European Commission (EC) project “Activities to Improve the Impact of Policies, Programmes and Projects Aimed at the Social Inclusion and Non-Discrimination of Roma People in the EU”
25 February 2009
European Commission (EC) project “Activities to Improve the Impact of Policies, Programmes and Projects Aimed at the Social Inclusion and Non-Discrimination of Roma People in the EU”
In response to widespread recognition of persistent discrimination and social exclusion of Roma, stakeholders including European Union institutions, European governments, inter-governmental bodies, funding institutions, and civil organisations have focused increasingly on policy and programming measures to effect positive change in the lives of Roma. The ERRC, in consortium with the Roma Education Fund (REF), will conduct a study to evaluate these efforts.
The purpose of the study is to:
- Identify successful models for Roma inclusion policies, institutional set-ups, involvement of stakeholders and financial support structures;
- Identify the characteristics of successful financial programmes and projects, explain if and how they could be transferred to other countries/regions and highlight the difficulties met by the less successful ones; and
- Formulate recommendations to be addressed to the different levels of actors (local, regional, national, EU, international) in order to inform the preparation of future policies, programmes and projects targeting the Roma population and facilitate access to funding.
The phases of this project, listed below, will take place over an 18-month period in 18 EU Member States through the work of ERRC, REF and a team of 22 country researchers.
- 18 country reports will be written by the respective country researchers, containing information gathered in extensive field research and data analysis in each country.
- The synthesis report will contain a) presentation of the most favourable combination of policy conditions, policy design, involvement of stake-holders in the design/implementation, and use of financial resources to improve the situation of Roma; b) identification of the effective characteristics of successful funding projects and obstacles encountered by less successful ones; and c) recommendations to authorities (national, regional, and local), the EU and international donors for use in future programmes/projects on Roma.
- At the validation seminar, the draft synthesis report will be finalized with the Commission, representatives of national, regional and local level authorities and the NGO sector, including Roma representatives, from all Member States involved in the study.
- The final report, due for publication in May 2010, will compile data from the country reports and the synthesis report. It will present a summary of the main factors identified for the success of programmes and projects for Roma inclusion and an overview of 20 successful projects.
More information about this project is available HERE.
The final report, titled "Improving the tools for the social inclusion and non-discrimination of Roma in the EU", is available on the European Commission website.
For further information on this project, please contact Stano Daniel at: stanko.daniel@errc.org.
