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EURoma Newsletter

EURoma European Network on Social Inclusion
and Roma under the Structural Funds
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Acceder Study Visit - Spain
In the framework of the Employment Working Group of EURoma, the Technical Secretariat organised a study visit to share methodologies, tools and strategies followed by Acceder programme: promoting the access of the Roma population to the labour market.
DG Regio will manage a 5 million € Pilot Project addressed to Roma inclusion
Initiative to support innovative and integrated projects promoting the inclusion of Roma
Expert preparatory meeting for Defining the EU Integrated Platform for Roma Inclusion
The Czech Presidency of the EU Council together with the European Commission organised in Prague last 26 and 27 February an expert preparatory meeting for defining the EU Integrated Platform for Roma. The main objective of this meeting was to collect and share opinions from different stakeholders on the meaning, contents and mechanisms of operation of a European platform for the social inclusion of the Roma
European Parliament passes resolution on improving EU labour market access for the Roma
Members of the EP Employment and Social Committee MEPs calls for a comprehensive strategy to integrate the Roma community into the European Union in an own-initiative report.
Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2009
On March 9th, 2009 the EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs) Council and the Commission jointly adopted the 2009 Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
EU Roma Platform has been launched last April 2008
Towards Constructive Evidence Based Policy – Meeting of Integrated Platform on Roma Inclusion
Spain announces the 2nd European Roma Summit during the 2010 EU Spanish Presidency
The Summit will take place in Córdoba on the 8th April 2010 (International Roma Day). Spanish Minister of Education, Social Policy and Sports, Mercedes Cabrera, made this announcement during the Conference ''Facing the future: key factors in the development of the Roma population''

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EURoma Network 4th Steering Committee Meeting, Education and Social Inclusion Working Groups
Budapest, Hungary
6th -8th May, 2009
Regional workshop on indicators and monitoring for the Decade of Roma Inclusion
Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade, 31st March and 1st April 2009
Roma Decade: Empowerment of Romani Women in the Context of Contemporary Social Policies - Exchange of Experience and Good Practices
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia, 6th-7th April 2009
Release of "Data in focus report on Roma experiences with discrimination" - FRA
Vienna, Austria
Vienna, April (tbc)
CoE 13th training session for lawyers defending Roma
Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg, 28th-29th May, 2009
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European Union Ministerio de Empleo
Technical Secretariat:
Fundación Secretariado Gitano
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