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Recognition of the FSG's work in defending rights [editar]

Our work in defending rights aims to ensure that issues affecting the Roma community are on the political agenda.
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano's political advocacy strategy is carried out in parallel at the national level, but also at the European and regional levels, communicating our political priorities to the various public authorities.

It is also important to highlight the recognition received by our social awareness campaigns:

  • The #RedesEnAcción Awards from Fundación Mutua Madrileña, in their 2019 edition, honoured the campaigns I Don’t Want a Segregated School and Starting from Zero. The former won in the “Innovation” category, and the latter was first runner-up in “Reach.”
  • In 2019, the LAUS Awards for Design and Visual Communication recognized the campaigns Romani Lesson and Starting from Zero.
  • Starting from Zero, the campaign launched in 2017 in favour of equality for the Roma community, won two Bronze awards at the El Sol Festival held in Bilbao in 2018, specifically in the categories “Digital and Mobile. Best use of social and digital platforms” and “Social Media Marketing. Best use of social networks.”
  • The awareness campaign The Most Painful Tattoo received one Silver Sun and two Bronze Suns at the Ibero-American Advertising Communication Festival “El Sol” (2017). It also earned a Bronze award at the 2017 Effectiveness Awards in Commercial Communication in the category “Through Earned Media” and a finalist diploma at FIAP 2017 in the Innovation discipline, Social Media Innovation category.
  • #LeonorDropsOutOfSchool was awarded in the category “Best Social Media Campaign” at the VII Edition of the Corresponsables Awards (2016). It also received two Bronze awards at the X Edition of the Inspirational Festival by IAB Spain (2016) in the categories Best Social Media Campaign and Best Use of a Social Network.
  • In 2013, we presented the awareness campaign Roma with Education, Roma with Future at the II Edition of the PremiOS activaRSE, a corporate social responsibility initiative by the consultancy OstosSola, obtaining the highest rating from the jury.
  • In 2012, the campaign When I Grow Up, I Want to Be was selected as a Good Practice by the European Commission and the Ministry of Health and Social Policy. It served as a reference for actions to combat exclusion during the Closing Conference of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010 in Brussels.
  • The campaign When I Grow Up, I Want to Be, launched in 2009, was selected as a Spanish “Good Practice” within the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010.
  • The campaign Your Prejudices Are Other People’s Voices (2005) was used as a good practice reference for the Council of Europe’s awareness campaign (Dosta!).
  • The campaign Get to Know Them Before Judging Them was recognized as a “Good Practice Case” by the European Social Fund in the mid-term evaluation of multi-regional interventions carried out in 2005.

The European Network on Roma Equality under EU Funds (EURoma Network) was launched in 2007 by the Spanish Government (Spanish ESF Managing Authority) in cooperation with Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) and builds on the successful experience of Spain using Structural Funds for Roma inclusion (in particular, the Operational Programme "Fight against Discrimination"). This Network of transnational cooperation aims to contribute to the promotion of social inclusion, equal opportunities and fight against discrimination of the Roma community through the improvement of the use of ESI Funds for Roma inclusion.

During its years of work, the work of EURoma has been acknowledged and mentioned in several documents of the European Institutions, National Authorities and other relevant actors.

  • (2014) European Commission Communication "Report on the implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration" (COM/2014/0209). A mention to EURoma is included in the section 5 Conclusions: the way forward. In order to make sure that the path towards Roma inclusion opened up by the EU Framework and the Council Recommendation is consequently followed further, the Commission will among other measures: 'Promote the use of available EU funds (...) including through the EURoma network, made up of representatives of twelve Member States with the aim to promote the use of Structural Funds to enhance the effectiveness of policies targeting the Roma and to promote their social inclusion.'
  • (2014) Partnership Agreement of the Czech Republic A reference is made to the recommendation of the EURoma Network to focus on the Roma community following an explicit but not exclusive approach. Footnote 82. E.g. according to EURoma (European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds), this approach proved to be one of the best ways to integrate the Roma, which among other things allows the formulation of clear objectives, adequate forms of implementation as well as specific forms of monitoring and evaluation. The explicit, rather than exclusive approach is also emphasized by the EU initiative "For Diversity Against Discrimination" as one of the 10 Common Basic Principles on Roma Inclusion).
  • (2014) Toolkit "Programming the Structural Funds for Roma Inclusion" of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma (MtM) programme. This toolkit refers to the Network and its publications. It also stresses the complementarity of this toolkit with the EURoma Network Tackling Roma Needs in the 2014-2020 Structural Funds Programming Period

  • (2013) Article in the European Youth Portal on ‘European networks facilitating the social inclusion of Roma people’. The EURoma Network is mentioned, as well as the role played by the FSG and the Spanish government in improving the living conditions of the European Roma population. mentions

  • (2012) European Commission publication "Working together for Roma inclusion. The EU Framework explained" EURoma is mentioned in the section "Creating synergies between local and regional authorities". In particular it refers to the cooperation between the Network and the Committee of the Regions to develop a guide for local decision makers. The Committee of the Regions. The CoR has published two opinions on the issue of Roma inclusion. In addition, it is working with the EU-Roma Network, a group of 12 EU Member States that cooperate on Roma issues, on a guide for local decision makers on how to develop programmes for Roma inclusion using the EU Structural Funds, which is due to be published in autumn 2011.
  • (2012) Italian National Strategy for the Inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Caminanti Communities. The Strategy makes reference to EURoma and to the involvement of Italy in the Network.
  • (2012) Article "Learning from the EURoma Network", European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) Journal. This article is included in the 2011 Roma Rights Journal of the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) "Funding Roma Rights: Challenges and Prospects". It shares the point of view and the experience of the EURoma Network on the use of European funds to promote the rights of the Roma population.
  • (2011) European Parliament Resolution on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI)). The European Parliament calls on the Member States to implement the horizontal priority Marginalised Communities within the framework of the EU Structural Funds and to participate in the EU-Roma network working on the good implementation of structural funds for Roma social inclusion. It also "urges the Member States to make use of the EU Roma network in order to encourage an exchange of best practices".
  • (2011) Council Conclusions on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020. The Council invites the European Commission and the Member States, in close cooperation and in accordance with their respective competences: 36. To enhance cooperation between relevant stakeholders in order to facilitate the exchange of best practices and mutual learning regarding evidence-based policies and successful methods, including by extending and improving existing networks and initiatives such as the EU Roma Network.
  • (2010) Integrated European Platform for Roma Inclusion Road Map. "The EURoma network and its partners (Managing Authorities of Structural Funds and specialised agencies responsible for policies aimed at Roma inclusion and development)" are mentioned as "adequate outlets" to disseminate the products "in order to achieve a multiplier effect".
  • (2010) European Commission publication "The European Social Fund and Roma" The publication describes the EURoma Network and points out to its creation as an answer to the need expressed by the national Managing Authorities and the European institutions in the 2000-2006 programming period for a better coordination of the Structural Funds activities for the Roma.
  • (2010) European Commission Communication "The social and economic integration of the Roma in Europe" (COM (2010) 0133 final). It makes reference to EURoma as a forum of exchange for Member States and encourages them to take part in the Network.
  • (2009) Vademecum: 10 Common Basic Principles on Roma inclusion "Benefit from feedback and expert information from the EURoma network on the use of the Structural Funds for the Roma" is proposed as one of the ways to achieve in practice Principle n° 7 regarding the "Use of European Union instruments".