On 2nd and 3rd October 2014 in Brussels, European Neighbours attended the conference "Roma inclusion on the ground - the ROMACT approach".
Mayors from cities in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met with the Commission to discuss the initial results of ROMACT, a joint programme of the European Commission and the Council of Europe aimed at supporting Roma inclusion.
High level representatives from the European institutions were present - included Lazslo Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Soraya Post MEP, Paraskevi Michou, Acting Director-General, Justice, Lieve Fransen, Director for Europe 2020: Social Policies in Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG, and Vittoria Alliata, Director for Administrative Capacity Building & South-East Europe in Regional & Urban Policy DG.
During the conference we disseminated our FAIR FUTURE project and the results of our ERNE-project.
Mandl/October 2014/Brussels
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