The FSG takes part in the third European Roma Summit [editar]
FSG welcomes the organisation of the Summit by the European Commission in order to renew political commitment and determination to end discrimination and foster inclusion as well as to strengthen the role of local stakeholders in the inclusion of the Roma population.
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More than 2,900 people obtain a job in 2013 through the training and employment Acceder programme of Fundación Secretariado Gitano [editar]
The programme challenges the crisis and improves its results by 14% compared to 2012.
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The European Commission is organising in Brussels, on April 4th 2014, the Third European Roma Summit [editar]
This event, organised at the highest political level, will be an opportunity to renew political commitments and to strengthen the role of local stakeholders in the inclusion of the Roma population.
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A judgment delivered by the Regional Court of Barcelona does justice in the case of a Romanian Roma woman falsely accused by two Catalonia regional police officers of attacking her baby [editar]
FSG was responsible for the private prosecution of the case in coordination with the Discrimination and Hate Crime Service of the Barcelona Prosecutor´s Office. The court ruled in favour of the woman and convicted the officers to two years imprisonment and 12,000 € compensation.
The Roma student Leonarda Dibrani awarded with the Fundación Secretariado Gitano Prize 2013 [editar]
The Board of Trustees of the FSG, in its plenary meeting of 18 December, decided to grant the “FSG Prize 2013” to the Roma girl Leonarda Dibrani, considering her a model that symbolises the discriminatory treatment that many European Roma are suffering in Europe in recent years.
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The Council adopts recommendation to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities [editar]
Even though the Recommendation is not legally binding, Member States are now expected to set tangible measures in order to make a difference for Roma people on the ground.
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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 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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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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