In Valea Seaca, the Roma are facing constant administrative difficulties resulting in a lack of identity documents, which essentially means that they do not “exist” administratively.
A Turkish delegation comprising representatives from the Ministry of Family and Social Policies and of two NGOs working in the field of Roma rights visited a number of locations of ROMED2/ROMACT in Bulgaria in order to get acquainted with the different models of Roma social inclusion interventions.
The Hungarian National Support Team organised together with Partners Hungary a meeting of mayors from ROMACT/ROMED2 Hungarian municipalities.
The Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for Roma issues rejects without reservation comments made earlier this month by Lega Nord MEP Gianluca Buonanno, during the Italian TV show Piazza pulita broadcasted on La7.
ROMACT is looking for consultants with expertise in the fields of European Structural Funds and local governance and experience of working with vulnerable groups (vulnerable Roma communities specifically).
The Joint Working Group established within the framework ROMED and ROMACT Joint Programmes finalized successfully the joint elaboration of the Municipal Action Plan for the Integration of Bulgarian citizens of Roma origin and other citizens in a vulnerable social situation.
The European Union Agency for fundamental rights had issued recently three new reports regarding the situation of employment among Roma communities, the situation of discrimination against and living conditions of Roma women and the situation of education of Roma in 11 EU Member States.
On 2 and 3 October, Commissioner Andor and Ulrich Bunjes, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma Issues met local authorities to discuss first results of the ROMACT programme in favour of Roma inclusion.
The process of negotiating European Structural and Investment Funds - FESI 2014 – 2020 in each of the ROMACT countries is now complete.
