ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of the Czech Republic (February 2004)

16 February 2004

ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of the Czech Republic (February 2004)

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

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