Roma Integration

Strengthening obligations of governments to reduce socio-economic gap between Roma and non Roma

Roma Integration 2020 is a project implemented in the framework of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). It builds on the achievements of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 initiative, and is in line with the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the EU accession process. While these processes established the basis for public policies, institutional arrangements and dialo

gue on Roma issues, impact on Roma remains limited. Roma still face social exclusion and discrimination leading to lack of education, chronic unemployment, limited access to healthcare, rudimental housing, limited access to essential services and widespread poverty. The reason is found in the isolation of the issues of Roma from mainstream public policies, budgeting, public service institutions and administration, and exactly this reason is addressed by the Roma Integration 2020 project. The objective of the Roma Integration 2020 is to contribute to reducing the socio-economic gap between the Roma and non-Roma population in the Western Balkans and Turkey and to strengthen the institutional obligations of governments to incorporate and deliver specific Roma integration goals in mainstream policy developments. In line with this, Roma Integration 2020 aims to assist national governments to integrate Roma specific policy measures into: (1) mainstream socio-economic policies and public service delivery; (2) national budget planning and service delivery processes. Roma Integration 2020 project activities include:
- direct assistance and technical support to governments to set up institutional arrangements to coordinate, consult, implement and report on Roma issues;
- public dialogue forums on Roma issues;
- policy clinics offering continuous support, specific consultative meetings and trainings and written policy recommendations on policy formulation, prioritizing, mainstreaming, budgeting and monitoring;
- regional policy workshops to boost the aforementioned activities with exchange of promising practices and to ensure regional coordination in line with the EU accession process;
- annual assistance to reporting and reviewing of reports in line with the EU reporting;
- participation at EU organized meetings and processes related to Roma issues;
- streamlining Roma issues with the core work of RCC;
- visibility and coordination activities, including high level and task force meetings, as well as regular publishing of bulletins, maintaining of a website and publication of monographic study based on the project achievements. The Roma Integration 2020 participants are the IPA II beneficiaries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo , Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey. The project is co-financed by the European Union and the Open Society Foundations, and implemented by the RCCs Roma Integration 2020 Action Team based in Belgrade.

22/11/2022

17/11/2022

Today, our colleagues from Macedonia Asib Zekir and Lejla Zekirovska were guests on the MRT television. They presented the and the Roma Digital Boost program. Asib spoke about the topic from the first day of the summit "Roma in Green Economy", and Lejla about the topic from the second day "Digital Transformation of Roma Businesses".

🎥 Watch it today at 17:30 on МРТВ !

Photos from Ake Dikhea? Festival of Romani Film's post

01/11/2022

🏆 We won the award!

👏 Hurjasa, our short film that portrays proud and successful Roma has been awarded the 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, in the 6th International Festival of Romani Film, that took place in Berlin between 24 - 30 October 2022 in Berlin.

🙌This video was made only thanks to extraordinary from the region, and thanks to our amazing partners European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture - ERIAC, Proud Roma Free Europe and film director Jake Bowers!

26/10/2022

80% of Roma live in poverty “Why do Roma across Europe still face shocking levels of deprivation, marginalisation, and discrimination?” asks FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty. “These findings underline how EU and national laws and policies still do not deliver on the fundamental rights of Roma that will change their dail...

25/10/2022

🤩What an amazing news! Our film Hurjasa, made in cooperation with our partners from European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture - ERIAC has been selected for the Festival of Roma film in Berlin this week.

👏 Once again we want to thank all amazing who participated in making this short film, as well as our talented film director Mr Jake Bowers , and leading actors Fatma Azemi and Alen Umer!

16/10/2022

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty tomorrow reminds us of how many people live in poverty, made worse by and now the cost of living crisis.

Even before the pandemic, our surveys showed how some people in our societies in Europe go to bed hungry and could not afford basic items such as healthy food or heating.

It’s time to break the vicious circle of , and .

Find out more:
https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2020/roma-and-travellers-survey-europe-needs-break-vicious-circle-poverty-and-discrimination

13/10/2022

10/10/2022

Mental Health is important for every individual, but unfortunately, are even more vulnerable to different mental health problems due to lack of health insurance, security, employment and basic living conditions.

We should all step up our efforts to provide better mental care services for the most disadvantaged groups, such as , , , and other vulnerable groups.

Today, for , we recall that the are significantly impacted by stress, anxiety, and depression, while having much less access than their non-Roma counterparts to adequate care and support services, including due to . We are attending Mental Health Europe's hybrid event on migrants, refugees and mental health, and join their call urging European institutions to step up provision of mental care services for the most disadvantaged and often left behind.

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