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Post-2020 EU Roma Strategy: The Way Forward

The 2011 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies set ambitious goals it did not achieve. This report outlines why and recommends a way ahead.

The 2011 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (the EU Roma Framework) set ambitious goals to close the gap between Roma and non-Roma in education, employment, housing, and health, as well as to protect Roma against discrimination. While there have been many achievements since 2011, the EU Roma Framework has failed to reach its goals in all policy areas, including combating discrimination. Its objectives were unrealistic and did not consider crucial missing elements.

This report recommends the creation of a fully-fledged strategy on Roma and the EU, not just a framework, and how to make future goals more concrete and achievable.

By Martina Matarazzo and Violeta Naydenova

This report was originally published on opensocietyfoundations.org.

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