Roma students in secondary education: a comparative survey [editar]
A survey conducted by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano warns that the fundamental right to education is not sufficiently guaranteed in the case of Roma youth.
The survey highlights the wide gap between Roma and non-Roma students: the dropout rate is 51 percentage points higher.
FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO PUBLISHES ITS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT, THE YEAR WHICH MARKED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY [editar]
In 2012, a year that proved critical both for our organisation and for the Roma community, more than 104,000 persons benefitted from our 407 programmes. Furthermore, we achieved 3,734 job contracts through our Acceder programme and 933 students (up from 710 in 2011) benefitted from our Promociona programme.
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FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO REPORT WARNS OF SERIOUS EFFECTS OF CRISIS ON ROMA COMMUNITY [editar]
The FSG publishes The Impact of the Crisis on the Roma Community (in Spanish) and warns that many Roma families that had managed to climb out of poverty are falling back in.
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THE FSG, THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY THE FUNDATIA SECRETARIATUL ROMILOR (FSR), WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROMOCIONA PROGRAMME IN ROMANIA [editar]
The FSR will implement the Promociona program as a pilot project in 3 communities of southern Romania, specifically in the area of Prahova (the city of Boldesti-Scaieni and the villages of Cotofenesti and Poiana Varbilau in the locality of Varbilau).
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Damian Draghici, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Romania for Roma-related issues, visits the FSG [editar]
Damian Draghici, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Romania for Roma-related issues and National Roma Contact Point, visited the headquarters of the FSG on 22 July, where he held a meeting with Isidro Rodriguez, Director of the FSG, and Humberto Garcia, Deputy Director for Institutional Action at the FSG.
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FSG's Acceder programme is referred to again as an EU best practice at the eighth meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion [editar]
The eighth meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion was held on the 27th of June in Brussels under the slogan "It is urgent to make change for Roma children and Youth". The FSG's Acceder programme was referred to again as an EU best practice, including by European Commissioner László Andor.
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European Commission proposes a Council Recommendation on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States [editar]
The proposal of a Council Recommendation, accompanied by a progress report on the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies, sends a strong message to Member States that the EU is committed to achieving real progress in Roma inclusion.(Photo: AP)
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European Roma Policy Coalition calls on Member States to make greater efforts against the 'scandal' of Roma exclusion in Europe [editar]
The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC), currently chaired by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, has published a communiqué to mark the Eighth European Platform for Roma Inclusion meeting, in which it urges Member States to tackle the "scandal" of Roma exclusion seriously.
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Civil Society Monitoring Reports on the Implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies in eight European countries [editar]
The “Civil Society Monitoring Reports on the Implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy and Decade Action Plan in 2012” in eight European countries, including Spain, were published on 4 June. The Spanish report was drafted by a coalition of civil society organisations led by the FSG
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