Recommendations
on
Roma
addressed
the
following
areas:
Forty-‐nine
(49)
recommendations
to
20
Member
States
addressed
the
education
of
Roma,
47
were
accepted:
they
mainly
stressed
that
increased
efforts
need
to
be
made
to
foster
educational
attainment
of
Roma
and
to
ensure
access
to
education,
including
pre-‐school
education
(to
Albania,
Croatia,
Italy,
etc).
One
recommended
Bulgaria
that
there
should
be
more
efficient
communication
in
place
with
Roma
parents
about
the
positive
effect
of
education
and
the
importance
of
literacy.
One
recommendation
to
the
Czech
Republic
was
to
collect
disaggregated
data.
A
few
mentioned
the
need
to
reduce
or
end
segregation
(to
Estonia,
Hungary).
Germany
was
encouraged
that
national
curriculum
includes
lessons
on
the
contribution
of
Roma
and
Sinti
to
the
society
and
its
culture.
One
recommended
to
Hungary
to
address
the
formal
educational
gap
of
Roma
girls
and
women.
Slovakia
noted
to
enact
and
implement
new
legislation
as
well
as
practical
measures
to
end
discriminatory
practices
against
Roma
in
the
education
system
perpetuating
their
segregation,
and
Austria
noted
to
adopt
measures
to
guarantee
Roma
children
the
right
to
education
in
their
own
language
and
in
a
relevant
way
with
their
own
culture.
Employment
came
up
24
times
to
13
Member
States
and
all
of
them
were
accepted:
they
mainly
addressed
the
need
to
ensure
non-‐discrimination
and
equal
access
to
employment
(to
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech
Republic
etc).
One
recommendation
to
the
Czech
Republic
stressed
the
importance
of
disaggregated
data,
Hungary
was
recommended
to
consider
affirmative
action,
Spain
to
increase
Roma
women's
awareness
and
access
to
services
and
programmes
in
education,
employment
and
healthcare.
Slovakia
accepted
to
take
measures
to
increase
employment
of
members
of
the
Roma
minority
by
public
institutions.
Housing
was
mentioned
21
times
to
9
Member
States.
They
were
all
accepted.
Almost
all
of
them
addressed
the
need
to
ensure
access
to
housing
and
to
introduce
positive
action
in
order
to
strengthen
integration
efforts
in
this
field
(for
example
to
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech
Republic,
Italy
etc).
Slovakia
accepted
the
need
to
increase
efforts
to
provide
adequate
social
housing
(Austria
to
Slovakia,
accepted).
Member
States
made
recommendations
on
Roma
and
health
care
25
times
to
13
countries
and
were
all
accepted.
They
mainly
stressed
the
need
for
non-‐discrimination
and
ensuring
access
to
health
services
(for
example
to
Italy,
Lithuania,
Serbia
etc).
Croatia
accepted
to
have
media-‐campaigns
targeting
Roma
communities
on
important
issues
including
health
services,
Czech
Republic
again
accepted
the
need
for
disaggregated
data
and
Hungary
accepted
to
prevent
segregation
in
hospitals.
As
far
as
Roma
women
and
children
are
concerned,
relevant
recommendations
are
analyzed
later
in
the
chapter
dealing
with
intersectionality.
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