09/02/2015
FSG International
The European Economic and Social Committee presented the conclusions of the study “Better Inclusion of the Roma community through civil society initiatives” that carried out during an year in four countries (Finland, Bulgary, Romania and Spain). Acceder and Promociona programs were included as best practices in employment and education areas.
The European Economic and Social Committee organized in Brussels on February 3th the final conference of the project “Better Inclusion of the Roma community through civil society initiatives”. This project studied and met directly the work that civil society is carrying out with better results for the Roma inclusion in four key areas: education, employment, health and housing in four states: Finland, Romania, Bulgaria and Spain.
As conclusion for this study, in the final conference projects in the key areas were presented. FSG played a leading role in the education and employment areas with Promociona and Acceder programs.
The final conference gathered Civil Society, European Commission, European Parliament (Soraya Post, Roma European Parliamentarian, very active in all the initiatives related to Roma) and EESC´s representatives. The conference began with a dialogue between institutions and Civil Society where came up proposals and recommendations to the report that EESC made. After the dialogue, best practices were presented by areas. Juan Reyes, Andalucia Territorial Director, presented Acceder and Promociona. Both programs are well known at European level; however, the good results obtained always arise curiosity to know the methodology of these programs.
As Spanish representation, also IRIS (Madrid Housing and Social Inclusion Institute) presented the experience of this public institution in the eradication of the shanty towns.
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