This roundtable will take place online on 20 June 2025. It is aimed at experts from Equality Bodies and other stakeholders addressing racism, Roma inclusion, and initiatives on equal access to education.
Background
Roma communities, one of the most marginalized and discriminated groups in Europe, face significant barriers to accessing education, which perpetuates poverty and exclusion. Equality Bodies play a crucial role in addressing these barriers by advocating for inclusive policies, challenging discriminatory practices, and ensuring that Roma people have equal opportunities in education.
The EU Roma Strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030 aims to increase effective equal access to quality inclusive mainstream education as one of the main seven objectives. This event builds upon others organized by Equinet in recent years on the development and implementation of the EU Roma Strategic Framework and the role of equality bodies. In addition, this event will build upon Equinet’s publication in 2023, the perspective Equality Bodies’ Interventions for Equality in the Field of Education, which served to share information between Equality Bodies on the issues arising and the practice developed, and to inform any future focus on this field of work by Equinet and its members. Equinet’s joint Third-Party Intervention with the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights on the segregation of Roma pupils in education submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in 2024 and Equinet’s previous perspectives on Roma equality serve as an important backdrop to this activity.
This online roundtable will provide Equinet Members and relevant stakeholders an opportunity to exchange experiences and tools to strengthen their efforts in promoting equal access to education for Roma people, helping to close the significant educational gap.
Objectives
- Strengthen Equality Bodies’ capacity to address equal access to education for Roma people.
- Share best practices and strategies for addressing educational barriers faced by Roma communities
- Equip participants with tools to identify and challenge discriminatory practices in the education system
- Enhance collaboration between Equality Bodies and other stakeholders to improve educational outcomes for Roma people
Participants
The target audience of this roundtable is experts from Equality Bodies and other stakeholders addressing racism, Roma inclusion, and initiatives on equal access to education.
For further information, contact Daris Lewis Recio (daris.lewis@equineteurope.org).