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7. Partnership principle
Finally we look at the level of involvement of Roma individuals, Roma NGOs and
organisations working to promote Roma inclusion in the Operational Programmes drafting
process and their expected involvement in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation
phases.
ESI Funds Regulations, specifically article 5 of the Common Provisions Regulation, pay
particular attention to partnership and involvement of relevant stakeholders throughout
the entire cycle of the funds. In addition, the
European Code of Conduct on Partnership
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drawn up by the European Commission with the aim of helping national authorities to
ensure the high quality involvement of partners could be a useful instrument to put these
elements into practice. The Code:
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Puts forward a set of guidelines and recommendations as well as examples of good
practices to improve consultation, participation and dialogue
between public authorities
and relevant stakeholders throughout the different phases of the programming period,
from planning and implementation to monitoring and evaluation, of initiatives funded
by the European Structural and Investment Funds.
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Stresses the need to pay
particular attention to
“groups
who may be affected by
programmes but who find it difficult to influence them, in particular the most
vulnerable and marginalised communities, which are
at highest risk of discrimination
or social exclusion, in particular persons with disabilities, migrants and Roma people”.
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Highlights the
strengthening of the institutional capacity of partners
as an
essential element to facilitate partnership and to help them to effectively
participate in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
the programmes. To this end, it proposes the
use of EU Technical Assistance
in
the form of, inter alia, dedicated workshops, training sessions, coordination and
networking structures or contributions to the cost of participating in meetings on
the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of a programme.
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