Presentation by Dominique Bé, European Commission, DG EMPL, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
The Roma and Employment - state of play, evaluation of measures adopted, main challenges, future developments
1. The Roma and Employment
state of play, evaluation of measures adopted,
main challenges, future developments
EESC Public hearing – 7 November 2014
Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives:
Dominique Bé
DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
2. EU FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL ROMA
INTEGRATION STRATEGIES
employment
close the gap between Roma and the rest of the
population
3. INTEGRATED APPROACH
access to vocational training and on-the-job training
access to the labour market
tailored job search assistance and employment
services;
first work experience
active inclusion policies
access to childcare
support for self-employment and entrepreneurship
access to micro-credit
employment of Roma in the public sector
4. EUROPE 2020 COUNTRY SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS
BG Improve the efficiency of the Employment Agency by developing a
performance monitoring system and better targeting the most
vulnerable, such as low-skilled and elderly workers, the long-term
unemployed and Roma.
RO Step up efforts to implement the envisaged measures to favour the
integration of Roma in the labour market, increase school attendance
and reduce early school leaving, through a partnership approach and a
robust monitoring mechanism.
5. 2014-2020 EU FUNDS
specific priority for marginalised communities
employment priority
6. FIRST RESULTS
some successes but no widespread improvement
local projects implemented by NGOs
limited results
uncertain sustainability
too few measures at national level
job creation through self-employment, (social)
entrepreneurship and microfinance hardly exploited
7. IMPROVED EDUCATION PARTICIPATION
AND ATTAINMENT DOES NOT TRANSLATE
INTO EMPLOYMENT
further deterioration of employment situation of Roma
general increase of unemployment
Roma (women) lack marketable skills and
qualifications.
8. NEED TO TARGET THE SUPPLY SIDE ...
supply side: low skills of Roma job seekers
need for investment in human capital
vocational training and counselling
effective access to mainstream employment
services.
9. … AND THE DEMAND SIDE OF THE LABOUR
MARKET
demand side:
recruitment subsidies, job trial and apprenticeship
schemes
targeting Roma under the youth guarantee schemes
fighting discrimination in the workplace
social considerations into public procurement
employing Roma in the public sector
social economy and social innovation to promote
(re)entry into the labour market