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Brussels,
7.4.2010
The
social and economic integration of the Roma in Europe
Context
The
EU and its Member States have a special responsibility ________ the
Roma, who live in all Member States, candidate countries and ________
candidates. The Charter of Fundamental Rights ________ out the values
on which the EU is based. These values need to be translated ________
practice in order to improve the situation of the Roma people, who
form the ________ ethnic minority in the EU.
Roma
inclusion is in ________ too with the Inclusive Growth priority of
the EU 2020 strategy and especially its Flagship Initiative of a
European Platform against Poverty. The full integration of Roma will
have important economic ________ for our societies, especially for
those countries with a ________ population which cannot ________ to
exclude a large part of their potential labour force.
Yet
a significant part of the 10-12 million Roma in Europe live in
extreme ________ in both rural and urban areas and in very poor
socio-economic conditions. The discrimination, ________ exclusion and
segregation which Roma face are mutually reinforcing. They face
limited ________ to high quality education, difficulties in
integration into the labour ________, correspondingly low income
levels, and poor ________ which in turn results in higher mortality
rates and ________ life expectancy ________ with non-Roma. Roma
exclusion ________ not only significant human suffering but also
significant direct costs for public budgets as ________ as indirect
costs through losses in productivity.
The
complexity and interdependence of the problems calls ________
sustainable responses which ________ all aspects of Roma deprivation
through an integrated approach. Low educational ________, labour
market barriers, segregation in ________ and other areas, and poor
health outcomes need to be addressed simultaneously.
Since
December 2007, in a ________ of Council conclusions, the EU has
endorsed the Commission’s ________ that there is a powerful EU
framework of legislative, financial and policy coordination tools
already ________ to support Roma inclusion, but that more can be done
to ________ them work more effectively.[1] The Council affirmed that
it is a ________ responsibility of the Member States and the European
Union to address the challenge of Roma inclusion, within the scope of
their respective and complementary competences, and has firmly
embedded Roma ________ into EU policy-making. [2] The current Trio
Presidency has identified the social and economic integration of the
Roma ________ one of their priorities.[3]
Measures
to ________ Roma exclusion need to be set within the ________
framework of European equality, inclusion, and growth policies and to
________ the use of the legal and financial instruments available
also to ________ society. The ________ objective is an inclusive
society, not a new form of ethnic segregation: ________ progress
which can be achieved in the area of Roma inclusion represents
progress too in the inclusion of all ethnic minorities in the EU and
________.
The
aim of this Communication, ________ of the 2nd Roma Summit, is to
indicate how the European Union will develop its contribution to the
full social and economic integration of the Roma, on the ________ of
the progress achieved.
Progress
Achieved
Since
2008 progress has been ________ in the Member States and at the EU
level, as the accompanying report demonstrates[4]. The focus ________
in the EU in 2009 from an analysis of the problems to an exploration
of ________ existing instruments could be made more effective and how
the situation of the Roma could be addressed more explicitly across a
broad ________ of policies, including employment, social inclusion,
health, education, housing, youth and culture.
The_________
and further development of EU legislation in the areas of
non-discrimination, freedom of movement, data protection and
anti-racism has continued. The Commission also________ the
transposition of the relevant acquis in candidate countries and
potential candidates. This was complemented by including a specific
Roma perspective in the work of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, the
________ of specialised Equality Bodies (EQUINET), training for legal
practitioners and the European Commission's ‘For Diversity —
Against Discrimination’ information campaign.
The
European Platform for Roma inclusion — composed ________ key
players in Roma inclusion from EU institutions, international
organisations, Member States governments and ________ society — was
launched in April 2009 to exchange good practice and experience and
to stimulate cooperation among ________ participants. Its objective
is to increase the _________ and effectiveness of the parallel policy
processes at national, European and international level with a
________ to creating synergies. The Common Basic Principles for Roma
inclusion, ________ up under the Platform process and distilled from
the experiences of successful Roma inclusion initiatives, provides a
practical ________ for public policy-makers at all levels on how to
design and ________ successful initiatives.[5]
For
example, the second of the ten Principles was used to justify the
Commission ________ in 2009 to modify the European Regional
Development Fund Regulation. The aim is to benefit extremely ________
communities – explicitly but not exclusively addressing Roma
communities – in the 27 EU Member States by co-funding
interventions, together with the European Social Fund, in new and
________ housing in urban and rural areas, as part of an integrated
________ that includes education, employment, social ________, and
healthcare actions.
________
Member States report a stronger focus on internal coordination and on
involving the Roma communities. Some Member States have begun to use
the opportunities of complex programming and combined cohesion policy
instruments.
Member
States report that they want to mainstream Roma issues and to use
mutual learning and peer reviews to explore how to improve their
initiatives on desegregation and on access to education, employment
and ________ social services. A forum for such ________ is the
European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural
Funds (EURoma), which aims at exchanging information and experience,
________ strategies and approaches and generating knowledge.
The
forthcoming report of a study for the Commission in 2009 and 2010 on
‘Activities to improve the impact of policies, programmes and
projects ________ at the social inclusion and non-discrimination of
Roma people in the EU’ will identify success factors and ________
practice.
Many
of these actions have been supported by the EU _________ Funds, and
in particular the ESF[6]. In line with the conclusions of the
December 2008 General Affairs Council and the March 2009 Resolution
of the European Parliament, the Commission increased its _________ to
harness the full potential of these instruments. In particular, the
Commission has engaged bilaterally with Member States’ governments
to support them in ________ greater use of the EU Structural Funds to
support Roma inclusion. ________, the effectiveness of the ESF has
been enhanced by stepping up the monitoring and evaluation of Roma
projects and disseminating ________ Europe those measures which were
found to be particularly ________.
The
European Commission is also implementing a ________ project on Roma
inclusion (€ 5 million 2010-2012), initiated by the European
Parliament, addressing early ________ education, self-employment
through micro-credit, and public ________ particularly in countries
with high Roma populations. The project will also explore methods for
________ collection and counterfactual evaluation to ________ the
impact of the interventions in these three fields.
