European Recommendation on Roma equality, inclusion and participation for the next decade now approved

22 Mar 2021 | ESI Funds & Roma policies, Featured news, News, Other publications, Publications

A renewed and strengthened commitment from the EU and Member States to  tackle the inequality gap suffered by Roma. EURoma is refered to as a space for transnational partnership and exchange that the Commission and Member States should support.   The Recommendation of...

EIGE Toolkit on gender budgeting in EU Funds now available in 22 official EU languages

18 Aug 2020 | News, Other publications, Publications

Released by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) a few months ago, this toolkit offers practical guidance on how to integrate gender mainstreaming in the EU Funds. Versions in official EU languages should help national, regional and local authorities, and...

Evaluation of ESF support to youth employment

21 Jul 2020 | News, Other publications, Publications

This study evaluates the support provided through the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fund (ESF) during the period 2014-2018. An estimated EUR 22 billion is being invested in youth employment operations for the current programming period...

European Institute for Gender Equality releases toolkit on gender budgeting in EU Funds

1 Jun 2020 | News, Other publications, Publications

This gender-budgeting toolkit aims to help those working with EU Funds better fit their programmes to gender equality goals, strategies and regulatory frameworks at European Union and Member States level.  Gender budgeting is a strategy to achieve gender equality...

European Commission guide on administrative data & ESF counterfactual impact evaluations

29 May 2020 | News, Other, Other publications, Publications

This document is a step-by-step guide for Managing Authorities and other evaluators of ESF interventions to help them build capacity on the use of administrative data for counterfactual impact evaluations. The European Commission (Directorate-General for Employment...

European Parliament study on EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies

15 May 2020 | News, Other publications, Publications

Produced at the request of the LIBE and the EMPL Committee’s, it looks at aspects such as the alignment with legal, policy and financial instruments (including ESI Funds) and the coordination, consultation and monitoring structures under the framework at...