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A combination of approaches, thematic objectives

and investment priorities to address Roma inclusion

5. A combination of approaches,

thematic objectives and investment priorities to

address Roma inclusion

This chapter presents an overview of how Member States are approaching Roma inclusion

within the Operational Programmes identified. In particular, it reviews:

The

approaches used

within the OPs to address Roma inclusion.

The

thematic objectives (TOs) and investment priorities (IPs)

under which Roma

interventions are foreseen.

The

hierarchical level at which Roma-related interventions are planned

, i.e. at the

level of priority axes, specific objectives or actions/types of interventions.

5.1. Approaches to address Roma inclusion

In general terms countries combine different approaches to address Roma inclusion

(both

within the same OP or in the different OPs)

and target Roma explicitly.

The only exception

to this general trend is

Sweden

, which opts for not using an explicit approach (Roma are

considered as part of one of the ‘minorities’ target group).

The following

ways to address Roma inclusion, which mainly relate to the reference made

to Roma/Roma communities,

are observed:

Explicit mention:

dedicated lines focusing specifically on Roma/Roma communities.

As it will be further developed in the next sections, this approach is largely used

under certain ESF investment priorities, notably under ESF IP 9.2. ‘Socio-economic

integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma’, but also under other ESF

IPs and TOs and to a lesser extent under ERDF IP 9.b. ‘Providing support for physical,

economic and social regeneration of deprived communities in urban and rural areas’.

This targeting can happen at the different levels within the Operational Programmes:

from the maximum level of relevance when defined as a priority axis (only in the ESF/

ERDF Slovak

Human Resources OP

) to a specific objective (in a large number of OPs

under ESF and ERDF TO 9 ‘Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ and in