[WCAR] Monitoring Report on Romania's Roma Strategy

COMING UP: LAUNCH OF INDEPENDENT MONITORING REPORT ON ROMA STRATEGY IN ROMANIA

On Monday 27 September 2004, in Bucharest, the report Monitoring of the
local implementation of the Government Strategy for the Improvement of the
Condition of Roma in Romania will be presented to the public.

The report is a joint project of: The Resource Center for Roma Communities
(Cluj), the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (OSI) and the Roma
Participation Program (OSI). The report is a follow up to the 2002 EUMAP
report Monitoring EU Accession Process: Minority Protection in Romania

At the Bucharest launch, Florin Moisa (RCRC Cluj), Katy Negrin (EUMAP-OSI)
and Iulius Rostas (RPP-OSI) will present the results of this first local
monitoring project carried out by teams of Roma activists in five counties
(Cluj, Iasi, Timis, Dolj, Braila). Marcel Costache (Eurodrom Craiova, local
monitor in Dolj County) will present the local monitoring process as seen by
a young Roma activist.

The presenters will evaluate the state of implementation at the local level
of the Government's Strategy for Roma, taking into consideration the
international context. They will also outline the report's recommendations
to the Government, local authorities, Roma organisations, international
organisations and international donors.

Representatives of public bodies, civil society organisations actively
engaged in minority issues, and the media, will take part in the debate.

Following the launch, the report will be discussed at further meetings, both
in the five counties monitored, and internationally, with representatives of
international organisations and European institutions.

Copies of the report, in both Romanian and English, will be available on the
day of the launch. On the same day, the report will also be available in
both languages online at www.eumap.org and www.romacenter.ro.

Upon request, advance copies of the report can be sent to media
representatives by e-mail. Please address your requests to Florin Moisa, at
e-mail <info@romacenter.osf.ro> or (in English) to Miriam Anati at e-mail
<manati@osieurope.org>. Please contact the same e-mails for more information
on the launch event.


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