ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Poland (January 2004)

19 January 2004

ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Poland (January 2004)

The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) welcomes the publication of Poland’s Joint Inclusion Memorandum ("JIM") on matters relating to social inclusion. In a number of respects, the ERRC believes, the Polish JIM represents a valuable step forward in terms of government recognition of issues concerning Roma in Poland. It is therefore an important basis for future policy, as Poland moves in the coming months to prepare its first National Action Plan ("NAP") on social inclusion. The ERRC offers the comments below on Poland’s JIM, which we hope will be of use in the preparation of the first Polish NAP.

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