Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

The Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Team in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and the European Commission organised on the18th June 2013 a seminar entitled “Social Inclusion of Roma Men and Women in the Republic of Serbia”. The seminar was organised as a) a continuation of the active implementation of operational conclusions of the joint seminar of Serbia and the European Commission held in 2011, and b) in order to summarise past results and present new priorities concerning plans for the further improvement, through social inclusion of the position of Roma men and women in the Republic of Serbia.

The areas in which operational conclusions and plans for future actions to improve the social inclusion process include: interdisciplinary issues, civil registration, access to personal documents, education, employment, social security and healthcare; housing and freedom of movement (including awareness raising activities for Roma about the risks of abusing the visa-free regime).

The issues of social inclusion and the fight against poverty of Roma have become a priority for all EU countries since the adoption of the Framework for National Roma Strategies in 2010, as well as for the countries in the process of EU accession.

The June seminar was attended by representatives of the National Assembly, the Government, the National Council of the Roma National Minority, local self-governments, civil society organisations, a variety of international organisations as well as representatives of the European Commission.