A specific session was devoted to discuss how to ensure adequate and effective national, regional and local funds for Roma equality, inclusion and participation.
Hosted every year since 2016 by the European Parliament, the Roma Week consists of a series of events on topics of relevance for Roma equality, inclusion and participation. It is organised thanks to the collaboration between members of the host institution and other European institutions (including the European Commission, the Council of Europe…) and civil society organisations, offering an interesting space for exchange and discussion among relevant stakeholders.
It aims to bring the situation of Roma people, the largest ethnic European minority and yet the most discriminated against, to the political agenda and to promote the engagement of all relevant stakeholders to ensure they can fully enjoy their European citizenship on an equal footing with non-Roma citizens.
The Roma Week also intends to play a relevant role by facilitating the exchange of knowledge between Roma people, civil society, political agents and civil servants on a wide variety of areas (e.g. health, education, employment, entrepreneurship, environmental justice, fight against racism, antigypsyism…) as well as on the European policies related to Roma equality and inclusion.
This year’s edition combined the face-to-face encounters at the European Parliament with the online streaming of the events. It was held on 16-19 May, a bit later than usual, as it is normally organised around the International Roma Day on 8 April.
A specific session was devoted to discuss on how to ensuring adequate and effective national, regional and local funds for Roma equality, inclusion and participation. Other topics addressed in the framework of the sessiones included: segregation in education; intersectional discrimination faced by Roma women; Romani families in the perspective of social protection; the historical and current dimensions of antigypsyism and the role of media in combating it; Roma political participation; the challenges and opportunities for Roma of Digital and Green agendas; capacity building in health equity; Roma Holocaust.
Ensuring adequate and effective national, regional and local funds for Roma equality, inclusion and participation
The session “Ensuring adequate and effective national, regional and local funds for Roma equality, inclusion and participation – past, present and future challenges”, which was held on 18 May, specifically focused on the role of EU Funds.
The main objective of the event was to debate on the challenges to guarantee that national, regional and local funds are adequate and effective for Roma population. Participants had the opportunity to exchange, building upon specific experiences at national and European level, on ways to improve funding for Roma equality, inclusion and participation as well as on the monitoring of the effectiveness of national and EU Funds for Roma under the National Roma Strategic Frameworks.
Representative of the Spanish National Roma Contact Point (NRCP) and EURoma partner Patricia Bezunartea, took part in the event to share with participants the progress made to include EU Funds as a funding source for the implementation of the Spanish National Roma Strategy up to 2030. See video
Further information
- Agenda
- Dedicated website
- Videos of the sessions
- Session “Ensuring adequate and effective national, regional and local funds for Roma equality, inclusion and participation – past, present and future challenges”; agenda, video of the session and video of Spanish NRCP representative
