The European Union and Roma Inclusion in the Western Balkans: ‘Pathways to progress?’, a new report and the blog commissioned by OSI Roma Initiatives

Posted: April 8, 2010

Region: Worldwide

‘Pathways to Progress?’ is the a new report commissioned by OSI Roma Initiatives, written by Stephan Mueller and Zeljko Jovanovic.

The report analyzes the approaches to Roma inclusion of the European Union and the Western Balkans countries, and provides an overview of Roma political representation and participation by Roma in policymaking.

The report concludes with recommendations regarding policy development, reporting and measuring progress, and participation by Roma in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of initiatives that target Roma populations.

The report was released together with a short documentary film from the Romedia Foundation that examines challenges facing Roma in the Western Balkans today.

For more information or to download the pdf version of the report, click on: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/roma/articles_publications/publications/european-exclusion-20100402

‘Pathways to Progress?’ is also the title of the blog by Zeljko Jovanovic. There you will find comments and articles by the author about the Roma situation towards European Union and Western society.   

http://blog.soros.org/2010/04/pathways-to-progress/