Improving the tools for the social inclusion and non-discrimination of Roma in the EU (summary and selected projects)

Abstract

Publisher's description: Concerted EU- and Member State-level action is vital in order to put an end to the discrimination and exclusion which Roma continue to suffer in Europe. This summary gives an overview of the contents of the report “Improving the tools for the social inclusion and non-discrimination of Roma in the EU”. These include the report’s scope, along with favourable policy conditions and successful funding practices and project models for promoting Roma inclusion. The lessons learned from the report’s analysis are also outlined. In addition, the summary contains an extensive annex detailing selected Roma inclusion practices in the fields of non-discrimination, education, employment, health, housing and gender mainstreaming. In all, 20 projects from different EU Member States are covered in this section.