During three days, from 7 to 9 July 2014, the Romanian National Support Team organised a training within the ROMED2 and ROMACT Programmes which answered the specific needs identified among the municipalities selected.
The ROMED and ROMACT Joint Programmes of the European Commission and Council of Europe are launching a Call for Tenders for the redesign, maintenance or optimization of their respective websites.
The central aim of the present guide is to provide guidelines and practical suggestions on the use of the SF for Roma inclusion at the local level. This is an alternative that might be of use to any local authority who would like to increase its EU Funds accessibility on Roma integration.
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has decided to devote a large part of its 27th session,14 to 16 October 2014, to the theme "Empowering youth: a shared responsibility for cities and regions".
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Over the years, the European Union and international organisations such as the Council of Europe and the World Bank have taken numerous initiatives to improve the situation of the Roma, the biggest ethnic minority in Europe. Still, the Roma population largely remains socially excluded.
The European Commission conference will focus on the role of social policy innovation and social investment in implementing structural reforms at country level.
National governments in Europe can greatly enhance the implementation of their National Roma Integration Strategies and social inclusion more broadly. One proven way of doing this is by providing assistance to local authorities and organizations to access and implement projects financed by European Structural and Investment Funds.
The highlights of these three-day meeting will concern recent developments at international level, Roma women, including early marriages, Roma youth, Roma children and education , and migration, among others.
Joint meetings between Community Action Groups and Local Authorities representatives took place in Byala Slatina and Shumen, to discuss problems Roma communities are locally faced with.
On 4th of April, the European Commission organised the 3rd Roma Summit in Brussels – the first high profile meeting since the creation of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies in 2011.
