A/HRC/29/24 States, is very small.62 This results in many cases in funds being directed towards shortterm projects that are incapable of achieving any long-term, sustainable impact, therefore reducing their positive impact on Roma communities. 85. Secondly, within the European Union, no monitoring mechanisms are in place to evaluate how much money is invested in projects that directly or indirectly benefit Roma people. The Special Rapporteur warns that without such accountability, there is the risk of contributing to the perception that in the European Union, too many economic resources are invested in Roma with few results, which in turn contributes to negative stereotypes about Roma. 86. Concerns have been raised about technical and substantial challenges facing Roma organizations in accessing European Union funding, including overly burdensome bureaucratic requirements, constantly changing rules and formalities and liquidity and cash flow issues. In addition, the level of expertise and the financial resources needed to implement European Union programmes are often too onerous for smaller grass-roots organizations. As a result, large funding sources are often absorbed by large non-Roma recipients and just a small percentage reaches Roma communities. 87. The Special Rapporteur regrets that there is a lack of official information on funding dedicated to measures to improve the situation of Roma communities outside Europe, indicating that they are unlikely to exist. The Special Rapporteur therefore calls on all Governments to dedicate sufficient funding to improving the situation of Roma. VI. Conclusions and recommendations 88. The Special Rapporteur takes note of efforts to fight anti-Roma discrimination and address Roma marginalization and disadvantage. However, while positive developments and good practices have been identified, her global study has revealed the deep-rooted problems of racism and extreme marginalization experienced by Roma worldwide, and has highlighted the ongoing invisibility of many of these communities’ struggles. Her report has also exposed the underlying structural discrimination that Roma face, including the interrelation between anti-Gypsyism and the socioeconomic marginalization and political exclusion that Roma experience. 89. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the numerous recommendations of other human rights mechanisms targeting Roma, urges all States to take immediate steps towards implementing them, and adds the following recommendations. Steps to combat discrimination, anti-Gypsyism and exposure to violence 90. States should implement fully the Declaration and other relevant regional and international human rights standards, including comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that prohibits all forms of discrimination, and identify State agencies tasked with monitoring and combating discrimination. 91. States should pay particular attention to the ways in which memory and mourning processes related to the Roma Holocaust are framed, collected and disseminated, including through the media and formal and informal education systems. In this regard, she recalls the importance of including Roma in all such endeavours, including at all official ceremonies commemorating victims of the Second World War. 62 20 See http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-10-121_es.htm.