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The Missing Piece: Empowerment of Roma Grassroots Organisations in EU Roma Integration Policies. IES Policy Brief Issue 2014/10/December 2014

D’Agostino, Serena (2014) The Missing Piece: Empowerment of Roma Grassroots Organisations in EU Roma Integration Policies. IES Policy Brief Issue 2014/10/December 2014. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Summary. The fourth edition of Roma Pride has brought Roma civic activism back in the spotlight. This Roma-rights mobilization, taking place every October in several European cities, has emphasized the centrality of an active civil society in pursuing a successful integration of the Roma in Europe. The ‘Award for Roma Integration’ and the ‘Civil Society Prize 2014’ conferred last October by the European Union (EU) to Roma and pro-Roma Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have confirmed this approach. Nonetheless, a general discontent towards the EU Roma Integration Policies exists within the Roma Civil Society, who calls for stronger support to and the promotion of “Romaled change”. This Policy Brief investigates the reasons behind such discontent and identifies the ‘distance’ from Roma communities as the Achilles heel of EU policies. It argues for further efforts by the EU to empower Roma organisations operating at the grassroots through community capacity building, structured dialogue and simplification of the funding mechanisms.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > discrimination/minorities
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    Series: Series > Institute for European Studies (Brussels) > Policy Briefs
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2015 15:23
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 16 Feb 2015 11:15
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/60817

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