Promoting the usa of ESI Funds for Roma inclusion

ASPECTS TO CONSIDER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

The elements which, based on the outcomes of the analysis and the lessons

learnt in the 2007-2013 programming period, would deserve particular

attention in the implementation phase of the 2014-2020 programming period

include:

Any of the options selected by countries

(whether using only OPs at

national or regional level or combining both types)

could be appropriate

to address Roma inclusion; what is crucial is that a number of elements

are ensured:

›

clear strategy

that frames the interventions at the different levels.

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Institutional capacity

of the relevant bodies.

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Alignment, coordination and complementarity, including through

adequate cooperation between the relevant bodies, between the funding

sources (OPs) at the different levels and the funding and policy levels.

Different levels are to be considered:

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Between the OPs acting at the same level (at national, at regional

level)

–

Between the national OPs acting at regional level and the regional

OPs

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Between the regional OPs and the national policy

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Between the national and the regional Managing Authorities (MAs)