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Using different funds to promote Roma inclusion
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In
Croatia
, the ERDF
Competitiveness and Cohesion OP
work in a complementary and
integrated manner with the ESF
Efficient Human Resources OP
for the implementation
of the intervention plans adopted for the improvement of the socio-economic and living
conditions in five pilot small towns selected.
In
Romania
, measures targeting Roma and Roma communities under the ESF
Human
Capital OP
may be complemented with measures under the ERDF
Regional OP
. The
Human
Capital OP
funds soft measures under four Priority Axes ‘Jobs for all’, ‘Social inclusion and
combating poverty’, ‘Community-led local development’ and ‘Education and skills’. The
Regional OP
finances, applying a mainstreaming and territorial approach, and using in some
cases CLLD, infrastructure related to socio-medical integrated community centres, social
housing, education, social economy and basic utilities small scale infrastructure (sewage
etc.). The implementation of measures is conceived as a ‘package’ within the context of the
local development strategies (projects addressing both services and infrastructure in the
same area tackling needs of the most vulnerable including Roma).
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A crucial element for the combination of funds to work effectively is the
coordination
and cooperation between the bodies responsible for the different funds.
This element,
which is particularly important when different bodies are in charge of the OPs or of
the relevant parts within the same OP, was one of the biggest challenges in the 2007-
2013 programming period. Some attempts to address this challenge in the 2014-
2020 programming period are identified.
Spain
set up, as part of the Spanish National Roma Strategy, an Inter-funds Committee
bringing together representatives from the Managing Authorities of the ESF, ERDF and
EAFRD and the National Roma Contact Point with a view to ‘articulate in a coordinated
manner the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the interventions targeting the Roma
population’.
In
Bulgaria
, an interdepartmental working group is created to ensure the complementarity
between the ESF
Human Resources Development OP
and the ERDF
Regions in Growth
OP
. It oversees the overall policy on deinstitutionalisation, including the coordinated
announcement and implementation of the schemes under both programmes.