Memo: Roma integration: national representatives discuss progress and pool ideas

Four months after the European Commission's first report on the EU Framework for national Roma integration strategies, a network of coordinators responsible for the national Roma integration strategies from the EU's 27 Member States met in Brussels to discuss progress and the way forward.

The national 'Roma contact points' were set up following the EU's adoption of common objectives for Roma integration in 2011. They are responsible for coordinating national efforts to improve the situation for Europe's largest ethnic minority, for tracking the progress made under the national Roma integration strategy and reporting to the European Commission.

ESO: Background Information: European Commission calls on Member States to implement national plans for Roma integration http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-commission-calls-on-member-states-to-implement-national-plans-for-roma-integration/

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