Civil Society Monitoring Report [editar]
on the Implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy and Decade Action Plan in 2012 in Spain
Author Prepared by a civil society coalition comprising the following organizations: Fundación Secretariado Gitano (lead organisation), ALTER Research Group of the Public University of Navarra Asociación de Enseñantes con Gitanos
Bibliographic references Prepared by a civil society coalition comprising the following organizations: Fundación Secretariado Gitano (lead organisation), ALTER Research Group of the Public University of Navarra Asociación de Enseñantes con Gitanos (2013). Civil Society Monitoring Report. Budapest . Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation
Publisher Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation
Year 2013
Place of publication Budapest
Collection FSG as contributing author
Themes Social Inclusion
Territories National level
Tags Social policy
The present report emphasises the significant advances that have been taking place in Spain since the late 1970s in terms of improving living conditions and promoting the social inclusion of Roma, a process facilitated by democratisation and the mobilisation of large sectors of civil society in favour of Roma inclusion, an expansive labour market from the late 1990s – which was built on labour intensive economic sectors and incorporated a significant number of Roma in remunerated employment, and the universalisation of the welfare State, which was generally inclusive of Roma. Universal and free health care has significantly improved the health status of Roma; minimum income schemes have prevented extreme material deprivation among many Roma; the access of many Romani families to social housing in desegregated urban contexts have contributed to reducing (although not eliminating) ethnic concentration and territorial marginalisation; and education has been increasingly inclusive of Romani children.