Spain praised in Parliament by the integration of Roma in education and employment.
Brussels, 26 oct (EFE) .- A report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
the European Parliament (EP) highlights the "significant progress "
of Spain to play in facilitating the access of Roma to education
and their integration into the labor market compared to other EU countries.
MEPs debated today the preliminary results of this paper prepared by
the London School of Economics, alongside a report
by Hungarian MEP Livia PPE Járóka on improving
European strategy for the integration of the Roma people, who are between
ten twelve million in the European Union.
The study was conducted comparing national reports
twelve Member States (Bulgaria, Czech Republic France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Poland,
Romania, Slovakia and the UK) and extracting the best practices that could
taken at Community level.
Stresses that the Roma population is especially concentrated in eastern and southern Europe
, with a significant stock market in Spain, especially Andalusia.
Specifically, it proposes measures to promote socio-economic situation of the Roma citizens
in the EU for what he considers fundamental
integration into the different national education systems.
Stresses that, in most cases, the Roma citizens fall "significantly
behind "the rest of the population regarding the completion of primary education and secondary
.
" Spain is presented as an interesting exception to
have made considerable progress in integrating the Roma community in early childhood education systems
and primary, some progress at the secondary level and now
takes steps to encourage their participation in the tertiary sector, "says the text.
stresses that the education of Roma children is" almost universal "thanks to improvements in policy
housing and the promotion of agreements with social services,
local authorities and families of this ethnic group.
No However, he notes that absenteeism "continue" and that the dropout
"remains high", for suggesting to conduct a "special training" of teachers
to be prepared to deal with these situations.
In the employment sector, the report also makes a program such as English,
"access" as a "milestone" and one of the best practices in Europe. This initiative
-established in 2000 and has facilitated access to the labor market
36,000 people, is based on support centers all over the country
providing vocational training, career guidance and information on job opportunities
.
The report also celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the Gypsy population,
holder of many SMEs (small and medium enterprises), but also emphasizes the importance
to "formalize" the activity to avoid illegal recruitment or
the economy. EFE
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