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  • Adottati on 29/10/2020 - Bureau decision date: 02/04/2020
    Referenza
    SOC/642-EESC-2020-01-01
    (Poland

    This opinion, requested by the German Presidency of the Council, makes the following main recommendations:
    - data collection and monitoring of diversity policies in the labour market must be improved at all levels;
    - the principles of diversity management must be integrated into EU rules and generalised;
    - more funds should be allocated to diversity management, in order to support the work of civil society organisations working with racialized groups and the diversity policies put in place by the social partners;
    - to tackle the underutilisation of migrants' skills and increase their participation in the labour market, these need to be further recognised. In addition, migrants should benefit from free and universal training, including language courses;
    - migrants should be active, not only in the labour market, but also in politics;

    EESC opinion: Diversity management in the EU Member States (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)
  • Adottati on 06/04/2020 - Bureau decision date: 06/04/2020
    Referenza
    SOC/651-EESC-2020-01-01
    Workers - GR II

    The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak constitutes a grave emergency and represents a situation unprecedented since the end of the Second World War. Especially for the most deprived, the crisis risks disrupting the support provided by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).

    EESC opinion: Introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis
    Introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis
  • Adottati on 12/12/2018 - Bureau decision date: 17/04/2018
    Referenza
    SOC/585-EESC-2018
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary

    A large number of Roma women and girls continue to face multiple discrimination in various areas, ranging from health to employment and education, amongst others. They also have limited opportunities to influence the policies that most concern them. The EESC emphasises the importance of their involvement, with programmes aimed at Roma women foreseeing a majority of Roma women in their planning and implementation. The EESC calls for an end to segregated education and for the abolition of health practices which infringe ethical standards.

    EESC opinion: The situation of Roma women (Exploratory opinion from the European Parliament)
  • Adottati on 17/10/2013
    Referenza
    SOC/489-EESC-2013-5155
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary
    Plenary session number
    493
    -
    Socio-economic integration of Roma
  • Adottati on 14/11/2012
    Referenza
    SOC/447-EESC-2012-1566
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary
    Plenary session number
    484
    -
    The findings of the study commissioned by the EESC and carried out in 27 Member States show that there is widespread frustration and distrust among the Roma community and civil society organisations. It seems that the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIs) have not met the growing expectations of the Roma. The instruments and resources available appear insufficient to compensate for the continuing negative impact of discrimination and exclusion. The EESC feels that a rights-based approach is needed and emphasises that organised civil society, including Roma organisations and lobbies, must be fully involved throughout the development of NRISs (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation).
    EESC opinion: Roma citizens
  • Adottati on 16/06/2011
    Referenza
    SOC/337-EESC-2011-997
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Austria
    Plenary session number
    472
    -
    EESC opinion: Intercultural dialogue and the Roma
  • Adottati on 16/06/2011
    Referenza
    SOC/397-EESC-2011-998
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary
    Plenary session number
    472
    -
    Roma – Societal empowerment and integration
  • Adottati on 09/07/2008
    Referenza
    SOC/263-EESC-2008-1207
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Austria
    Employers - GR I
    United Kingdom
    Plenary session number
    446
    -
    EESC opinion: Integration of minorities – Roma
  • Health, education and economic measures imposed by EU Member States during the COVID crisis have largely failed to protect Roma communities by not taking into account their extreme poverty and by not giving them priority in public health and vaccination strategies

  • Having learnt from the shortcomings of the previous EU Roma framework over the past decade, the European Commission is determined to achieve the headline targets of the new Roma strategic framework, closing the gap of discrimination and socio-economic exclusion by at least half by 2030. However, the role of the Member States in delivering tangible results is pivotal. Without effective national strategies and pragmatic measures, the new framework risks failing in the same manner as its predecessor.