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.     17  

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