Elements such as the specific European Social Fund (ESF) Investment Priority ‘Socio-economic integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma’ (IP 9.2.), the ex-ante conditionalities (e.g. a national Roma inclusion strategic policy framework in...
Learning from experience: integrating disadvantaged young people through mobility schemes
This paper was produced following a Peer Review on ‘Supporting disadvantaged young people to take part in mobility’, which took place in May 2021. It aims to show lessons learnt from previous initiatives which can be useful for setting up schemes under the ALMA...
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