Deadline: 3-Mar-22
The European Commission (EC) has launched a call for proposals to support the setting up reinforcing of national consultation processes in the Member States, through National Roma Platforms convened and managed by National Roma Contact Points (NRCPs).
Objectives
- The objective of the Call is to foster the implementation of the EU Roma strategic framework on equality, inclusion and participation (EURSF) in the Member States.
- Hence, the Call will also actively contribute towards promoting equality and preventing and combating inequalities and discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and respecting the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds provided for in Article 21 of the Charter.
Aims
National Roma Platforms aim to:
- support National Roma Contact Points in their task of coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the national Roma strategic framework on equality, inclusion and participation;
- support the NRCPs in their task to mobilise and ensure the continued engagement in outcome-oriented efforts and processes of all relevant stakeholders (i.e. high level public authorities, Roma and non-Roma civil society organisations, activists and professionals from various areas of relevance, elected and appointed Roma officials, entrepreneurs, trade unions, employers’ and children’s rights organisations, academia, etc.), in particular by providing a forum and encouraging self-mobilisation and cooperation of Roma and pro-Roma civil society organisations;
- strengthen multi-stakeholder accountability, ownership and transparency of the process of Roma equality, inclusion and participation, following the adopted EURSF and its horizontal and sectoral objectives;
- boost the commitment of the NRCPs and relevant stakeholders to an effective implementation of measures promoting Roma equality, inclusion and participation at national and local level, improving equal access of Roma to mainstream services and opportunities and strengthening mutual trust and understanding between Roma and non-Roma;
- complement and increase synergies with other EU and/or national initiatives, such as the European Platform for Roma inclusion and the Roma Civil Monitoring initiative (ensuring a regular forum for presentation, discussion anddebate on its results and recommendations for policy review and monitoring);
- identify gaps and challenges in the implementation of National Roma Strategic Frameworks and contribute with suggestions and recommendations to relevant stakeholders on how to address them; contribute to reporting at national and EU level on these findings and recommendations, including on data collection and evaluation studies;
- raise awareness, whenever necessary, and catalyse prompt responses by relevant stakeholders, concerning emerging challenging situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or other crises;
- encourage the active engagement of Roma, particularly women and youth, including by offering dedicated traineeships or junior positions to Roma youth in national structures linked to the implementation of national Roma platform processes.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 1 900 000.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- other eligibility conditions:
- applicants must be National Roma Contact Points, with only one application per Member State being accepted;
- the application must involve only the National Roma Contact Point (no partners);
- the duration of the project should not exceed 24 months;
- the EU grant applied for cannot be higher than EUR 200 000.
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