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15 February 2011: Today, a group of European and Hungarian Romani and non-Romani organisations sent a letter to the Hungarian government, currently holding the EU presidency, and the European Commission, appealing for open consultation with NGOs on EU Roma policy related initiatives. Recognising the important commitment of the Hungarian Presidency and the European Commission to developing a European Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (Framework), the signatory organisations requested that a schedule of regular meetings be established for NGO consultation...

Around 50 experts: representatives of the European Commission, ministries in the Member states, NGOs and independent experts took place in the forum “European Social Fund (ESF) support for Local Employment Initiatives” organized by DG Employment of the European Commission on February 1 and 2 in Brussels. They discussed the existing practices for Local Employment Initiatives (LEIs) that are supported by ESF in several member states within this programming period as well as how to extend them in all member states during the next period. The topic of social inclusion...

Center Amalipe took part in the Consultation on the Conclusions of the Fifth Cohesion Report announced by the European Commission. The consultation aims to collect ideas and contributions on the question of how the Union's cohesion policy should adapt to new challenges and how its delivery can be improved in order to maximise its impact in the future. It is intended therefore to help shape the set of proposals on the future policy to be communicated by the Commission to the Council and Parliament. Furthermore, the results of the public consultation will feed into...

The hearing „Education and traning: tools for Roma integration” organized by the The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) orginized on Januray 14, 2011,gathered both representatives of various institutions and Roma activists tro share the tendencies about recent policy development, good practices and ways to continue from now on regarding closing the educational gap between Roma and the rest of the European society. The meeting was chaired by Anne-Marie Sigmund President of the Economic and Social Committee from 2004 to 2006 and rapporteur on the EESC...

“Preventing Social Exclusion through Europe 2020: Early Childhood Development and the Inclusion of Roma Families” was the main topic discussed during the forth meeting of the European Roma Platform. The meeting was organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and DG “Employment, equal opportunities and anti-discrimination” of the European Commission on December 13 in Brussels. More than 120 participants – representatives of the European Commission, national governments, international organizations, and independent experts...