Annual Report 2011

AnNual report 2011 An N u al r ep or t 2011 112,881 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES 527 PROGRAMMES PERFORMED 4,042 EMPLOYMENT contracts achieved BY THE Acceder PROGRAMME © Fundación Secretariado Gitano. 19,574 persons received assistance from our june, 2012.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF: 300 STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS administered BY THE FSG 207 FAMILIES assisted in leaving SLUM DWELLINGS C/Ahijones s/n. 28018 Madrid (España) Tel. (34) 91 422 09 60 DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Aitor Méndez/451+ADI 19,622 BENEFICIARIES OF THE SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMMES PRINTING: A.D.I. Servicios Editoriales Fax (34) 91 422 09 61 LEGAL DEPOSIT: M-25956-2012 Email: [email protected] 155 REGISTERED CASES OF DISCRIMINATION www.gitanos.org 2,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN OF THE “PHOTO-VAN”

1 2 2PRESENTATION 3 4VISION, MISION, VALUES AND PRINCIPLES 4 4WHO WE ARE 5 6ELEVEN OBJECTIVES, ONE STRATEGY 6 7 8BOARD OF TRUSTEES 8 9 10ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 10 11 12HUMAN RESOURCES 12 13 14VOLUNTEERING 14 15QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY 15 16 162011 SITUATION 17 18THE ROMA COMMUNITY 18 19 20 21 22THE FSG IN 2011 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 302011 IN FIGURES 30 31 32 32ACTIVITY REPORT 33 34EMPLOYMENT 34 35 36acceder 36 37 38 39 40 41 42INSERTION COMPANIES 42 43 44 45 46EDUCATION 46 47 48 49 50PROMOCIONA 50 51 52HOUSING 52 53 54 55 56SOCIAL INCLUSION 56 57 58HEALTH 58 59 60YOUTH 60 61 FSG 62ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE 62 63 ANNUAL 64COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION 64 65 REPORT 66 67 68EQUALITY 68 2011 69 70EQUAL TREATMENT 70 71 72 73 74GENDER EQUALITY 74 75 76INTERNATIONAL 76 77 78 79 80 81 82COMMUNICATION 82 83 84 85SECOND PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN 85 “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE...” 86 87 88CULTURAL PROMOTION 88 89 90DOCUMENTATION 90 91 92 92TERRITORIAL ACTIVITIES 93 94ANDALUSIA 94 95 96 97 98ARAGON 98 99 100ASTURIAS 100 101 102CANTABRIA 102 103BASQUE COUNTRY 103 104CASTILE-LA MANCHA 104 105 106CASTILE-LEÓN 106 107 108CATALONIA 108 109 110VALENCIA REGION 110 111 112 113MADRID 113 114 115 116EXTREMADURA 116 117 118GALICIA 118 119 120MURCIA 120 121 122NAVARRE 122 123 124ROMANIA 124 125 126ECONOMIC DATA 126 126ANNEXES 127 128 FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 WHO WE ARE PRESENTATION

Pedro Puente. PRESIDENT OF THE FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO.

Our Foundation has been striving to create a social fabric that, in these difficult times, would offer support and strength against the hardships brought about by the crisis, to a community that, after decades of progress towards inclusion and full citizenship, may now be once again led astray to severe exclusion.

PAGE PAGE 2 3 The Fundación Secretariado Gitano, which will celebrate its 30th year of activity in 2012, has known better and worse moments. The general assessment as regards the promotion of the Roma community during these decades is undoubtedly positive; however, it is also our obligation to be alert in especially difficult times, when people with few resources have little say and when, as we usually call it, urgency trumps importance.

Due to the severe crisis that has been for years now seriously affecting many countries, including Spain, the spiral trapping thousands of families into poverty and exclusion is getting ever bigger and stronger. Against this serious trend, society cannot merely act upon the most urgent needs. It is necessary to prop the social support and assistance activity on various strategic points, so that the downdraft does not sweep away the entire social edifice and break into pieces a work that has been arduously carried out for decades.

Our Foundation has been striving to create a social fabric that, in these difficult times, would offer support and strength against the hardships brought about by the crisis to a community that, after decades of progress towards inclusion and full citizenship, may now be once again led astray to severe exclusion. This work of assistance, activation and promotion is the basis of our mission and is also reflected in all our programmes, by means of which we manage to assist many families while also supporting their promotion.

The assessment for 2011 indicates a significant number of activities –over 112,000 people were assisted in 90 cities, along with other data that reflect the real and direct benefits people enjoy, such as: over 4,000 employment contracts concluded in 2011 under the Acceder programme (that since its beginning has already assisted a total of 65,000 people and obtained 43,000 contracts); the promotion of educational activities, with a progressive increase of the number of students assisted under the Promociona school support programme –already attended by over 700 boys and girls; the 300 scholarships managed by FSG, as well as many other actions in key areas such as healthcare, housing, social awareness and equal treatment.

Despite the hardships brought about by the crisis, we can at least consider 2011 a positive year, due to the new context generated by the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies until 2020 and to other initiatives indicating a new sensitivity, a greater presence on the political agenda and, all in all, a greater strength against certain populist discourses that had become more severe in 2010. It will take a while before it is confirmed that this new “road map” taken on by the Member States will trigger positive results, but this is no reason for us to refrain from expressing our hope for this important process launched at the European level.

In our country, 2011 was a year of political changes, with national, municipal and regional elections, in most of the Autonomous Communities of Spain. For this reason, while we welcome the new teams in charge of social topics and the “Roma”, we would like to call for their solidarity for weathering this storm together, and for their understanding, so that the economic measures and budget cuts do not make the living conditions of the most disadvantaged even more difficult. Among these people, there are many Roma, given that to this day there are very few children who complete compulsory Secondary Education and unemployment has reached 25% of the total population.

I would like to end this presentation, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, with a salutation and special thanks for their work to the Foundation’s employees and, especially in this European Year 2011, to all the people who dedicated their time and effort voluntarily. I would also like to mention here our brand-new “FSG Prize 2011,” that I was honoured to presegnt during the First Conference on Citizenship and Diversity to our highly admired and dear Teresa San Román.

Pedro Puente President of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 The Fundación WHO WE ARE Secretariado Gitano is a VISION MISSION non-profit intercultural The Fundación Secreta- The mission of the Funda- MISSION, VISION social organisation riado Gitano aspires to ción Secretariado Gitano AND VALUES which provides services contribute to the building is the integral advance- for the development of of a cohesive and intercul- ment of the Roma com- tural society where Roma munity based on respect the Roma community freely and fully exercise and support for their throughout Spain and their citizenship. cultural identity. at the European level as well. It commenced its The purpose of this mission is to support access activities in the 1960s, of Roma persons to rights, although it was not services, goods and social until 1982 that it was resources on an equal footing with all other citizens. legally constituted. To that end, the FSG implements a broad range of activities which contribute to achieving full citizens- FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO hip for Roma, improving living standards, promoting equal treatment and preventing all forms of GITANO, FOR THE discrimination, while promoting the recognition of the cultural identity of the COMPREHENSIVE PROMOTION Roma community. Our society’s diversity OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY makes interculturality in- creasingly relevant, which is why we must successfully project the intercultural nature of our organization as a sign of our identity and as an example for for society as a whole. Our long-standing track-record and acquired knowledge, the growing diversity of our society and the increasing presence of Roma in areas of co-existence between different cultures all contribute to the importance of extending and achieving the culmi- nation of our mission in the promotion of intercultural co-existence in contexts of diversity, thus opening the door to work with other minorities and disadvantaged people.

PAGE PAGE 4 5 VALUES PRINCIPLES

The values underpinning FSG’s actions and supported TRANSPARENCY by its members are: The FSG publicizes its activity making their actions, results, economic resources used and their origin available to the general public. It also makes the decisions and procedures giving rise to HUMAN DIGNITY defending the human rights these initiatives public. and supporting the development and advancement of all people, always respecting their personal decisions. OPENNESS AND INNOVATION

The FSG works with an open spirit JUSTICE supporting the guarantee of remaining ever aware of the needs, people’s fundamental rights demands and possible responses to as well as the cultural rights the problems facing the Roma com- of the Roma community. munity. It likewise promotes ongoing innovation in the development of its activities and the regular evaluation of its actions with a view to constant improvement. SOLIDARITY promoting the conditions EFFICIENCY needed to forge a society where socioeconomic in- The FSG promotes the equalities are minimized and investment and suitable use of where the most underprivi- the funds and resources made leged people receive the sup- PROFESSIONALISM available to it, always seeking port and resources needed to their best use and the proper palliate their disadvantages. The FSG makes an effort to balance between funds carry out its actions and pro- invested and results grams using the best means, obtained. tools and professionals suited to the objectives INTERCULTURALITY supporting and fostering a sought. harmonic and plural society where all people have their FOCUS ON place regardless of their BENEFICIARIES culture or ethnicity, where development and opportu- The services rendered by nities are promoted for all PARTICIPATION the FSG are always focused cultural groups and where on the needs and demands belonging to a particular of the beneficiaries of The FSG encourages the its actions. cultural or ethnic group does engagement and active par- not entail disadvantages, but ticipation of its members is rather considered as an (Board of Trustees, profes- added value and richness for sionals, associated persons citizens as a whole. and institutions) in its initiatives. COOPERATION The FSG always seeks the loyal collaboration of different types of institutions and organisations with which it shares common objectives and aims. INFORMEFSG ANNUAL ANUAL REPORT 2011 FSG 2011 | QUIÉNES | WHO WESOMOS ARE | THE FSG IN 2011

THE FSG’S STRATEGIC ELEVEN OBJECTIVES, OBJECTIVES FOR THE ONE STRATEGY 2009-2013 PERIOD

EIGHT LINES OF ACTION

6 Combating 2 4 7 5 8 discrimination 1 3 and defending rights Programmes and services to improve living standards and boost equal International opportunities dimension

PAGE PAGE 6 7 1. Focus our activity around 2. Play a bigger role in the defense 3. Consolidate the FSG as a 4. Reinforce international projects and services that will of rights and the advancement of model organisation when it activity and consolidate the have a high impact on equal op- equal treatment of the Roma comes to communication in the FSG as a relevant player at portunity and which can achieve community. design of equality and inclusion the European level. significant results by 2013, es- policies at local, regional and pecially in the areas of employ- national levels. ment, education and housing.

5. Consolidate the regional and 6. Broaden the social base of the 7. Increase the relative impor- 8. Broaden the scope of our local implementation of the FSG and its social influence. tance of advancing Roma culture work with other minorities and FSG in the territories where it is among our activities. disadvantaged groups in order present while maintaining a con- to achieve an impact on cultur- sistent focus at national level. ally diverse environments and to eventually turn this integrated way of working into an interven- 9. Develop intercultural teams of 10. Maintain and enhance the 11. Consolidate the FSG as an tion model characterizing our professionals with a high level quality of services and pro- economically viable and efficient organization. of satisfaction and skills who are grammes such that they better organization with more diverse engaged and aligned with the adapt to the needs of their and stable sources of funding. FSG’s mission and values. target populations and have a greater impact on their standard of living.

Deepen the intercultural Influence character, work policy, influence within society diversity Organisational development Promotion of Economic culture and social sustainability participation FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 WHO WE ARE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees is the The Board’s role is to define the development of the second and General Director) held governing and representative the FSG’s action priorities, phase of the campaign “When monitoring meetings on body of the Foundation. It is to make sure that its aims I grow up, I want to be…” or 31st March, 23rd May and currently composed of 15 peo- are properly met, to manage in the training of experts in 10th October. ple. Six of them are of Roma resources and pass the budgets social intervention with Roma origin, three are from differ- and accounts corresponding to people by means of the Degree ent local levels of the public each fiscal period. Programme that FSG offers in administration and the remain- collaboration with the Public ing four from other important The Foundation’s Board of University of Navarra. fields such as the university, Trustees is very actively in- mass media, Church and the volved in the activities of the The Board held two plenary banking sector. FSG. In 2011, for example, it sessions in 2011: on 6th played an active part in the June and 19th December. It also has an Honorary Presi- organization and develop- The Standing Committee dent and a Secretary with no ment of the First Conference (composed of the President, executive powers. “Citizenship and Diversity”; in Vice-president, Secretary

PAGE PAGE 8 9 Pedro Puente Fernández Bartolomé Jiménez Gracia President Vicepresident

Juan Antonio Santiago Amador Antonio Vega Vega Emilio Rosillo Salazar Jorge Ribota Rogero Member Member Member Member

Pilar Heras Hernández Rosalía Guntín Ubiergo Françesc Rodríguez i Burch Jesús Loza Aguirre José Sánchez González Member Member Member Member Member

Julián del Olmo García Antonio Soto Peña Fernando Rey Martínez Carmen Santiago Reyes Member Member Member Member

Valentín Suárez Saavedra Álvaro Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado Secretary Honorary President FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 WHO WE ARE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

2011 witnessed the consolida- Programmes Sub-directorate rate Alliances Unit, a new line the Foundation, collaborating tion of the organisational struc- into three Departments of work that was incorporated towards maintaining its eco- ture defined by FSG the previ- (Employment, Education and into the Sub-directorate for nomic sustainability, sharing ous year, which included a new Social Inclusion). Management and Organisation its social values and becoming Sub-directorate for Institutional and whose main function is to involved in achieving its Action and Territorial Develop- The novelty of this year was obtain private allies that would social objective. ment and the structuring of the the creation of FSG’s Corpo- integrate as stable partners of

Management and Institutional Secretariat Action Technical Advisors

Sub-directorate International Department THE FSG GENERAL for Institutional BOARD OF DIRECTOR Action and Communication Area Documentation TRUSTEES Isidro Territorial Rodríguez Development Volunteering PEDRO PUENTE FSG Territorial Directorates

ANDALUSIA EXTREMADURA ARAGON GALICIA ASTURIAS MADRID CANTABRIA MURCIA CASTILE-LA MANCHA NAVARRE CASTILE-LEÓN BASQUE COUNTRY CATALONIA VALENCIA REGION ROMANIA

Sub-directorate Employment Department for Programmes Education Department

Social Inclusion Department

Equality

Sub-directorate Organisation and Human for Management Resources and Organisation Department Administration

Department Control and Planning

Corporate Alliances

Unit Media Unit Legal Aid Unit IT Unit

PAGE PAGE 10 11 GENERAL DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT TEAM AT FSG HEADQUARTERS Isidro Rodríguez

DEPUTY-DIRECTOR FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACTION AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT. Humberto García INTERNATIONAL. Carolina Fernández

TERRITORIAL DIRECTORS VALENCIA REGION. LOLA Fernández ANDALUSIA. Juan Reyes EXTREMADURA. Mayte Suárez ARAGON. Isabel Jiménez GALICIA. Eva Vera ASTURIAS. Víctor García MADRID. Eduardo Conejo CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Carlos Ruiz MURCIA. Jesús Salmerón CASTILE-LEÓN. Mar Fresno NAVARRE. Inés García CATALONIA. Carmen Méndez ROMANIA. Belén Sánchez-Rubio DEPUTY-DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMMES. José Sánchez EMPLOYMENT. Arantza Fernández

EDUCATION. Mónica Chamorro

SOCIAL INCLUSION. Maite Andrés

DEPUTY-DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION. Carlos Curiel HUMAN RESOURCES. SONIA GARCÍA

ADMINISTRATION. Isabel Rueda FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 WHO WE ARE INTERCULTURAL, YOUNG, STAFF PROFESSIONAL AND COMMITTED; THESE ARE THE FEATURES OF OUR STAFF

2001 was a key year for our Human Resources Department which was reorganized to include more specials work areas offering specific assistance. Our own Prevention Service, created in 2010, was consolidated al all FSG offices underwent a comprehensive evaluation. 2011 also meant promoting volunteering activities, as well as focusing on staff training, running more than 45 training actions.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUR STAFF WAS 736 PEOPLE OVER THE YEAR

1,256 PEOPLE MADE UP OUR TEAM, OF WHOM 917 WOMEN AND 339 MEN

AROUND 40.7% OF OUR STAFF IS ROMA

OUR TEAM IS YOUNG. 58% of our staff aged BETWEEN 18 AND 35.

PAGE PAGE 12 13 average staff 736 total 1,256

women 70% men 30%

Roma 23.2% non-Roma 76.8% Roma non-Roma 82.5% 17.5%

Roma staff 40.7% Non-Roma staff 59.3%

The people: contracted personnel, educational trainees, service providers, volunteers… all of them form the fundamental pillar on which the Fundación Secretariado Gitano rests. Without them –without their daily work, their motivation and strength– the activity of the FSG, the programmes and projects described in the following pages, would never have seen the light of day. Without them, the achievements of the FSG would not be the same. In 2011, volunteers were essential to the success of the photo-van, the key of our campaign “When I grow up, I want to be…”. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Without the altruistic contribution of the volunteers, FSG’s WHO WE ARE activity could never been have carried out so successfully. 318 volunteers dedicated their time, work and effort. VOLUNTEERING WORK

Pepa Domínguez VOLUNTEERS IN PROMOCIONA CLASSROOM CAJA MADRID A STRONG AT PONCE DE LEÓN, IN MADRID, WHERE SHE WORKS WITH ROMA BOYS AND GIRLSWITH HEARING DISABILITIES.. “I am happy to work with COMMITMENT TO these children, helping them to learn and have fun. When classes end and I see that most of them pass and VOLUNTEERING improve their grades I feel very proud of my work as volunteer”.

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• EDUARDO CORTES SANTIAGO • RAUL GONZALEZ AVILA • JOSHUA BROWN • NOELIA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ • VANESA MUÑOZ GOMEZ • ANA GILES CARRILLO • ASCENSION LOPEZ ALCARAZ • PATRICIA CASAS CHECA • MARIA SAENZ ORTEGA • ROCIO CENTENO MARIN • SONIA MORENO MARTIN • ESTER GUILLEN MUÑOZ ■ ESTHER MARTIN DIEZ • JARA BLASCO GARCES • IBON ADIEGO BERDEJO • JOSE MANUEL GIMENEZ GIMENEZ • MARIA JOSEFA OLIVA BIESA • JULIA NAVARRO ALEGRE • JOSE ANTONIO SERRANO ALGAR • SAMARA GABARRE GABARRE ■ ANTONIO ALVAREZ MIRANDA • LAURA VAZQUEZ VEGA • LAURA DE LA RICA • ALBERTO FERMIN RODRIGUEZ NAVARRO • GINESA CELDRAN LOPEZ • Mª DEL ROSER CARRIQUE GARCIA • RAUL MANUEL PEREZ GARCIA • CORAL RODERO DURAN • ELIAS BARRUL JIMENEZ • ANDREA ALVAREZ IGLESIAS • PABLO GONZALEZ LOSADA ■ MARTA GANDARA ALONSO • ANA VALLEJO ECHEZARRETA • JAVIER MARTINEZ BARQUIN ■ MANUEL VICENTE MORENO • JUAN FERNANDEZ DE LA ROSA • SAMUEL VICENTE MORENO • ANTONIO BERMUDEZ BERMUDEZ • RAFAEL BERMUDEZ BERMUDEZ • AROA AMADOR OLIVER • ANTONIO JESUS FLORES MASO • CRISTINA MALDONADO FERNANDEZ • JOSE FRANCISCO MALDONADO CANTERO • DAVID MAYA MONTOYA • JENNIFER MAYA MACIAS • NOELIA MAYA MACIAS • DOLORES MAYA MALDONADO • FRANCISCO MAYA MALDONADO • MANUEL AMADOR SANTIAGO • LUCIA RUIZ OLMO • RAMON AMADOR CADIZ • DAVID TORIBIO SANCHEZ • SARA GON- ZALEZ- NICOLAS LEAL • ANA GORDON QUESADA • CLARA SANCHEZ ARENAS • FATIMA MARTINEZ MARTINEZ • ALVARO IGLESIAS MARTINEZ • ROSA FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ • SERGIO MARTINEZ LOPEZ • Mª DOLORES AMADOR UTRERA • RAQUEL DELFA SANTACLARA • SARA MURILLO ROMERO • ELENA CUARTERO CORTES • ROSARIO AMADOR NAVARRO • DAVID VALVERDE LEIVA • CRISTINA GALINDO GASCON ■ JOSE MANUEL MARTIN MARINO • MARIA ANGELES MATA MEDINA • PATRICIA DIEZ GONZALES • ESTRELLA MARINKOVIC MENDOZA • ELIIZABETH DAVILA LOZANO • VERONICA RUIZ VIÑAS • ISABEL FERNANDEZ BARRULL • ROSARIO LOZANO FERNANDEZ • PATXI ACINAS FERNANDEZ • VERONICA CERREDUELA LOPEZ • AMPARO BORJA GOMEZ • DIANA CERREDUELA CERREDUELA • ADELA JIMENEZ GABARRI • RICARDO LOPEZ FERREDUELA • ANTONIO ESCUDERO JIMENEZ • JOSE MANUEL LOZANO GABARRE • JOSE SALAZAR SALAZAR • ELISABET JIMENEZ CERREDUELA • SOLEDAD CERREDUELA BERMUDEZ • RAQUEL VELASCO JUARROS • CRISTINA GARCIA SALVADOR • BEN KURLEMAM • TERESA SORIANO MARTINEZ • ALBA HERNANDEZ FERREDUELA • Mª ROSARIO IGLESIAS BERMUDEZ • SAMUEL PERDIZ DUAL • MARI CARMEN ALIFA SICILIA • ANTONIA MAYA CARMONA • DOLORES HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ ■ CAROLINA SANCHO MIGUEL • REMEDIOS RENDON FERRER • MERCEDES MARQUEZ RUIGOMEZ • ADELAIDA CASTELLANO FERNANDEZ • SOLEDAD CARRASCOSA CEBRIAN • CARLA SEGOVIA SAIZ • MELCHORA PAEZ CAMPOS • ANTONIO MANZANO MARTIN • JOAQUIN TORRES VEREZ • ROGER IVAN MENA FERNANDEZ • EMILY EWING • Mª CRISTINA TAPIA MATEOS • SARA LEOCADIO GARRIDO • ADRIAN GONZALEZ HOYAS • AURORA HEREDIA CANO • JONAS CANDALIJA TIZON • ESTHER FERNANDEZ SANCHEZ • JARA IRIS GARCIA OMAÑA • ISAAC IGLESIAS MANZANO • ANTONIO JIMENEZ DE LA ROSA • ALBA CUEVAS BARRIONUEVO • MARIA ELENA MELENDEZ • MARIA JOSEFA ISABEL DOMINGUEZ SENDIN • VANESA BARBERA HERNANDEZ • SUSANA GONZALEZ BARRIOPEDRO • CZESLAW WALEK ■ANA CRISTINA CARDOSA GABARRE • INES MUÑOZ CORTES • EMMANUEL DIAZ IMPERIAL • CAYETANO VITORIA BARRULL • PATRICIA GONZALVEZ RODRIGUEZ • TAMARA SEGARRA RAMON • MIREIA RIVAS CULEBRAS • BEATRIZ REYES DIAZ • CLEMENTE CARBONELL AMADOR • LIDIA LOZANO GARCIA • ARIANE LIBEROS GIL • ROSARIO GARCIA GIRONES • GUILLERMO GARCIA MARTINEZ • RAFA PERUCHO ALBERO • TAMARA QART FERNANDEZ • JOSE PEREZ CORTES • ELISA MALO MARTINEZ • GLORIA BOSH SERRA • PAULA PINA GARCIA • CESAR RAMIREZ RUIZ • SUSANA DIAZ DE ESPADA ■ LOURDES GONZALEZ AGUADERO • JOSE MANUEL TABOADA VARELA • ANA BELEN ALMODOVAR GARRIDO • JAIME ALFONSO BATALLA • JONATHAN FRUTOS FRUTOS • DEVORA SILVA JIMENEZ • MONTAÑA IZQUIERDO CALDAS • PABLO FARIÑA MORENO • ANA JESSICA MARTIN GARCIA • MARIA DAVALOS GORDILLO • ALICIA GARCIA SANCHEZ • JOSE MANUEL HERNANDEZ ORTIZ • MARIA DOLORES SILVA LUJAN • ANTONIA AMAYA VAZQUEZ • FRANCISCO DE LOS ANGELES DE LOS ANGELES ■ ALBA FERNANDEZ REVALDERIA • JULIA SOENGAS VAZQUEZ • SONIA MONTEIRO ROMERO • PURA DORRIO VAZQUEZ • RUT LEON GABARRI • FATIMA TEIXEIRO VAZQUEZ • PABLO MANUEL VIÑO PRIETO • IAGO SANCHEZ FOUCES • DIANA BOUZON RICO • NOEMI RODRIGUEZ ROMEO • TANIA CARUNCHO VIVERO • MIREIA ESCOBAR CALZADA • MARIA JESUS PURIFICACION FOUCES DIAZ • JUDIT RODRIGUEZ VALVERDE • JULIA SOUTO TABOADA • MARIA SOL GARABOA FERNANDEZ • MARGARITA BLANCO ABAD • MARTA RUIZ-CASTILLO CALLEJA • LUCIA IGLESIAS GARCIA • BELEN FERNANDEZ BELLO • EDUARDO FRESCO BARBEITO • ESTEBAN IÑARREA TRESANDI • CLARA SOUSA COVELAS • MARGARITA VAZQUEZ CORBALO • ALEJANDRA VAZQUEZ NEIRA • ANA INGELMO RODRIGUEZ • LUCIA JIMENEZ JIMENEZ • CLARA RODRIGUEZ DIAZ • Mª NIEVES SOUTELO VAZQUEZ • DOLORES PRADO TROITIÑO • JOSE AMADO PAZ • PAULA CARAMES RODRIGUEZ ■ JESUS ANTONIO FERNANDEZ MONTOYA • ADRIANA MENDEZ REAL • ALICIA MENES BRISA • LUCIA ARNAL GALLEGO • AIDA BLAZQUEZ FERNANDEZ • CONSUELO GARCIA PIÑEIRO • CONCEPCION LLAMAS BASTIDA • LORENA DIAZ ROMERO • ANA GARCIA SANCHEZ • SANDRA ESPINOSA LOPEZ • FERNANDO RUIZ MOLINA ■ ELENA DE GRADO HERNANDO • MARIA GUTIERREZ • MARIA LARREA SOBEJANO • INMACU- LADA VILLANUEVA LOREA • Mª CARMEN BUJANDA ALEGRIA • MIGUEL ANGEL MIRANDA IRISO • NURIA LOPEZ DE LUIS • IDOIA BULDAIN GARRI • MARIA VICTORIA MOZAS PASCUAL • SOFIA ROLDAN BABIANO • INES RUIZ • ELISA FERNANDEZ LOPEZ • JAVIER CABALLERO MENDIVE ■ GARAZI OTERO COTON VOLUNTEERING HAS A PROTAGONIST... and that’s YOU

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN NARÓN THANKS TO THE HELP OF SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS.

VOLUNTEERS IN PROMOCIONA CLASSROOM FOR EDUCATIONAL REINFORCEMENT IN BADAJOZ.

FSG PARTICIPATED IN THE 14TH NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING PAGE PAGE CONFERENCE CELEBRATED IN A CORUÑA WITH A STAND VISITED 14 15 BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE SPANISH PRINCES Without the altruistic contribution of the volunteers, FSG’s activity could never been have carried out so successfully. 318 volunteers dedicated their time, work and effort. A STRONG COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY

Here at the Fundación activities we provide to the to demonstrate, in the most elaborated and implemented Secretariado Gitano we have Roma community and the han- transparent way possible, what its 2011/2013 Quality Plan, always endeavoured to make dling of projects we execute, we do, how we do it and what already under way, in order to quality and transparency the the people working in the we use. ensure the maximum quality hallmarks of our way of doing organisation and the resources and transparency. The plan is things, and these concepts at our disposal. In addition, 2011 was key as regards quality structured around four lines of impregnate the services and we believe that it is necessary and management, in that FSG action.

RESULTS-ORIENTED USER-ORIENTED PROJECT EXTERNAL & INTERNAL MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS

In order to improve our In 2011, we launched a Our management system In addition to the Audit of management processes System for Evaluating the will adapt to FSG’s growth the Financial Statements, and align them with a satisfaction of the users as and new necessities. We the public and private funds more results oriented regards the services and are striving to make good received by the FSG are mon- model integrated in the assistance provided by the management our identi- itored by various competent FSG’s Strategic Plan and FSG, and of other clients fying feature. In 2011 we bodies: the National Public its indicators, we cre- of the entity –funding started the ISO certifica- Accounts Department, the ated and implemented a bodies, both public and tion process for our basic Administrative Unit of the Management Dashboard. private, and companies management processes, European Social Fund, mu- Every year we establish the that employ Acceder users. that in 2012 should help nicipal and regional inspec- indicators necessary for We elaborated a Results us order and regulate our torates, as well as chartered controlling and assessing Report and an Improve- management, and better auditors. the progress of each ment Plan, that will be integrate administration line of action. publicised and executed in processes with project A report is elaborated 2012, based on: management. quarterly; it contains: →→ surveys to 968 FSG →→ a synopsis with services users the most relevant information. →→ 205 surveys to 205 public or private →→ a comparative analysis entities that finance of the data based on our programmes two lines of action: And also… →→ 124 companies collab- 1. comparison with orating with Acceder.. We belong to the National Council of Social Action NGO’s the same period of the Working Group on Quality. previous year. We took part in the creation of ICONG (NGO Quality Insti- 2. degree of fulfillment tute), set up in 2008. FSG is member of its Board of Directors. of the expected results in the management We are an “analyzed NGO” of the Lealtad Foundation. dashboard. →→ a chapter with recommendations and proposals. icong Instituto para la calidad de las ONG 2011 Situation THE ROMA COMMUNITY THE FSG IN 2011 2011 IN FIGURES THE ROMA COMMUNITY THE FSG IN 2011 2011 IN FIGURES FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 2011 SITUATION THE YEAR OF NATIONAL THE ROMA COMMUNITY STRATEGIES FOR THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THE ROMA

After the events occurred in The said resolution, which was 24th June. This was a milestone France in 2010 (thousands of a big step forward towards a in the history of the Roma Roma were expelled from the European strategy to alleviate community in Europe and country), the Roma issue took poverty and social exclusion Spain, given that for the first special relevance in Europe of the most important ethnic time a common framework during 2011, when the eco- minority on the continent, was established for developing nomic crisis continued to make also called for a better protec- national measures and policies evident its special impact on tion of fundamental rights based on approaches, objec- vulnerable groups, including and a better use of European tives and work areas shared by the Roma. resources. all Member States. In March, the European Parlia- As a result of the previous This implied an obligation for ment requested by means of a steps taken in 2010 and of this member states to demonstrate Resolution –approved by a large resolution of the Parliament, their commitment to the Roma majority and based on a report the European Commission issue by developing their com- presented by the Roma Hungar- presented on April 5th a road mitment to developing their ian Euro MP Livia Jaroka- issue– map for introducing these own National Strategies, to be binding objectives for enhancing binding minimum standards at presented to the EC before the access to employment, educa- European level called the Euro- end of the year. Although not tion, housing and healthcare of pean Framework for National all countries complied with the the 10-12 million Roma people Roma Integration Strategies, deadline, by the end of 2011, who are currently living in the which the European Council 11 of the 27 strategies had been European Union. approved in its meeting of presented.

The European Framework for National strategies was a step forward towards alleviating poverty and exclusion of the most important ethnic minority in Europe. © EUROPEAN UNION/REPORTERS

PAGE PAGE 18 19 THE SPANISH STRATEGY, We at the FSG hope that the A REFERENCE POINT Spanish Roma Inclusion Strategy will be the final road map for In the specific case of Spain, the process of drafting the Strategy was affected by the early general elections held on 20th Novem- advancing towards the social ber that generated a delay in the presentation of the text, which inclusion of the Roma and for was due for the beginning of 2012. However, by the end of 2011 we already had a draft that had been elaborated with the contri- lessening the differences and bution of the Autonomous Communities and of different Roma organizations, including the Fundación Secretariado Gitano. inequalities that even today, in the 21st century, still exist The said draft represents an important step forward from previous documents, especially because it establishes measurable ob- in comparison with the rest jectives for the four main areas of social inclusion: employment, education, housing and healthcare. The monitoring mechanisms, of the Spanish and European also provided for in the document, will allow to follow up on the population. evolution of the said objectives in 2015 and 2020, to check the extent to which they have been fulfilled. Moreover, it goes further than the minimum objectives established under the European Framework, as it provides ad- We hope that once the Spanish Strategy on Roma Inclusion ditional measures which are essential to the inclusion of the –which meant a great deal of work and effort from the FSG Roma community, such as: social action; transversal gender and the organisations and administrations that make up the approach; non-discrimination and promoting equal treatment; State Council of Roma People– is presented, it will become social awareness; boosting and promoting culture; assistance the final road map for advancing towards the social inclusion to Roma population from other countries; participation of the of the Roma and for lessening the differences and inequalities Roma population and improvement of their knowledge as re- that even today, in the 21st century, still exist in comparison gards their situation: or political action at European level. with the rest of the Spanish and European population.

FSG PARTICIPATED IN THE 5TH MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION, WHERE THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK THE COMMISSION APPROVED A FEW DAYS BEFORE WAS PRESENTED FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 2011 SITUATION | THE ROMA COMMUNITY Also in 2011

THE LAW ON EQUAL TREATMENT, THE 6TH A MISSED OPPORTUNITY MEETING Not all news was good news The Bill of the Integral Law Parliament and this will re- OF THE this year. Despite the impor- on Equal Treatment and Non- quire a new effort in order to tant progress that Spain made Discrimination, approved on obtain the new Government’s EUROPEAN in terms of the fight against 7th January by the Council of determination to resume the discrimination, as recognised Ministers and publicised seven initiative. by the European Commission days later, created a lot of PLATFORM against Racism and Intoler- hope that Spain would finally This is a missed opportunity ance (ECRI) in its 4th report have a law allowing for the that we regret, given that the FOR ROMA published in February 2011, the creation of legal instruments bill included some very positive long requested and expected in the fight against discrimi- and interesting topics, among INCLUSION Law on Equal Treatment was nation. However, there was which we would like to empha- not ratified. no time for introducing it to size the following: 2011 ended with another important event, the sixth meeting of the European →→ The creation of an Authority for Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination (Art. 37 and 38), Platform for Roma Social as independent body in charge of protecting and promoting equal treatment and Inclusion, held in Brussels non-discrimination, in the public as well as in the private sector. on 17th and 18th Novem- ber, to which the FSG was →→ The appointment by the general public prosecutor of a prosecutor delegate acting as guardian invited and participated. of equal treatment and non-discrimination (Art. 30). The meeting offered a unique opportunity to →→ The mandate for state security forces and agencies to collect data on the discriminatory discuss the European component of the complaints under way and to process them via the corresponding statistical Framework and the Na- security systems (Art. 34). tional Strategies, before the Member states pre- →→ The definition and regulation of multiple discrimination (Art. 7) and of the positive action sented their strategies to measures adequate for this specific type of discrimination. the Commission, as well as to discuss and agree →→ The regulation of the right to equal treatment in education (Art. 16). on the role and approach that the Platform should →→ The inclusion of a regime of offences and sanctions (Title IV) and regulation of the burden have in the future. of proof (Art. 28) as a key instrument in discrimination cases.

The long expected Integral Law on Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination has remained only a project. The early elections did not allow for the bill’s introduction into Parliament, which will require a new effort in order to obtain the new Government’s determination to resume the initiative.

PAGE PAGE The Comprehensive Law for Equal Treatment and non-discrimination, approved in January by the Council of 20 21 Ministers, has merely remained at the project stage, awaiting the government´s resumption of the initiative. Also in 2011 Also in 2011

THE COUNCIL FOR THE THE ECRI EMPHASIZES IN PROMOTION OF EQUAL ITS FOURTH REPORT THE TREATMENT CONTINUES IMPORTANT PROGRESS ITS WORK MADE IN SPAIN IN TERMS OF

The Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment and COMBATING DISCRIMINATION Non-Discrimination on Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin, created in 2010, carried out a great deal of activities in 2011. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance First of all, we should mention its first annual conference, (ECRI), an independent body established by the Council of which focused on “The role of equality bodies in the fight Europe, published in February its fourth report on the situa- against ethnic and racial discrimination”; secondly, one must tion of racism and intolerance in Spain. The report, based note the presentation in March of the Study “Panel on racial on a methodology combining document analysis, contact or ethnic discrimination (2010): perception of potential vic- visits and confidential dialogues with national authorities, tims” that, for the first time, offered data on discrimination emphasizes the important progress made in Spain in the last from the perspective of potential victims. five years. We are facing a difficult period, when governments, authori- Its 13th general policy recommendation, presented in September, ties and the citizenship, pressured by social circumstances, was dedicated to combating anti-Gypsyism and discrimination may be tempted to believe that fundamental rights are less against Roma. enforceable in times of crisis. That is why the work of bodies such as this Council is even more important and pressing. We, at FSG, hope that the new Government will maintain its commitment for this Council as a key tool in the fight THE ROMA, PROTAGONISTS against discrimination. OF THE FIRST SUMMIT OF We are facing a difficult period, MAYORS ON ROMA, HELD when governments, authorities IN STRASBOURG and the citizenship, pressured With the aim of facing up to the situation of the approxima- by social circumstances, may tely twelve million European Roma, the Congress of Local be tempted to believe that and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe organised a Summit of Mayors on Roma, in Strasbourg, on 22nd Sept- fundamental rights are less ember 2011, attended by over 300 people from 24 countries. enforceable in times of crisis. In the final declaration of the Summit –which was proposed as a response to the increasing discrimination of Roma across Europe and to their social and economic marginalisation– the creation of a European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma inclusion was proposed.

José Manuel Fresno, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT, DURING THE SUMMIT

PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY “PANEL ON DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN. FSG ANUAL REPORT 2011 2011 SITUATION THE FSG REDOUBLES ITS THE FSG IN 2011 EFFORTS IN A YEAR MARKED BY THE AGGRAVATION OF THE CRISIS

Despite the complicated eco- Given the indications of ag- Thanks to the work ap- nomic and financial situation gravation of the economic proaches and methodologies across Europe, the Fundación crisis, in 2011 the FSG decided that we have been sup- Secretariado Gitano (FSG) to maintain its pragmatic porting and applying for consolidated for another work approach –directed 30 years, in 2011 the FSG year its position as the most toward producing real changes received special attention, significant social organisation in Roma people’s lives– and both from the mass media working for Roma in Spain intensified its action through and from organisations, and one of the most recog- 531 programmes by means of politicians and institutions nised and respected on the which 112,881 people from at national and international international scene. 90 towns were aided. levels, for example:

→→ During his three-day visit to Spain (4th to 6th April), the →→ The FSG was once again invited by the European Com- Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, mission to participate in the fifth and sixth meeting of the Thomas Hammarberg, was interested in knowing first- European Platform for Roma Social Inclusion. hand the FSG’s work, especially in the fields of employment, education and housing. After his visit, he singled out →→ The minister of Labour and Immigration, Valeriano Acceder as good practice for social inclusion of Roma, in a Gómez, recognised in a meeting the work carried out by the letter sent to the Spanish Minister of Health, Social Policies NGOs managing the Operational Programme to Combat and Equality, Leire Pajín. Discrimination, including the FSG. →→ In June, Zoltán Balog, Hungarian Secretary of State for →→ The FSG was invited to bring its contribution to the Italian Social Inclusion, accompanied by a delegation, visited the National Strategy for Social Inclusion of the Roma. Isidro FSG in order to get to know first-hand the situation of Rodríguez, General Manager of the Foundation, participat- Spanish Roma and to identify the good initiatives that were ed as speaker in the work session organised by the Italian being carried out. Senate and the Open Society Foundation.

THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION, VALERIANO GÓMEZ, AT THE MEETING AFTER HIS VISIT AT THE FSG, THE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NGOs MANAGING THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMISSIONER OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, PAGE PAGE ON THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMI-NATION: THE FSG, CÁRITAS, THE SPANISH RED THOMAS HAMMARBERG, SINGLED OUT ACCEDER AS 22 23 CROSS AND THE ONCE FOUNDATION. GOOD PRACTICE. WORKING FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Despite of the fact that we are An important achievement, In the same field, but as regards Among them, the approval of facing the worst unemploy- if we consider the provisional the awareness-raising activities, the European Framework for ment rate of our democratic data provided by our new we launched the second phase National Roma Integration history (the year ended with study regarding the Roma of the campaign “When I grow Strategies –and the subse- an unemployment rate of community and employment, up, I want to be…” with a new quent development of the 22.85%), the employment is the Roma unemployment itinerary of the photo-van and said strategies in the 27 EU programme Acceder continued rate which has reached ap- stops in 24 cities, thus allowing member states– meant a big to represent an important ser- proximately 37%, that is, 15% hundreds of boys and girls to progress this year, to which vice to the Roma population, more than the general Spanish dream about what they want to the FSG actively contributed as it aided over 14,000 people population. be when they grow up. with analyses, proposals and (20% more as compared to suggestions, at both European 2010) and obtained 4,042 em- This year has also meant the These activities, together with level (fundamentally by means ployment contracts. consolidation of the train- many other in the field of of the Technical Secretariat of ing and education initiatives housing, healthcare, gender the EURoma Network and the These data, together with the launched in previous years. On equality, discrimination etc. European Platform for Roma enhancement of our collab-ora- the one hand, we improved allowed us to significantly Social Inclusion) and tion with companies, the sign- the qualification of our users contribute to alleviating the national level. ing of state agreements and the thanks to 265 training courses difficult situation of an impor- development of new Vocational attended by almost 3,000 stu- tant part of the Spanish Roma As part of this contribu- Schools and Employment dents. Secondly, the Promociona population in 2011. tion, we should emphasize Workshops in seven Span- programme included 700 that our Acceder programme ish cities, contributed to the students of 223 educational At international level, we was mentioned in the Ital- Ministry of Labour’s awarding centres and thus it became one continued stimulating initia- ian National Strategy, which to the FSG of the licence to act of the most important commit- tives with a view to improving proposes the implementation as employment agency in 24 of- ments of FSG in the field the living conditions of the of Acceder as a social inter- fices of 12 autonomous regions. of education. European Roma population. vention model.

BENEFICIARIES IN 2011 PROGRAMMES IN 2011 FUNDING (€)

120,000 600 € 250,000 531 528 € 22,792,310 112,881 500 € 22,700,241

100,000 400 99,736 € 20,877,578 € 22,242,386 € 200,000

300 € 19,333,969 80,000 82,864 81,803 € 18,882,413 79,320 € 18,205,590.57 75,490 77,516 200 151 156 160 138 162

60,000 100 € 150,000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

IN 2011, THE FSG LAUNCHED IN MADRID THE Given the indications of SECOND PHASE OF THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE…” DURING aggravation of the crisis, in 2011 THE PRESENTATION, ISABEL MARTINEZ, SECRETARY GENERAL FOR SOCIAL POLICY, EMPHASIZED THAT “TRAINING IS THE ONLY the FSG decided to maintain its GUARANTEE FOR QUALITY EMPLOYMENT”. pragmatic work approach –directed toward producing real changes in Roma people’s lives– and intensified its action through 531 programmes by means of which 112,881 people from 90 towns received assistance. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 2011 SITUATION | THE FSG IN 2011

INFLUENCING POLICIES, INFLUENCING SOCIETY

Our Foundation does not merely provide social intervention programmes or services, instead we have a clear vocation of influencing society and the policies targeting Roma people Despite the complicated economic and, especially, the most disadvantaged. It is our aim to reach key actors in order for our mission to be successful, all the and financial situation across more so in a period of crisis such as the current one. Europe, the Fundación Secretariado In this respect, 2011 was a year marked by electoral appoint- Gitano (FSG) consolidated for ments for the FSG. There were first the elections at local and regional level (in most Autonomous Regions) in May and, another year its position as the most afterwards, the general elections in November. important and relevant social work During both election rounds, the FSG presented to the politi- organisation for Roma in Spain cal parties a series of proposals summarised in the decalogue “Ten measures for the social inclusion of Spanish Roma,” and one of the most recognised and measures that we deem essential for ensuring once and for all valued at the international level. that Roma people fully exercise their citizenship on an equal footing with the rest of the population. Our decalogue includes:

1. A specific programme for educational support and rein- 7. Development and approval of a Comprehensive Equal forcement in primary and especially in secondary school. Treatment and Non-discrimination Act, as an instrument for promoting living together and the fight 2. A programme offering grants and scholarships for con- against discrimination. tinuing secondary and higher studies. 8. Launching measures that would boost and enhan- 3. Specific programmes of professional training and integra- ce the current Council for the Promotion of Equal tion, based on individualised pathways of access to emplo- Treatment on Grounds of Racial Origin or Ethnicity. yment as employees or as self-employed (such as Acceder). 9. Promoting the good functioning of participation and 4. Boosting training and employment programmes –espe- dialogue bodies within Roma social organizations, cially vocational schools, trade schools and employment by means of the National Council of the Roma workshops– as well as work integration social companies. Community, and enhancing the promotion of Roma culture through the activity of the Institute 5. A programme supporting normalisation, development for Romani Culture. and regularization of itinerant trade. 6. A programme for slum settlements eradication and 10. Developing measures and interventions for rehabil-itation of substandard housing and degraded the social inclusion of Roma people from urban environment. Eastern Europe.

THE FSG CARRIES OUT A GREAT DEAL OF ITS INSTITUTIONAL PAGE PAGE ACTION BY PARTICIPATING IN COUNCILS, NETWORKS AND 24 25 PLATFORMS. PHOTO: EUROMA MEETING, HELD IN BUDAPEST. As part of the institutional activity we have been carrying out this year, we must also mention the reorganisation of the Creation of the “Citizenship National Council of the Roma Community, in which FSG was once again elected member, and of the National Council of and Diversity’’ Conferences Social Action NGOs, where, together with Unión Romaní, we will continue to represent the area of Roma intervention. and of the FSG Award We also actively collaborate in the preparation of the Draft Bill for the Comprehensive Equal Treatment Act, whose introduction in parliament has not been possible (see page 20). WORKING IN A NETWORK This institutional activity is carried out by taking part in networks, councils and dialogue platforms with public authorities at national, regional and local level. Thus, for example, we are part of: On 24th May, at Casa Encendida in Madrid, the first edition of “Conferences: Roma Community. Citizenship and Diversity” →→ the National Council of Social Action NGOs. was held. The event is meant to become an annual participa- tory forum where Roma and non-Roma personalities in the →→ the National Council of the Roma Community. field of culture, thinking, politics or social action may maintain an honest and productive dialogue on citizenship and di- →→ the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment and versity. The event was attended by around 100 experts all over Non-discrimination on Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin. Spain. Among the speakers, we mention: Álvaro Gil-Robles, honorary president of the FSG; José Manuel Fresno, president →→ the Platform of Social Action NGOs. of the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment; the so- ciologist José Heredia Moreno and the anthropologist Teresa →→ the EAPN-ES (European Anti Poverty Network and Social San Román. Exclusion in Spain), at national and regional level. The final touch was added by the “Fundación Secretariado →→ the Platform of Social Action for the Third Sector, cre- Gitano 2011 Award,” presented in this first edition to Teresa ated in December with the aim of joining forces and San Román Espinosa “for her contribution to knowing, not strengthening cooperation between different organisa- only in theory but especially in practice, the Roma communi- tions that make up the Third/Social Sector. ty through her research, publication and thinking.” The award was presented by FSG’s president, Pedro Puente. It consisted →→ the informal but well-established network created by of a metal case –because it is in cases where important things other partner organisations under the Pluriregional Op- are kept, where we save photos and emotionally valuable erational Programme on the Fight against Discrimina- objects– containing a plate with the letter “G” symbolising tion (Cáritas, the Red Cross and the ONCE Foundation). “Gitanos” and a quote from an article of the anthropologist dedicated to the Roma. ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE

→→ The FSG functions as the organisational secretariat of the EURoma Network (European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds). →→ We participate actively as a member of the European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC). In a year marked by electoral appointments, the FSG presented to the political parties a series of measures we deem essential for ensuring once and for all that Roma people fully exercise their citizenship THE ANTHROPOLOGIST TERESA SAN ROMÁN RECEIVES THE FIRST “FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO on an equal footing with the rest of GITANO AWARD” FROM FSG PRESIDENT, the population. PEDRO PUENTE. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 2011 SITUATION | THE FSG IN 2011

EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS

In 2011, the Foundation managed a total income of 22.2 million In addition, we are supported, more and more every year, by euros. This funding, basically public in nature (around 90%) the aid and funds provided by private entities. In 2010 we is provided by European, national, regional and local public set the goal of obtaining 10% of private funds and we achieved bodies. Notable contributions: it. We are supported, among others, by:

→→ almost 6 million euros annually from the European →→ “la Caixa” Foundation within the framework of its Proinfancia Social Fund programme and, this year, under the Incorpora programme →→ subsidies from the central Government, with special →→ the Social Work section of Caja Madrid, which supported reference to the nearly 2.5 million euros received from the several of our programmes, such as Promociona or the one Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality under the we are carrying out in Cañada Real, Madrid Personal Income Tax subsidy. →→ Roma Education Fund, with which we collaborate under →→ the contributions from more than 64 municipal councils the programme A Good Start. across Spain and 14 autonomous regions. →→ the Marcelino Botín Foundation →→ the Soros Foundation. However, the private funding percentage that we receive is not at all the desired one –the advancement of the Roma community does not usually trigger the same reaction of solidarity among private individuals and companies like other causes do–. For this reason, in September 2011, the FSG created the Corporate Alli- ances Area, oriented toward obtaining private allies that would integrate as stable partners of the Foundation and would collaborate for its economic sustainability, sharing its social values and becoming involved in its social goal. This new line of work will allow to the Fundación Secretari- ado Gitano to make a step forward toward social recognition and thus guarantee the continuity of our programmes to the benefit of Roma and non-Roma citizens.

In a situation of crisis, such as the current one, we should not reduce social expenditure and take measures that would render the living conditions of the more disadvantaged even more difficult. It is time we committed to a clear and precise policy that guarantees dignified living conditions for all citizens, especially for the most vulnerable groups, among which the Roma community is included.

PAGE PAGE 26 27 FUNDING SOURCES 2011 TOTAL: € 22,242,386

Local Governments: 33%

Private and own funds: 12%

European: 26%

Local: 14%

National: 15%

ECONOMIC RESOURCES € 25,000,000 € 22,792,310

€ 22,700,241 € 22,242,386 € 20,877,578 € 20,000,000

€ 19,333,696 € 18,882,413 € 18,205,590

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 € 15,000,000

THIS YEAR THE FSG REACHED THE 10% OF PRIVATE FUNDING THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF ENTITIES SUCH AS LA CAIXA AND SOCIAL WORK CAJA MADRID; PHOTO: SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT WITH SOCIAL WORK CAJA MADRID. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 2011 SITUATION | THE FSG IN 2011

OUR CHALLENGES FOR 2012

The economic forecast for the coming year will suppose a new That is why we will have to make a special effort to improving the decrease of the entity’s income, of approximately 2.7% according efficiency and effectiveness of our programmes, in an attempt to to our estimates. This will raise once again a very likely reduction prevent, as far as possible, that this reduction negatively affects of our operational activity for 2012. the services we provide to our users.

AMONG THE PRIORITIES OF OUR WORK PLAN FOR 2012, WE HIGHLIGHT:

IN EDUCATION IN HOUSING

➡➡ To continue contributing actively to the eradication ➡ To obtain public and private funding so that we may ➡ of slum settlements. continue to boost our Promociona school support programme for Roma students in compulsory ➡➡ To advocate, before public authorities, for the secondary education (ESO). application of the amendment of article 7.2 of the ERDF Regulations allowing the use of these ➡ To launch an awareness-raising campaign target- ➡ resources to fund housing actions in slum ing Roma teenagers. settlements and substandard housing. We shall hold seminars in three Autonomous Regions. ➡➡ To prepare a study on Roma community and education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and UNICEF. IN MANAGEMENT

IN EMPLOYMENT ➡➡ To increase the FSG staff and resources in administration and management.

➡➡ To promote agreements with companies with ➡➡ To develop a management improvement plan, the aim of exceeding the number of contracts especially with funding offered under the obtained in 2011 year within the framework of the Operational Programme. Acceder programme, thus reducing the impact of the crisis on the Roma community. We will organise ➡➡ To prepare and implement a new management a national seminar with companies. procedures manual.

➡➡ To present our new study on the Roma ➡➡ To increase credit policies. community and employment.

OTHER INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS ➡➡ To continue working actively with Roma people from ➡➡ To continue working to place the Roma issue on the Eastern Europe. political and social agenda. ➡➡ To intensify our work of assistance and support to ➡➡ To actively participate in the development and victims of discrimination. implementation of the National Strategy for Roma Inclusion. ➡➡ At the international level, to develop various projects with different international partners and to consoli- ➡➡ To elaborate proposals for the new National date our presence in Romania. Inclusion Plan.

PAGE PAGE 28 29 NARÓN soto del AVILÉS barco GOZÓN SANTANDER muros de nalón gijón SESTAO SAN SEBASTIÁN CASTRILLÓN A CORUÑA PRAVIA CORVERA BIDEBIETA OVIEDO VITORIA-GASTEIZ LUGO pamplona SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

PONTEVEDRA LEÓN VIGO BURGOS

HUESCA PALENCIA SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMANET Aranda SABADELL Montcada VALLADOLID de Duero ZARAGOZA BADALONA L´Hospitalet ZAMORA Valdejalón de Llobregat BARCELONA El Prat de Llobregat (Sant Cosme)

SEGOVIA SALAMANCA Guadalaja SOTO DEL REAL

MADRID

CUENCA TALAVERA CASTELLÓN DE LA REINA

LA COMA VALENCIA CÁCERES PATERNA BADAJOZ la Roda DON BENITO MÉRIDA CIUDAD REAL ALBACETE

ALMENDRALEJO PUERTOLLANO hellín ALICANTE ELCHE

LINARES MURCIA CÓRDOBA JAÉN SAN JAVIER DE LA RIBERA Pinos Puente HUELVA SEVILLA LOJA GRANADA ALMERÍA

JEREZ DE LA EL EJIDO FRONTERA MÁLAGA MOTRIL

ALGECIRAS LA LÍNEA (CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR) s

BUCHAREST ROMANIA

¨¨ TOWNS WITH HEADQUARTERS

¨¨ TOWNS WHERE THE FSG IS ACTIVE, BUT HAS NO STABLE HEADQUARTERS

14 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS WHERE THE FSG IS PRESENT 60 WORK CENTRES OF THE FSG 82 TOWNS WHERE THE FSG WAS ACTIVE IN 2011 FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 2011 SITUATION EMPLOYMENT 2011 IN FIGURES 40.7% of theFSG’s staff is Roma ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE 318 volunteers ACTIVITY TURNOVER: € 22,242,386 EQUAL TREATMENT programmes in towns from autonomous 527 82 14 regions SOCIAL INCLUSION

112,881 direct beneficiaries HEALTH

COMMUNICATION educaTIOn HOUSING bursaries for secondary and 300 higher studies 15,547 students participated in our programmes PAGE PAGE 30 31 127 EMPLOYMENT 19,574 people assisted 229 training actions work contracts 4,042 obtained under Acceder ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE Roma from agreements signed with companies Eastern Europe 167 2,824 benefited from our specific actions

EQUAL TREATMENT recorded cases of 155discrimination SOCIAL INCLUSION 53direct consultancies We reached 19,622 people 110 programmes HEALTH people benefited from our 5,075 prevention programmes COMMUNICATION Our awareness-raising boys and girls campaign reached over 2,000 volunteers made HOUSING 500 possible the second phase of the campaign people benefited directly “When I grow up, 2,452 from our I want to be…” 17 programmes 207 families left slum settlements ACTIVITY REPORT

EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION HOUSING SOCIAL INCLUSION HEALTH YOUTH ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE EU SOCIAL ACTION EQUALITY EQUAL TREATMENT GENDER EQUALITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTATION

FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

FEBRUARY The Roma want to and can work; the only thing they need is to be provided with appropriate conditions for doing so. We BUDGET can safely say this given our 30 years’ experience; we have the WORK INTEGRATION SOCIAL COMPANY experience, data and information to support this statement. UZIPEN-MADRID STARTS ITS ACTIVITY € 12,281,218.97 WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IRIS (INSTITUTE FOR REHOUSING AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Unfortunately, the current circumstances are not at all ideal. PEOPLE ASSISTED: MARCH OF MADRID. The consequences of the global economic crisis that we are 19,574 experiencing affect wide sectors of the society and even more severely the underprivileged groups, among which the Roma PROGRAMMES community is included. PERFORMED: 153

APRIL While the unemployment rate in Spain has multiplied by 2.4 DIRECTOR OF THE since 2005, the unemployment rate among the Roma com- EMPLOYMENT NATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS UNDER THE ACCEDER PROGRAMME munity, according to the latest study prepared by the FSG, has DEPARTMENT: multiplied almost three times during the same period, so that Arantza Fernández it currently represents 37.5% of the active Roma population. MAY This scenario enabled us to begin the year with a series of findings: →→ With the slump in the labour market, we run the risk of widening the breach of social exclusion and losing much JUNE of the progress made. →→ Access to the labour market is the best route –although

THE FSG SIGNS A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT not the only one– to achieving a greater degree of WITH THE “LA CAIXA” FOUNDATION FOR THE INCORPORA PROGRAMME personal independence and participation in society. JULY →→ Being employed still is the best protection against poverty, although nowadays more than 8% of the employed population runs the risk of poverty or are defined as poor workers. Poverty is the result of the increasing inequality of income. AUGUST →→ Our response must be efficient, as we are dealing with complex needs and problems –we target groups with difficult access to standardized resources–, as well as comprehensive, since we are committed to the promotion and active inclusion do not target only SEPTEMBER UZIPEN-LEÓN BEGINS ITS ACTIVITY AS access to employment. WORK INTEGRATION SOCIAL COMPANY

THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER Therefore, we at FSG continue to accompany these people and OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE SINGLES OUT THE ACCEDER together we are trying to meet their needs in order to favour PROGRAMME IN HIS REPORT AND SELECTS IT AS BEST PRACTICE their access to the labour market. This is the best –though OCTOBER not exclusive– way for achieving a greater degree of personal autonomy and participation.

NOVEMBER JOINT SEMINAR OF THE OP OPERATORS IN CASTILE-LEÓN AND VALENCIA REGION

DECEMBER

ACCEDER IS RECOGNISED AS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR

PAGE PAGE 34 35 IN TIMES OF CRISIS AIMING AT EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY

For our Foundation, programmes targeting access to labour mar- Action in the institutional and political spheres is designed to ket are, and have always been, a priority, even more so at a time boost and promote more active social policies to provide im- of economic crisis such as the one we are experiencing. With the provement of living and working conditions and an effort is FSG training and employment programmes, we emphasize im- being made to increase the awareness of society and all labour provement in the employability of Roma persons through the de- market agents in order to remove all traces of discrimination sign of individualised occupational insertion pathways in which against the Roma community with respect to access to jobs and the main working priorities are motivation towards vocational training, with two main facets: training and the undertaking of training actions as a compensatory tool enabling these people to compete on an equal footing →→ measures involving the Roma community to favour a change with the rest of the population. in attitude with respect to training and employment. Our work is focused on direct action with measures to improve the →→ working with public bodies, companies and potential em- employability of these people in an intercultural context in which Roma ployers with respect to the problems the Roma community involvement is prioritised without excluding non-Roma participation has in accessing employment, and the role that prejudice and (30% of the participants). discrimination play in this vicious circle.

With the FSG training and employment programmes, we emphasize improvement in the employability of Roma persons through the design of individualised occupational insertion pathways in which the main working priorities are motivation towards vocational training and the undertaking of training actions as a compensatory tool enabling these people to compete on an equal footing with the rest of the population. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | EMPLOYMENT

The FSG is implementing a networked territorial working model, with shared methodology, the use of common tools generating synergies and collaborative knowledge together Acceder: GATEWAY with a common strategy along the following lines: →→ Adaptation to the demands of the Roma community TO THE LABOUR and to the territory, identifying new needs and priorities leading to upgrading the response and revision of strategies and priorities, optimising and adapting the MARKET FOR THE FSG’s training and employment services. The capacity for territorial adaptation means that knowledge, tools, working methods and the overall approach to styles and processes are applied in a flexible manner, seeking tailor- ROMA COMMUNITY made solutions. →→ A commitment to training and qualification, increasing the resources devoted to developing training schemes linked as closely as possible to employment opportunities. →→ Boosting, even furthermore, occupational mediation actions in relation to the business community. Our starting point is that there are fewer jobs, but there are jobs. We are committed to obtaining more agreements with major companies for collaboration in training and employment at the national, regional and local levels.

→→ Reinforcing cooperation between organisations and public Emilia Muñoz, 47, WORKS AS CLEANER bodies, increasing networked operations, improving IN A HOSPITAL coordination and strengthening collaboration with public authorities, companies and other social stakeholders. It is “In the Acceder programme, I necessary to release resources at various levels. The contri- received a lot of support, I was bution of the European Social Fund is meaningless without given advice and I could count the commitment of other local and regional public bodies. on the programme’s employees when I needed them. Thanks to them I now work in the While the unemployment rate in Spain 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid. My colleagues call has multiplied by 2.4 since 2005, the me “la Tana”, the only Roma unemployment rate among the Roma in the cleaning team” community, according to the latest study prepared by the FSG, has multiplied almost three times during the same period, so that it currently represents BUDGET FOR 2008-2013: 37.5% of the active Roma population € 41,700,000

HERE ARE SOME OF THE COMPANIES that HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH US IN 2011:

COMPANIES THAT CONTINUALLY COLLABORATE WITH ACCEDER:

FUNDED BY: 12 REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND 50 MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. PAGE PAGE 36 37 0 PEOPLE ASSISTED UNDER ACCEDER IN 2011: 14,663

WOMEN: 7,274 MEN: 7,389

ROMA: 10,758 NON-ROMA: 3,905

4,587 3,191 2,234 3,146 1,233 272

YOUNGER THAN 25 25 TO 30 31 TO 35 36 TO 45 46 TO 55 +55

TheAcceder programme is the framework within which the FSG develops all actions related to training and employment and is based on advancement of the Roma community towards access to the labour market, either through self-employment or contracts. This activity favours equal opportunity for the entire Roma community. The following are the objectives of the Acceder programme and thus of the FSG Employment Department: →→ To achieve improved qualification of the Roma working population and its access to the labour market. →→ To influence mainstream vocational training services to adapt to the special needs of the Roma community and to become more accessible to Roma participants as ordinary citizens. →→ To foster the creation of sheltered employment initiatives in the current labour market and to set up solvent, competitive companies. →→ To raise awareness of prejudices and discriminatory practices and to achieve a progressive improvement of the social image of Roma. →→ To foster generalisation of more active policies in favour of the Roma community with the aim of effectively improving living standards and ensuring equal opportunities in access to goods and services. Three major lines of action define the measures to be taken: 1. Direct action with Roma people through measures directly affecting their employability. 2. Actions in the institutional and political sphere. 3. Activities to raise the awareness of society in general and of players in the labour market in particular. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | EMPLOYMENT

INSERTION PATHWAYS: OCCUPATIONAL MEDIATION KEY OF THE PROGRAMME MEASURES FOR ACCESS The development of individualised insertion pathways from OF ROMA PERSONS a global perception of the person, based on a methodology of consultancy and accompaniment in a process for which TO JOBS the person involved takes full responsibility. In 2011, 6,177 people approached the Acceder programme for the first time. Of these, more than 50% are under 30 years CONTRACTS OBTAINED of age, and 70% are ethnic Roma. Along with these new participants, activity has continued (of different type and In spite of the crisis and thanks to these actions, in 2011 we ob- intensity) with 14,663 people, 20% more than in 2010. tained 4,042 employment contracts, of which 65.3% were for Roma people and 56% for women. That means 326 contracts more than in 2010. COMMITTED TO IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AGREEMENTS SIGNED

Other key actions target the improvement of occupational Within the FSG’s company mediation activity, in 2011 a total qualifications by means of training with companies, work- of 175 agreements with companies at the local, regional and place traineeships, training in transversal competences, national levels were signed for the performance of training training in mixed employment-traineeship etc. and occupational insertion actions. Collaboration with companies is one of the main employment-related strategies within In 2011, 3,118 people took part in 308 training actions car- the Acceder programme and it aims at involving companies in ried out by our teams. Participation of women was slightly shared objectives, by meeting their needs and providing our higher than that of men. participants with better qualifications more closely adjusted to the reality of the market. In addition to these training activities, Acceder fosters mixed employment traineeship programmes. In 2011, the FSG car- Of the agreements signed, around 60% were training-related, ried out: in particular training in the workplace through tutoring by the company and monitoring by our staff, so that qualifications →→ 2 Vocational Schools and training in specific skills are obtained to improve the participants’ professional profile. →→ Madrid: Building maintenance Along with agreements signed at local and regional level, →→ Seville: Dynamising services of information and we also established national agreements with suprarregional citizen service companies with a very good position in their sector. The companies who have signed the said agreements are primarily →→ An Employment Workshop major companies, with national presence and market leaders. Among them, we mention: Eulen, Mango, Supermercados →→ León: Social and Healthcare for Dependent Coviran, Sprinter, Grupo SAR and Kiabi. Persons 32% OF THE COMPANIES RENEW THEIR AGREE- MENT WITH THE ACCEDER PROGRAMME

An indicator of the growing confidence the companies have with our programme is the fact that 32% of the companies that signed an agreement with us repeated the experience. Some of them have signed more than seven agreements. The main goal of the agreements signed with companies is concluding agreements for carrying out vocational training activities (72%) related to trades or occupations in the company’s activity sector. The objective of 26% of the agreements signed with companies is carrying out workplace traineeships. Some of the companies that collaborate continually with Acceder are: Siro Group, Eurest, ISS Facility Services, PAGE PAGE Carrefour and Inditex. 38 39 CATERING ASSISTANT COURSE ACCEDER CONTRACTS IN 2011: 4,042 2,945 persons WITH A CONTRACT

4,042 CONTRACTS OBTAINED

3,118 PARTICIPANTS BY ETHNIC ORIGIN IN TRAINING COURSES, IN 2011 ROMA: 2,640 1,414 MEN AND 1,704 WOMEN NON-ROMA: 1,400

COURSES BY SPECIALTY. Total: 308 14 FORKLIFT DRIVER 45 SHOP ASSISTANT 39 HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SERVICES BY GENDER 10 CLEANING MEN: 1,765 WOMEN: 2,277 14 CHAMBERMAID 12 COMPUTER SKILLS 14 LITERACY AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 11 BEAUTICIAN 10 MAINTENANCE 15 SUPERMARKET CASHIER BY AGE 14 DRIVING LICENCE UNDER 25: 953 9 SHELF STACKER FROM 25 TO 30: 1,016 FROM 31 TO 35: 719 14 CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM 36 TO 45: 999 7 COOKING FROM 46 TO 55: 306 OVER 56: 49 7 BUILDING 12 WAITING STAFF 6 SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITY INSTRUCTOR 5 PRE-OCCUPATIONAL AGREEMENTS, BY SECTOR 175 4 HOSTESSES COMMERCE: 77 3 AIR CONDITIONING CONSTRUCTION: 1 3 LANDSCAPING HOTEL INDUSTRY: 37 8 WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT BEAUTY: 12 3 AGRICULTURAL WORKER 3 SECURITY GUARD INDUSTRY: 1 4 SOCIAL HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE: 21 2 LAUNDRY SERVICES: 26 20 FOOD HANDLING

SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES RECEIVE SALE ASSISTANT DIPLOMAS IN GALICIA

TWO OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FORKLIFT DRIVER COURSE, IN VITORIA “LA CAIXA” INCORPORA PROGRAMME

At the beginning of 2006, the Social Work section of “ la Caixa” launched the programme Incorpora to facilitate the BUDGET: € 150,000 work integration in normal companies of people with special d efficiencies, as a solution against social exclusion. WHERE?: FSG CARRIES OUT In 2011, by means of its Acceder programme, the FSG signed a collaboration agreement with the “la Caixa” THE INCORPORA PROGRAMME Foundation for developing this programme in six towns, having as main aim that of facilitating employment access IN: MADRID, BARCELONA, to Roma people by means of a methodology, tools and network of partner entities, that would directly contribute ELCHE-ALICANTE, MURCIA, to obtaining this aim. MÁLAGA AND BADAJOZ

FSG PRESIDENT, PEDRO PUENTE, AND THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIAL WORK SECTION OF “LA CAIXA”, JAIME LANASPA GATNAU, SIGNING THE COLLABORATION AGREEMENT SO THAT THE FSG MAY LAUNCH THE PROGRAMME IN SIX TOWNS

PAGE PAGE 40 41 Acceder: ELEVEN YEARS OF SUCCESS AND HARD WORK Jonathan Gabarri, UNEMPLOYED

TheAcceder operating programme was launched in 2000. “The Fundación Secretariado Its main goal was to achieve effective access of the Roma Gitano is a great help, they community into the labour market. After twelve years the give you everything: they results have shown that it is an efficient programme which offer very good courses, they has become a benchmark in Europe and an example of help you look for work, if you good practice. need a CV they help you do it, they offer you addresses of job agencies… There’s nothing more anyone can do. They are really involved in this and this way they help a lot of people”

43,805 CONTRACTS OBTAINED

WOMEN: 22,813 | MEN 20,992 ROMA: 30,574 | NON-ROMA 13,231

PEOPLE TAKING 70,000 PART IN THE 58,069 64,246 51,173 ACCEDER 44,591 PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMME 37,754 32,944 28,231 43,805 CONTRACTS 23,006 CONTRACTS 17,358 OBTAINED 12,352 6,221 10,000

0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

SELF-EMPLOYMENT 120 PROJECTS 96 112 SELF-EMPLOYMENT 72

50 PROMOTERS: 134 36

11 MEN: 75. WOMEN: 59 1 3 ROMA PEOPLE: 115 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

EMPLOYING 20,000 COMPANIES 15,094 16,159 EMPLOYING COMPANIES 14,073 12,991 11,742

10,325 9,051 8,534

0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

PEOPLE 20,000 15,802 PEOPLE TRAINED TRAINED 12,734 10,354 MEN: 6,697 8,412 6,987 6,100 4,891 WOMEN: 9,105 3,633 1,869 1,041 ROMA: 12,846 394 NON-ROMA: 2,956 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | EMPLOYMENT LABOUR INTEGRATION SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: COMMITTED TO SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT Creating mixed spaces that combine training with work envi- towards the mainstream labour market– and that is based on ronment and launching sheltered employment initiatives that the Programme’s specific resources in several fields of activ- will facilitate a progressive transition to the labour market ity: career guidance processes, vocational training courses, have been a constant of Acceder since its inception. Workshop Schools, Trade Schools and mixed training-employment programmes. In 2008 this effort gains a new dimension with the concep- tion of a strategic line of action focused on the creation and 2011 has been especially relevant in this field, as three new promotion of work integration social companies, which was work integration social companies were promoted, which consolidated with the creation of Vedelar in 2009. Thus, a contributed to the final consolidation of this line of activity new insertion mechanism was created and integrated into within Acceder. Nowadays, FSG is promoting under Acceder the Acceder model, complementing the personalised path- four work integration social companies and a sheltered em- ways of access to employment –the last transition stage ployment Project at national level. VEDELAR: INSERTION IN THE LANDSCAPING AND FORESTRY SECTOR

Vedelar is a work integration the environment and respon- activities that had not been social company developed by sible forestry. performed previously, such as the FSG in the Principality bead weaving, hole digging and of Asturias in the landscap- Along the lines of the work planting trees. ing and forestry sector. It was begun during 2011, the incorporated in January 2009, participants ensured the In 2011 we achieved the inte- as a transition stage towards maintenance of the gardens gration into the mainstream the mainstream labour market in state schools and other labour market of one worker. for members of the Roma parks and areas in the town We should also mention the community in Avilés with the of Avilés. Also, we contin- extraordinary progress accom- most difficulties in accessing ued to render services for plished by some members of employment. It is the natu- entities such as Fundación the personnel in both social and

C/ SÁNCHEZ CALVO, 2 BAJO ral follow-up to the Vedelar de Avilés Hospital, el La employment fields. 33402, AVILÉS Forestry School, a training Curtidora Company Centre, PHONE: 985 561 724 initiative run by with Fairground of Avilés Region, Vedelar is part of the delega- FAX: 985 565 604 Acceder [email protected] the aim of social and occupa- Virgen de la Luz tion of ADEIPA (Asturian tional insertion in the area of IES Institute etc. Association of Social Inser- tion Companies) and partici- PERSONNEL: 8 PEOPLE, 5 IN THE INSERTION PROCESS This year, Vedelar has man- pated in INSERCIONA, the aged to expand its private first European Fair of Social INCOME IN 2011: € 212,728.15 clients portfolio as well as Insertion Companies, held in extend into other operat- Barcelona on 23rd and 2011 BUDGET: € 181,426.78 ing areas and carrying out 24th February. Thanks to the design of a Zen garden, this year Vedelar was awarded the second prize in the Garden Design Contest held in “JardinEquip 2011” in March.

THIS YEAR, VEDELAR HAS MANAGED TO EXPAND ITS PRIVATE CLIENTS PORTFOLIO AS WELL AS EXTEND INTO OTHER PAGE PAGE OPERATING AREAS 42 43 UZIPEN-MADRID: CLEANING, MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT

C/AHIJONES S/N 28018 (MADRID). CLEANING: 656 955 845 REFURBISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE: 665 317 933 GENERAL PHONE: 91 507 91 40 [email protected]

The second work integration Also, in 2011 Uzipen-Madrid social company promoted became a permanent mem- by the FSG was created in ber of the Madrid Associa- February, although Uzipen- tion of Integration Compa- Madrid obtained its provi- nies, which allowed it to sional qualification as Work participate in INSER- CIO- Integration Social Company NA, the first European Fair in September. of Social Insertion Compa- nies, held in Barcelona. VEDELAR: INSERTION IN THE LANDSCAPING AND FORESTRY SECTOR The objective of this company is the work integra- In the training sector, we tion of excluded persons by highlight the specialised rendering services in areas course on building cleaning such as building cleaning, provided by EULEN. PERSONNEL: 12 PEOPLE, 5 IN THE INSERTION PROCESS auxiliary services, building maintenance, refurbish- INCOME IN 2011: € 280,679.96 ment and minor repairs. 2011 BUDGET: € 256,280.55 Thus the individualised employment pathways of Acceder complement the specific resources that the programme offers in these fields: cleaning training courses, Employment Workshop School and Trade Schools in brick- work, minor repairs and refurbishment. The greatest part of the activity of Uzipen-Madrid in its year of inception focused on rendering cleaning, maintenance and refurbishment services in the FSG headquarters in Madrid, rendering cleaning services for the IRIS –Institute for Rehous- ing and Social Integration– and the performance of other less complex works for clients such as FAEDEI (Federation of Entrepreneur- ial Associations of Integra- tion Companies) or the company Linkedteams.

UZIPEN-MADRID WAS CREATED IN 2011 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE WORK INTEGRATION OF EXCLUDED PERSONS BY RENDERING SERVICES SUCH AS CLEANING, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, REFURBISHMENT, AMONG OTHERS. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | EMPLOYMENT

UZIPEN-CASTILE-LEON: SPECIALISTS IN REFURBISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE

PERSONNEL: 3 PEOPLE, 2 IN THE INSERTION PROCESS

C/ CARDENAL CISNEROS, 65 INCOME IN 2011: 8,739.5 € 24010, LEÓN PHONE. 665 19 57 58 - 987 27 66 00 FAX: 987 27 66 01 2011 BUDGET: 7,251.16 € [email protected]

Uzipen Castile-León was created in November 2011 in re- Uzipen’s short trajectory was marked by two events in 2011: sponse to the various employment and training initiatives that the FSG has been carrying out in León since 2000. It stemmed →→ The conclusion of an agreement with the Bishopric of from the various Trade Schools and Employment Workshops León for carrying out rehabilitation and maintenance in the refurbishment and maintenance sectors: it is an exten- works for several of its buildings in León city and the sion of the work performed in the employment access path- entire León province. We estimate that this will ensure a ways developed under Acceder. continuous volume of work and will allow Uzipen-Castile to gain stability on the market and progressively expand Uzipen Castile-León was created with a double aim: its line of work to other clients. As a result of this agreement, the full rehabilitation of a building in Astorga de →→ The social and work integration of excluded persons in León street began. the framework of a company by rendering services of refurbishment, rehabilitation, building maintenance and →→ Admission as member of the FECLEI – Federation of minor repairs. Insertion Companies of Castile-León, entity that exercises the repre-sentation and dialogue between insertion com- →→ The comprehensive training by holding a job and paral- panies in the region. lel psychosocial support targeting the acquisition of key abilities necessary for the integration on the mainstream Thus we envisage promising prospects for the company, which labour market. will have to consolidate in 2012 its successful inception.

UZIPEN CASTILE- LEÓN WAS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO THE VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INITIATIVES CARRIED OUT BY THE FSG IN LEÓN SINCE 2000.

PAGE PAGE 44 45 UZIPEN-CASTILE-LEON: SPECIALISTS IN REFURBISHMENT NABUT, MANY PATHS, BUT ECOTUR, A PROFESSIONAL AND MAINTENANCE ONE GOAL: THE LABOUR HOSTESS SERVICE MARKET C/ SAN BLAS Nº2 BAJO C/ AHIJONES, S/N PAMPLONA 31014 28018, MADRID PHONE. 625.501.969 PHONE. 91 507 03 44/ 691 364 212 [email protected] [email protected] www.nabutnavarra.org

Nabut is an NGO established in Navarre in March, as an Ecotur, a professional conference and tourism hostess service extension of the Nabut Social and Work Integration Centre at national level with an experience of over ten years. It offers (CIS). Its aim is to provide an employment pathway to people the possibility to gain access to specific training and to acquire who are potentially or currently socially excluded, preferably knowledge in order to obtain a new professional profile in line Roma people. with the professional interests and personal characteristics of young Roma women, allowing the gradual transition to It encompasses a wide range of activities, in the following the labour market as well as the continuity in the educational areas: system. Thus, it combines the development of specific training actions with the rendering of professional services, covering all →→ Work clothing product line kinds of events. →→ Industrial launderette Ecotur currently has a client portfolio of over 200 companies and a track record of over 600 events, 300 young women →→ Office supplies, stationery and office automation supplies trained, 150 people hired as hostesses and auxiliary personnel and 1,700 employment contracts. Many companies and →→ Transport and transfers authorities believed in us. →→ Services in the Public University of Navarre 2011 brought a significant increase in our client portfolio. Our services were hired by entities such as: the Red Cross, Burgos →→ Clothing shop Congress and Convention Centre, Canal de Isabel II public company, Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE) →→ Office cleaning and Barcelona City Council. 2011 has been a key year for Nabut, as the lines of work devel- We should also emphasize other significant actions that we oped under the CIS have been progressively assimilated and initiated, for instance: we promoted the programme in Ciudad then enhanced within the Company and new activity fields Real, so that we could start providing the service in 2012 and have been introduced. Thus, starting March, office cleaning we had the programme included in the Burgos city guide. services have been provided, covering the needs of FSG headquarters and also catering to companies and authorities. Also, during 2011 a building was purchased and fitted out for the development of the laundry service, which had previously been carried out in a building of the Special Centre for Employment. One should note that in May Nabut’s web page www.nabutnavarra.org was launched and its comercial exploitation began during August by selling office supplies and stationery.

PERSONNEL: 23 PEOPLE, 19 IN THE INSERTION PROCESS

ECOTUR IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICISE A LITTLE-KNOWN FACET OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY IN 2011 NABUT PURCHASED AND FITTED OUT A WITHIN A RECOGNISED OCCUPATIONAL FRAMEWORK BUILDING TO DEVELOP ITS LAUNDRY LINE. CONVEYING A POSITIVE IMAGE. IFSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMA PROMOCIONA ARRIVES IN ALMERÍA, CÓRDOBA, HUELVA, EDUCATION JAÉN, ALBACETE AND VILLAVERDE, IN MADRID.

FEBRUARY COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE FSG’S KEY PRIORITIES

127 PROGRAMMES 15,547 BENEFICIARIES PROMOCIONA LANDS IN SABADELL The distance between the educational situation of the Roma MARCH and the rest of the population is truly alarming and contrib- BUDGET: utes to widening the inequality and social exclusion gap char- € 1,451,648.31 acterising a large proportion of the Roma community. DIRECTOR OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Although the Roma community has taken significant steps APRIL in the last 30 years with regard to education and especially to Mónica Chamorro START OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE AWARE- NESS CAMPAIGN “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE…” TO COMBAT EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING BY schooling Roma boys and girls (94% of primary-age children ROMA PUPILS. PHOTOVAN LOGO go to school with 6 years old or earlier), there is still a long road ahead. In Primary school, 28% of the pupils do not attend classes regularly and 64% have results below the average or significantly below the group average. In Secondary Compulsory MAY Education (ESO), 68% of Roma pupils suffer curricular lag of at least two years, and only 20% of those entering ESO actually complete it. Therefore, high dropout rates, school failure and EU MINISTERS OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE ACTION PLAN FOR FIGHTING AGAINST EARLY early school leaving are the main challenges we are facing. SCHOOL DROP-OUT, AN OBJECTIVE OF THE EU2020 STRATEGY JUNE

WE FOCUS ON SECONDARY EDUCATION

JULY From the outset, the educational advancement of the Roma community has been one of the FSG’S priorities. Our line of work in this field focuses on boosting the educational advancement of the Roma community at all levels and ages and on developing programmes aiming at educating AUGUST the pupils, preventing school dropout and early school leaving, continuing post-compulsory studies, fostering the involvement of the Roma families in their children’s education, offering aid and technical support to education professionals and preparing studies.

SEPTEMBER

WE PROVIDED 300 SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG ROMA TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO AND/OR CONTINUATION WITH POST COMPULSORY STUDIES.

OCTOBER

BEGINNING OF THE THIRD EDITION OF FSG’S COURSE “UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK WITH THE ROMA COMMUNITY” IN THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE (UPNA), WITH 37 PARTICIPANTS.

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

PAGE PAGE 46 47 THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE FSG’S KEY PRIORITIES

In spite of the difficulties, there is a continuous increase in the number of Roma boys and girls completing compulsory education and wanting to continue their studies. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | EDUCATION

In the past few years, the FSG has been focusing especially on the more difficult stages (such as the Secondary educa- SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED IN 2011: 300 tion) and so it developed programmes such as Promociona, aiming at the educational mainstreaming of Roma pupils in order to achieve higher academic success rates in the last BUDGET: € 123,000 primary and secondary education cycles. (See page 50).

Scholarships awarded in 2011 Applications: 347 →→ The Programme to promote access to and continuity in secondary and university education for young Roma, Total: 300 offering socio-educational and financial support to 136 MEN 164 WOMEN Young Roma who decide to continue their studies after SECONDARY SCHOOL: 31% UNIVERSITY: 42% SECONDARY VOCATIONAL: compulsory education. 29,6% OTHER: 2% →→ TERTIARY Along this line, in 2010 the FSG launched the aware- VOCATIONAL: 9,3% ness-raising campaign “When I grow up, I want to b e … ,” whose second phase developed in 2011. Its main goal is to raise the awareness of Roma families on the importance of education and the need for Roma boys and girls to finish Compulsory Secondary Education. (See page 85). STUDENTS: 37 STUDENTS WITH FSG SCHOLARSHIP: →→ This year, we continued to organise and participate in international events and projects related to education 30, ALL ROM. and the Roma community. We highlight our partici- BUDGET: € 100,000 pation in the pilot project “A Good Start: Scaling up Access to Quality Services by Young Roma Children”, FUNDED BY: led by the Roma Education Fund (REF) and organised jointly with other transnational organisations. This initiative is funded by the EU Directorate General for Regional Policy. Raising the awareness of Roma →→ Finally, we highlight the organisation, in collaboration with the Public University Of Navarre (UPNA), of families on the importance of the Course “University Diploma in Social Work with the Roma Community.” It is a 750-hour online course education and fostering their aimed especially at Roma university graduates, practis- involvement in their children’s ing professional Roma social workers, whose participation was facilitated by the FSG by means of reduced education is one of the main fee scholarships. objectives of our intervention.

PAGE PAGE STUDENTS OF COURSE “UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN 48 49 SOCIAL WORK WITH THE ROMA COMMUNITY. OUR WORK IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AT A GLANCE The main aims of our educational activity in 2011 were:

To advance and facilitate the access of Roma children to edu- To raise the awareness of Roma families on the importance of cation. We worked with: education and to foster their involvement in their children’s education. We worked with: 272 ROMA PUPILS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 1,760 FAMILIES. To foster normalisation of compulsory education for Roma children. We worked with: To promote the involvement of the educational centres in the education of Roma children. We maintained steady collaborations with: 3,204 CHILDREN (1,901 AT PRIMARY AND 1,303 AT SECONDARY LEVEL). 573 EDUCATIONAL CENTRES: To promote access and to support continuity of Roma pupils in the post-compulsory education. We worked with: 224 primary school 195 secondary school 133 ROMA STUDENTS AT SECONDARY OR 154 primary and secondary school UNIVERSITY LEVEL . We managed: We accomplished:

300 STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS AMOUNTING TO 83 TEACHER TRAINING ACTIONS € 67,321 . To foster basic training of Roma adults. We worked with: 126 university students 93 highschool students 818 PEOPLE (544 WOMEN and 274 MEN). 61 students in the secondary We should also highlight that we carried out other and tertiary vocational education actions (workshops, meetings, conferences etc.) aimed at promoting intercultural education, amounting to We accomplished: a total of:

8 STUDENT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY 827 PEOPLE 323 ACTIONS. IN ASTURIAS, BARCELONA, CÁCERES, JEREZ, MADRID, MURCIA, SALAMANCA AND ZARAGOZA.

STUDENT MEETINGS (PHOTO IN MURCIA) ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT, GIVEN THEIR VALUE AS SPACES FOR MEETING AND REFLECTION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. PROMOCIONA, CONTINUE AND WIN

2011 was a year of consolidation and growth for this project, STUDENTS ASSISTED: 710 initially launched in 2009 as a pilot programme. We continued to develop it in the 20 cities where it was implemented in 2010 2011 BUDGET: € 950,000 and it firmly expanded to 7 new cities.

The objective ofPromociona –FSG’s most relevant programme in the education area– is for Roma pupils to finish compulsory education and, after obtaining the compulsory secondary edu- Promociona, cation (ESO) diploma to continue their secondary education IN 27 CITIES and continue to university. Promociona actions target Roma pupils in the last cycle of Primary Education (5th and 6th grade) and Compulsory IN 2011, Promociona WAS PRESENT IN Secondary cycle (1st to 4th grade of the ESO) and aim at 14 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS AND 27 CITIES, generating and fostering the necessary conditions for fa- 7 MORE THAN IN 2010. vouring the educational success of Roma pupils by working with different players involved: students, families, schools and other social stakeholders. CITIES AND TOWNS WITH promociona PRESENCE Promociona basically provides for two types of action:

Gijón Santander →→ Educational and Family Orientation, based on tailored guidance of pupils and their parents to involve the fam- Oviedo ily in achieving educational success for their children. León Pontevedra →→ Promociona Classrooms, for support and high-quality Palencia Sabadell extra tuition in small groups.

Salamanca Madrid (Latina-Caño Roto, In addition, a key factor in the development of this pro- Vallecas, Villaverde) gramme is the collaboration with educational centres, as well as with other resources and services that may be Valencia Cáceres Albacete involved in the education of Roma students. Pamplona Ciudad Real Badajoz Of the students that participated in Promociona in the Alicante Córdoba 2010-2011 academic year: Linares Murcia Sevilla JAÉN Huelva →→ 27% of pupils in the sixth year of Primary Education Granada Jerez de passed all subjects and went on to the ESO (90% of girl Málaga NEW HEADQUARTERS IN 2011 la Frontera Almería students and 79% of the boys). La Línea HEADQUARTERS →→ 79% of the students in the fourth year of the ESO obtained the diploma (88.71% of girl students and 68.42% of the boys). FUNDED BY: →→ Of those finishing compulsory education, 96.8% have gone on to non-compulsory education (94.5% of girl students and 100% of the boys).

PAGE PAGE 50 51 Promociona DATA STUDENTS Total: 710 2011 BOYS: 42.7% GIRLS: 57.3 % AT PRIMARY: 27.8% AT SECONDARY: 72.2%

Total: 317 2010 BOYS: 48% GIRLS: 52% AT PRIMARY: 33% AT SECONDARY: 63% In 2011 we reached Total: 208 58 Promociona Classrooms, 2009 BOYS: 44% GIRLS: 56% attended by 565 students AT PRIMARY: 51% AT SECONDARY: 49%

EDUCATIONAL CENTRES Total: 240 AT PRIMARY: 66 AT SECONDARY: 114 BOTH: 44 2011 Patricia Vázquez 16, IS IN THE THIRD Total: 150 YEAR OF THE ESO 2010 Total: 86 “To me, Promociona 2009 seemed a very interesting programme, it helped me acquire study habits and FAMILIES become aware that I have to study, because without 2011 617 education I will get nowhere”. 2010 280 2009 179

By means of Promociona, we offer support to Roma students so that they complete their compulsory education and continue their studies.

PROMOCIONA CLASSROOMS OFFER SUPPORT AND HIGH-QUALITY EXTRA TUITION IN SMALL GROUPS. IFSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE ACTIVITY REPORT ANALYSED THE SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE ERADICA- TION OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS HOUSING DECENT HOUSING, ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIAL FEBRUARY 17 PROGRAMMES INCLUSION FSG’S EXPERIENCE IN THE HOUSING AREA IS 39 ACTIONS INCLUDED AS GOOD PRACTICE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN PRAGUE ON ACCESS TO 1,207 BENEFICIARY HOUSING FOR ROMA FAMILIES MARCH Spain is the European country where most progress has been made regarding the residential integration of Roma popula- 207 FAMILIES NEWLY tion, but it should not be forgotten that 4% of Roma families RELOCATED still live in slum settlements and ghetto areas and 12% in substandard housing, especially in Galicia and Andalusia, accord- BUDGET: APRIL ing to the 2007 “Roma Community Housing Map”, elaborated € 957,976.47 by the FSG and the Ministry of Housing. However, despite this progress, the current economic crisis

CONFERENCE ON SLUM SETTLEMENT ERADICATION and lack of employment has had a negative impact on Roma AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROMA HABITABILITY CONDITIONS (NATIONAL HOUSING AND families as well, who are affected by the radical modifications MAY REHABILITATION PLAN 2009-2012) brought to banks’ credit policy and by the difficulties in keeping up-to-date with the payment of rent, mortgage etc. Access to housing is an essential condition for the advancement and social inclusion of any person. That is why we JUNE CREATION OF THE SPANISH URBAN VULNERABILITY OBSERVATORY believe that the public authorities must continue to work to address this situation of inequality in terms of housing that the Roma community is facing compared to the rest of the population.

JULY THE HUNGARIAN SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, ZOLTÁN BALOG, VISITED THE FSG IN ORDER TO GET TO KNOW THE MAIN MEASURES TARGETING THE ROMA IN SPAIN AND, AMONG THEM, OUR WORK IN THE AREA OF HOUSING IN 2011, 207 FAMILIES WERE RELOCATED WITH THE HELP OF THE FSG. AUGUST

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DECEMBER THE DEMOLITION OF THE LAST SUBS- TANDARD HOUSING ON MADRONA ROAD PUTS AN END TO 30 YEARS OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS IN SEGOVIA

PAGE PAGE 52 53 DECENT HOUSING, ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION

The actions carried out by the FSG Housing Area in 2011 followed the same strategic line of previous years: providing access to decent housing for the Roma community in an inclusive and normalised environment. A framework of actions aimed at getting to know more in depth the situation the Roma community is experiencing as regards housing, thus contributing and influencing the development of policies and action plans based on the knowledge acquired and whose final goal is to solve the situation of housing exclusion that a great part of the Roma population is still facing.

THE FSG PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Our main actions focused on two directions: on the one HELD IN PRAGUE ON ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR ROMA, WHERE hand, political and institutional action and, on the other, OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE HOUSING AREA WAS INCLUDED direct assistance to Roma families, both Spanish and from AS BEST PRACTICE. Eastern Europe.

INSTITUTIONAL ACTION FOR COMBATING DIRECT SUPPORT FOR ROMA FAMILIES DURING SUBSTANDARD HOUSING THE RELOCATION PROCESS

In 2011, our political and institutional action work focused Relocation measures cannot be seen solely from the urban on boosting the role of the State Secretariat for Housing and planning viewpoint, but require a more compre-hensive of competent bodies in different local governments and on vision of the innumerable factors affecting the situation of the application of the measures provided for by the 2009-2012 the most underprivileged families and of the socioeconomic National Housing and Rehabilitation Plan (PEVR), and by the development of the neighbourhoods. The goal is not just to amendment of article 7 of the European Regional Development provide decent housing, but to do so in an environment that Fund (ERDF) as regards the eradication of slum settlements favours opportunities for social inclusion. and substandard housing of marginalised populations, including the Roma. Here at the FSG we are convinced that a large part of the success of these relocation operations in the medium and In addition, we participated in the main European plat- long term depends not only on providing guidance to the forms for Roma social inclusion, following up on initiatives families during the entire process, but also in taking effec- such as the European Framework for National Roma Integra- tive steps towards social inclusion of the most underprivi- tion Strategies that explicitly considers the area of housing leged families, and also intervening in any crises and con- as one of the fundamental pillars for Roma social inclusion. flicts that may arise. As such, we took active part in the civil society consultation on the Spanish Strategy, which includes operational objec- Final eradication of slum settlements and substandard hous- tives and indicators relating to reducing inequalities in ing and consolidating the situation of families that have terms of housing between the Spanish Roma and begun a new life in normalised and inclusive environments non-Roma population. are FSG priorities.

The FSG has played an active part in important programmes aiming at eradicating slum settlements and rehabilitating degraded neighbourhoods in various autonomous regions, contributing to the best possible adaptation of the measures to the needs of the families involved and aiding the competent authorities in designing these measures in addition to monitoring them. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | HOUSING THREE EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK aimed at THE ERADICATION OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS

ERADICATION OF THE PENAMOA SLUM SETTLEMENT (La Coruña) In 2011, the collaboration between Corunna City Council and The FSG continued to work with educational and family plans FSG Galicia resulted in the final eradication of the Penamoa prepared by the action team to make the relocation a suc- slum settlement, the largest in Galicia and one of the most cess. At the moment the process is being carried out within the significant examples of this urban blight in Spain due to its size expected guidelines and with very few incidents. and the problems facing its inhabitants.

The actions carried out under theSocial Inclusion and Eradica- tion of the Penamoa Slum Settlement Programme include: BENEFICIARIES: 80 FAMILIES →→ support for accessing a standard dwelling for every Roma 400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RELOCATED family participating in the programme BUDGET: € 317,000 →→ implementation of comprehensive social inclusion programmes through family-wide pathways for social, Funded by: educational and occupational insertion →→ family education programmes and social accompaniment to enable access to the rights and obligations of citizens. In 2011 we managed to finally eradicate the Penamoa slum settlement, one of the largest in Spain

THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CORUNNA CITY COUNCIL AND FSG GALICIA RESULTED IN THE FINAL ERADICATION OF THE PENAMOA SLUM SETTLEMENT.

PAGE PAGE 54 55 THREE EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK aimed at THE ERADICATION OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS

WE PUT AN END TO 30 YEARS OF SLUM MADRID, AN EXAMPLE OF ACCOMPANIMENT AND SETTLEMENT IN SEGOVIA NEIGHBOURHOOD MEDIATION PROGRAMMES 2011 meant the final point of ghetto areas in Segovia and thus In 2011, the housing team of FSG Madrid continued to work ended a stage which had lasted for more than 30 years. In close with families relocated by the Madrid City Council’s Municipal cooperation with Segovia City Council, we managed to complete Housing and Urban Planning Company (EMVS), with whom it the relocation of all the families pertaining to the slum settlements has been collaborating for many years. in Carretera de Madrona and El Tejerín, who now live in houses owned by the city council or in free market homes. Throughout this process, the programme focused on direct interventions with families from various slum settlements and The FSG has been carrying out since 2006 theSocial accompa- substandard houses in Madrid who had been awarded dwell- niment programme for families excluded from decent housing to ings. The needs of these families were identified, with a view to facilitate access to standard housing for the Roma population facilitating the insertion process in high-rise dwellings, in coor- living in these two slum settlements, by means of three types of dination with public services and intervening in cases of com- complementary actions: munity conflicts, in order to facilitate the coexistence between the neighbours residing in the building and the newly relocated →→ the first stage was carried out in the neighbourhoods family. Thus, the programme is a basic benchmark for families hosting the relocated families with specific lines of action who have been awarded dwellings and their communities of focusing on social accompaniment and intensive family and residents thanks to its continuity over time, which enhances the community counselling. quality of our interventions. →→ the second consisted of relocation of the families in the target environment. BENEFICIARIES: 650 FAMILIES →→ the third one provides for social inclusion actions with families, in close cooperation with municipal social services: RECEIVING CONTINUOUS ACCOMPANIMENT AND SUPPORT school integration, work integration, social and healthcare and social participation. 1,352 INTERVENTIONS BUDGET: € 126,000 BENEFICIARIES: 288 PEOPLE 7 FAMILIES WERE RELOCATED BUDGET: € 52,000

Funded bY:

The complete eradication AFTER 30 YEARS, of slum settlements and THE DEMOLITION OF THE LAST SLUM SETTLEMENT IN MADRONA ROAD FINALLY PUTS substandard housing and AN END TO THE GHETTO AREAS IN SEGOVIA. consolidating the situation of families that have begun a new life in normalised and inclusive environments are among the FSG’s fundamental challenges for the following years. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT SOCIAL STEP BY STEP TOWARDS THE SOCIAL INCLUSION FEBRUARY THE PUBLIC HEALTH AREA PUBLISHES A LEAFLET FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION TITLED DIKELA, HABLA DEL SIDA SIN 176 PROGRAMMES LACHE (“LOOK! TALK ABOUT AIDS WITHOUT BEING ASHAMED”) INCLUSION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY 32,964 BENEFICIARIES

BUDGET: MARCH Promoting the social inclusion of the Roma community is the THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES BY A VAST € 6,249,075.63 MAJORITY THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE FUTURE fundamental goal of the FSG and has been our main objective STRATEGY ON ROMA INCLUSION during 2011. To accomplish this mission, comprehensive action DIRECTOR OF THE is necessary in key areas such as access to employment, educa- SOCIAL INCLUSION tion and housing, not forgetting other important factors inter- DEPARTMENT: APRIL related with these that enable both equal opportunities and a WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR YOUTH DYNAMIZATION AND PROMO- better quality of life: healthcare, social relations, coexistence Maite Andrés TION OF HEALTHY HABITS and social participation. During 2011, FSG has put numerous comprehensive measures into effect, each one individually tailored to the territories MAY where we are active and targeting not only Roma individually,

EUROMA NETWORK DEBATED IN PRAGUE THE but also families and neighbourhoods as a whole, taking into CREATION OF A GUIDE FOR CITY COUNCILS AND REGIONS ON THE USE OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS account the diversity of origins, with special attention to the FOR ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION needs of key groups such as Roma women and youth.

JUNE In addition, we focused on assistance, capacity-building and collaboration with professionals from public authorities and social bodies who also work with Roma community, with a view to establishing synergies and providing appropriate re- THE FSG IS VISITED BY THE GROUP OF PARTNERS IN THE SRAP (ADDICTION PREVENTION WITHIN ROMA AND SINTI sponses to the different needs of the Roma community. COMMUNITIES) EUROPEAN HEALTH PROJECT JULY 1ST EDITION OF “CONFERENCES ON HEALTH AND ROMA COMMUNITY” ARE CELEBRATED IN LUGO 19,622 PEOPLE

AUGUST benefitted DIRECTLY FROM OUR 110 COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMMES WITH OUR SEPTEMBER 22 HEALTH PROGRAMMES WE HAVE REACHED 5,075 PEOPLE, YOUTH MOSTLY. THE ROMA FROM eastern EUROPE PROGRAMME OCTOBER PROVIDED ASSISTANCE THE FSG ATTENDS THE “INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY”’ TO 3,330 personas IN 12 CITIES ACTIONS TARGETING ROMA YOUTH NOVEMBER BENEFITED 4,500 YOUNG PEOPLE

THE FSG PUBLISHES A NEW COMIC “JUST ENJOY” THAT OFFERS INFORMATION ON ALCOHOL: EFFECTS, Our social inclusion actions and MYTHS, CONSUMPTION RISKS ETC. DECEMBER programmes take into account THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL POLICIES AND EQUALITY PUBLISHES THE “SOCIAL DIAGNOSTIC OF ROMA COMMUNITY IN SPAIN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ENQUIRY CARRIED OUT IN 2007 BY the cultural and social diversity THE CENTRE FOR SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE HOUSEHOLDS OF ROMA POPULATION of the targeted people and PAGE PAGE 56 57 neighbourhoods. STEP BY STEP TOWARDS THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY

Our comprehensive services have attempted to: The situation of exclusion, →→ foster constructive coexistence, taking the active participation of community members into account and not poverty or social disadvantage focusing only on Roma, but including all people living in experienced by part of the the targeted environment community has a direct effect →→ address their needs on the basis of access to and use of the standard services available to all citizens and taking on many aspects of their lives into account the need to break the digital gap that the and must be approached in a Roma community and other disadvantaged communities may face. comprehensive manner.

THE ROMA FROM eastern EUROPE PROGRAMME PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 3,330 personas IN 12 CITIES FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT A EUROPEAN SOCIAL SEEKING PROJECT INCLUSION: FOR ROMA HEALTH EQUALITY IN YOUTH

22 PROGRAMMES HEALTHCARE 5,075 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES Social inequalities, given the the Fundación Secretariado BUDGET: current structure of society, Gitano and the then Minis- € 318,014.38 favour the uneven distribu- try of Health and Consumer tion within the same society Affairs based on the first and among different socie- National Health Survey. The European project ties of the possibilities of Addiction Prevention enjoying life development During 2011 the FSG, by within Roma and Sinti and good health.1 As regards means of its territorial offices Communities, headed by the Spanish Roma com- and in cooperation with the Italian city of Bologna, munity, its living standards the central departments, kicked off in 2010, with have been worse than those attempted to contribute to the participation of 11 of society in general with promoting a healthy lifestyle public and private organi- significant educational, by means of prevention, sations from eight coun- occupational, housing and promotion and awareness tries (Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, economic disadvantages. programmes targeting Roma Romania, France, Slovenia This is reflected in the families –youth, children and Slovakia), including report Towards Fairness and adults– and social and the Fundación Secretari- in Health. To reduce the healthcare staff working for ado Gitano. inequalities in the Roma com- public and private entities munity in a single genera- that make up the different The goal of the project tion2, carried out in 2006 by resources available. –funded by the European Commission Executive Agency for Health and Consumers and co-funded in Spain by the National Plan against Drugs– is to contribute to the prevention THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FSG OFFICES CARRY OUT and reduction of addictive DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AIMED AT INVOLVING ROMA FAMILIES IN TAKING CARE OF THEIR HEALTH, SUCH AS THIS NUTRITION substances consumption WORKSHOP IN SESTAO. among the Roma youth, and to develop a common work methodology. This year the research-action stage was developed and it involved FSG’s territorial offices that are more experienced in this intervention.

BUDGET: € 21,100

FUNDED BY:

CO-FUNDED BY:

PAGE PAGE 1. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/es/ MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, SERVICIOS SOCIALES 58 59 2. http://www.gitanos.org/publicaciones/equidadensalud_estudio/ E IGUALDAD TWO PROGRAMMES WITH ONE GOAL: TO PREVENT DRUG ADDICTION

Preventing drug addiction among Roma youth is one of the priorities of the FSG Health Area. For this purpose, we carry out several projects based on two lines of work:

→→ Directly with young people CONTRIBUTING TO PREVENTING ADDICTION TO LEGAL AND ILLEGAL DRUGS AMONG THE ROMA COMMUNITY →→ By training healthcare personnel IS A PRIORITY LINE OF WORK FOR FSG’S HEALTH AREA.

ROMANO SASTIPÉN, youth and families,” attended SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL WORKING WITH YOUNG by 23 professionals. PERSONNEL PEOPLE It should be noted the imple- Thanks to the Programme Training of healthcare and social mentation of this programme personnel in promoting a healthy lifestyle and preventing drug The Romano Sastipen pro- in Cañada Real Galiana, in consumption in the Roma community. ‘Romano Sastipen,’ fi- gramme, funded under the Madrid. This is an area deeply nanced by the National Plan against Drugs using funds from National Plan against Drugs, affected by social exclusion, seized goods, we carry out various training actions. For 2011 has been promoting and where we gave priority to the we mention: supporting prevention initia- intervention with minors tives adapted to the Roma and young people –and their →→ The seminar “Roma Community and Health: Roma Com- community. families– who are facing munity activity in Healthcare Services”, held in Lugo and higher risks. attended by 60 professionals. Among the actions targeting professionals and carried →→ Creation of informative material on alcohol consumption out in 2011 we highlight the and healthy leisure targeting Roma youth, of which 1,500 drug addiction prevention FUNDED BY: copies were published. workshop titled “Designing MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, SERVICIOS SOCIALES actions and intervention with E IGUALDAD 2011 BUDGET: € 37,000 260 ACTIVITIES IN 24 TOWNS AND 11 REGIONS FUNDED BY:

BENEFICIARIES: MINISTERIO 1,658 YOUTH DE SANIDAD, SERVICIOS SOCIALES AND OVER 200 PROFESSIONALS E IGUALDAD 2011 BUDGET: € 51,000

Sinai Escudero IS 8 YEARS OLD Our lines of work in the area of AND PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS health focused on training social HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES IN CASTELLÓN and healthcare professionals to work in culturally diverse “I love going to the enviroments and directly with Foundation’s toy library in my neighbourhood because Roma people, in order for Roma I learn new games with my to become more actively involved friends and I go to workshops to become healthier” in taking care of their health and gain easier access to healthcare services. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT SOCIAL Including ROMA YOUTH in the SOCIAL INCLUSION: YOUTH fabric

Enabling Roma youth to 24 PROGRAMMES enter the social give and take, to access mainstream services 4,591 DIRECT and resources dedicated to BENEFICIARIES young people in general and thus develop their interests BUDGET: and life project in the current € 133,047.25 socioeconomic conditions of our country entails set- ting objectives in the short, medium and long terms, and building bridges and areas for the presence of Roma youth in the structures of social interaction. This is the objective of FSG youth activities. For these reasons, at FSG enable them to exercise active cult task, because the starting we deem essential for citizenship. point is a community often guaranteeing equal oppor- on the verge of exclusion and tunities the development of Dynamising Roma youth social viewed with certain mistrust social action programmes participation is an essential by the rest of society, that is with Roma youth that ad- task, as it facilitates the process currently directly affected by dress their needs and per- of social inclusion in which the the crisis, which is decreasing sonal development, provid- Roma community is immersed. its opportunities ing them with the tools to This is at the same time a diffi- to develop.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FSG YOUTH AREA IS ENABLING ROMA YOUTH TO ENTER THE SOCIAL GIVE AND TAKE. PHOTO: SANNI SAARINEN

PAGE PAGE 60 61 CHAVÓS NEBÓ-TODAY’S Including ROMA YOUTH in the SOCIAL YOUTH

The FSG set up the Chavós Nebó-Today’s Youth Informa- fabric tion and Activation Youth Network twelve years ago with the aim of empowering Roma youth through participation. The Foundation now runs 26 recognised youth information points ROMA YOUTHS ARE THE PROTAGONISTS within the framework of the National Network of Youth Infor- mation Services. The methodological lines followed in 2011 in our work with youths took into account street education, the creation of These youth information offices foster collaboration with focus groups comprising expert personnel and young Roma non-specific mainstream services and favour the cultural speci- and the training of facilitators and young people. Among ficity and Roma youth promotion. For this purpose, we work others, we focused on: with young facilitators of Roma or other cultural origin, fostering social participation and empowerment of Roma youth →→ Sexual-affective education: focusing on the preven- on an equal footing, as well as awareness on the importance of tion of early pregnancy in adolescents and on the non-discrimination. development of social abilities and decision-making, in order to offer young Roma information, resources In 2011, all youth information services have been more than and tools enabling them to construct their life proactive and hosted informative, dissemination, awareness, train- ject in an independent and egalitarian manner. Thus ing and activation activities. In addition, we held two coordi- they have more resources for making decisions and nation meetings of facilitators in the Madrid network and four a wider range of opportunities and so they become training activities: active citizens. →→ Training on early pregnancies prevention. →→ ICT: we paid special attention to training youth facilitators and to direct activities with Roma youths on →→ Workshop on technologies for youth activation and pro- using information and communication technologies motion of a healthy lifestyle (social networks mainly) and on preventing addictive substances consumption. →→ Application of the ICTs to youth social intervention, event attended by 29 professionals. →→ Networked work: part of our work focused on networked and institutional work with other agencies, →→ Workshop for promoting a healthy lifestyle and preventing mainly within the Spanish Youth Council, on draft- youth drug addiction. ing the White Paper on Youth, introducing the ethnic minorities’ topic and, specifically, the social situation and interests of Roma youth in the general youth Cities where the network is policies. We also highlight the line providing techni- present: ALMERÍA, JEREZ, LA LÍNEA, cal aid and collaboration for other regional youth GRANADA, HUELVA, SEVILLE, AVILÉS, organisations, such as the Youth Institute of Navarre GIJÓN, OVIEDO, ZARAGOZA, HUESCA, or the Youth Institute of Asturias and several local ALBACETE, CIUDAD REAL, PUERTOLLANO, councils. TALAVERA DE LA REINA, BURGOS, LEÓN, PALENCIA, SEGOVIA, VALLADOLID, Along this line, noteworthy is our participation in BARCELONA, BADAJOZ, CÁCERES, forums and youth meeting platforms, such as the edi- MÉRIDA, MADRID, PAMPLONA. tion of Youth Awards organised by the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE) where we proposed as candidates 2011 BUDGET: € 40,000 two Roma female volunteers of FSG, and we attended the awards ceremony. FUNDED BY:

In the Youth Area, this year we focused on sexual-affective education, prevention of addictive substances consumption and the use of social networks TRAINING FOR FACILITATORS OF THE CHAVÓS NEBÓ YOUTH NETWORK FOCUSING ON THE USE OF ICTS WHEN WORKING WITH YOUTHS FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT SOCIAL COMMITTED TO ROMA INCLUSION: ROMA FROM FROM EASTERN EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE With the arrival to Spain of lack knowledge of the proce- A COMPREHENSIVE thousands of Roma from dures and have language bar- Eastern Europe in search of riers) and they generally lack APPROACH AGAINST 21 PROGRAMMES a better standard of living, training, which leads them to EXCLUSION the FSG, via specific actions, access precarious, unstable 3,330 DIRECT committed itself to the social and badly paid jobs. Roma immigrants require BENEFICIARIES and occupational inclusion. comprehensive individualised After the moratorium ended action plans, adapted to their BUDGET: The situation of inequality in January 2009 and once they needs and characteristics. By the faced by the Roma arriving became European citizens 21 projects developed in 2011 € 268,408.97 from Eastern Europe with full rights, the situation with Roma with Eastern Europe –around 40,000, mostly of many Roma improved, so (in the areas of employment, from Romania, but that they could access standard education and social inclusion) also from Bulgaria, Bosnia jobs as employees. Neverthe- we assisted 3,330 people. or Poland, among others– less, the improvement was not is evident: they suffer as significant as desired, due to The FSG began these interven- inequalities in access to the economic crisis and to the tions with Roma population housing and the concession current situation on the labour from Eastern Europe in 2006 of social aid (they tend to market. In addition, since the and in 2011 was present in: summer of 2011, a new mora- Almería, Córdoba, Málaga, torium imitates the right of Oviedo, Avilés, Barcelona, Ma- Romanian citizens in Spain to drid, Murcia, Alicante, Valen- work as employees. cia, Burgos, Zaragoza and Vigo. 2,284 ROMA PEOPLE FROM EASTERN EUROPE ASSISTED IN 2011 ROMANIAN MEN: 1,135 WOMEN: 1,496 TOTAL: 2,631

BULGARIAN MEN: 88 WOMEN: 102 TOTAL: 190

PHOTO: SANNI SAARINEN OTHER MEN: 1 WOMEN: 2 TOTAL: 3

PAGE PAGE 62 63 MURCIA AND VALENCIA, Rodica Oprea LIVES IN LA CAÑADA REAL, TWO EXAMPLES OF WORK IN MADRID, AND COMES FROM ROMANIA.

WITH ROMA FROM THE EAST “The Fundación Secretariado Gitano has In 2011, the FSG continued the work accomplished with helped me a lot with many Roma families from Eastern Europe. The main actions were things, for example with that of induction and basic aid, social accompaniment and my daughter’s doctor for orientation to specialised services, legal counselling, social taking a healthcare course awareness, social and employment-related intervention and that taught me many actions in the areas of education and healthcare. things I didn’t know. I am always welcome there.”. We present below two examples of our work with Roma from the East. BASIC ASSISTANCE AND COMMITMENT TO EM- VALENCIA, COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE PLOYMENT IN MURCIA INTERVENTION

Under the Programme of Basic Aid for Roma Population The Roma community from the East living in the Valencia immigrating from the Eastern Europe in Murcia we fostered Region is facing, on the one hand, a very serious situation of social inclusion and equality by means of a compre-hensive exclusion. However, on the other hand, they have very good intervention focused especially on designing social inser- social abilities and are willing to work with us or with any tion pathways and of accompaniment in the access to resource that may help them normalise their situation. The standard resources and services, creating individualised most serious challenges they are facing are: housing, access to assistance processes. healthcare and access to mainstream labour market. However, we strongly committed to employment. In 2011 Working with Roma from Eastern Europe requires a com- we held 4 training courses with non-employment profes- pre-hensive and transversal intervention, for which rea- sional traineeships: one for driver’s license (theoretical son our actions always aim at their participation in all the part), Construction Skills Certification Scheme, a gatekeep- programmes carried out by the Foundation. We must stress er course and a forklift driver course. the efforts undertaken for normalising their legal situations, schooling all minors we have record of in the city of Valen- We have also maintained a good collaboration with the cia, as well as the problems regarding access to healthcare Consulates of the countries where most of our users come and employment. from, namely Romania and Bulgaria, which allowed us to assess and provide accurate information on potential docu- Challenges: obtain access to healthcare –for this purpose we mentation problems. are working directly with the authorities..

BENEFICIARIES: 68 PEOPLE, BENEFICIARIES: 488 PEOPLE, MOSTLY ROMANIANS MOSTLY ROMANIANS 397 ACTIONS 1,373 ACTIONS 2011 BUDGET: € 25,000 2011 BUDGET: € 25,000

FUNDED BY: FUNDED BY:

STUDENTS STUDYING SPANISH RECEIVE DIPLOMAS CERTIFYING THEIR LANGUAGE ABILITIES The FSG has been working for years now with Roma population from Eastern Europe through a comprehensive intervention with families, fostering their participation and autonomy as regards access to resources. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT SOCIAL A COMPREHENSIVE INCLUSION: SOCIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE FOR THE ACTION

GENERAL DATA: DEVELOPMENT OF 110 PROGRAMMES 19,622 DIRECT THE COMMUNITY BENEFICIARIES Exclusion, poverty and social actually excluded, lives, is thus ing housing, food, healthcare BUDGET: handicaps experienced by converted into both a starting etc. have raised the poverty € 4,970,395.74 certain groups or individuals point and an action resource. and exclusion levels of Roma have a direct effect on certain Global diagnoses and compre- families. aspects of their lives: they hensive responses considering obstruct the exercise of fun- social and cultural advance- The challenges in the next damental rights and in many ment within the environment period focus on maintain- cases provoke an undesirable itself are necessary by means of ing support to Roma families intergenerational transmis- the active participation of the in order to slow down and sion. These are multi-factor people involved. alleviate these difficulties as and multi-dimensional much as possible, given that causes of exclusion and thus 2011 has been a difficult year they pose a great threat to the require measures aimed at all for the Roma community and progress achieved in the last the factors in a coordinated for all citizens in general. The few decades in terms of social and therefore comprehensive difficulties in finding and/ inclusion of the Roma com- manner. or keeping a job, in accessing munity in Spain. social services and social aid The community context –due to the increase in the de- The Social Community Ac- in which a group, such as mand and the public spending tion that the FSG has been part of the Roma commu- limitation– or in meeting the carrying out in 2011 con- nity, at risk of exclusion or basic needs related to maintain- solidated in various regions of Spain, although at different development levels. An important challenge was, on the one hand, responding to increasing demand from Roma families living in the most vulnerable situations and, on the other, maintaining social aid programmes and services despite the economic difficulties experienced by the country. Some of these well established programmes have focused on direct action with respect to the poverty experienced by a significant number of Roma children and others on social aid through the creation of community participation programmes and basic aid.

PAGE PAGE 64 65 “CAIXA PROINFANCIA”, COMBATING CHILD POVERTY

Thanks to the support of the Social Work Section of “la Caixa” Foundation, the FSG once more implemented the Caixa Proinfancia programme, the aim of which is to provide intensive aid to families threatened by extreme poverty and social exclusion. For this purpose, the programme includes specific actions designed to: →→ mitigate the precarious economic situation of families →→ foster social inclusion of minors and their families at BENEFICIARIES: risk of social exclusion 2,500 CHILDREN AND 1,400 FAMILIES →→ meet basic needs and encourage development as persons. 2011 BUDGET: € 1,583,000 The programme emphasises socio-educational development of the children, ensuring that they have the same Funded by: opportunities as the rest and preventing future situations of exclusion. The specific aid lines are: →→ direct aid for food, educational material, clothing, Our challenges in the next few years glasses etc. will include maintaining the support →→ help with receiving support services in the educational offered to Roma families and thus and child development spheres. preventing a step backward from the THE FSG IMPLEMENTS THE CAIXA PROINFANCIA IN: progress achieved in the last decades VALENCIA –WHERE IT MANAGES THE PROGRAMME in terms of social inclusion of the DIRECTLY–, BARCELONA, ZARAGOZA, MURCIA, Roma community in Spain. MADRID, SEVILLE AND MÁLAGA

BOYS AND GIRLS FROM CAÑADA REAL GALIANA DE MADRID ENJOYING A DAY OF FUN THANKS TO PROINFANCIA FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT SOCIAL INCLUSION | SOCIAL COMMUNITY ACTION

THE TRAVELLING STUDIO PROVIDED BY THE FOSTERING positive SOCIAL WORK SECTION OF CAJA MADRID ALLOWED US TO REINFORCE OUR ACTION IN COEXISTENCE IN LA CAÑADA AND TO REACH MORE FAMILIES. COMA, PATERNA (VALENCIA) The objective of the Inter- ally diverse area with clear cultural Community Action signs of social disadvantage, Project in Paterna (Valencia), favouring citizen participa- launched by the FSG in 2010, tion, fostering and ensuring is generating a social inter- coexistence and supporting vention model that fosters the adaptation of community community development services to the needs of the processes and enables the inhabitants. society as a whole to prevent social conflict situations. The In 2011 we focused on project is being carried out enhancing networked work in the La Coma district of between entities and profes- LOOKING FOR THE EXIT FROM Paterna and is part of a social sionals already working in innovation pilot project the neighbourhood, mainly POVERTY AND EXCLUSION IN along with 16 other projects in three fields: education, developed simultaneously in social and healthcare and various Spanish regions. participation, with special at- LA CAÑADA REAL tention to families, children 2011 saw the launch in especially from the Roma The FSG is implementing and youth, and generating La Cañada Real Galiana community but also belong- the project through a multi- new initiatives and action in Madrid of a social and ing to immigrant families. disciplinary team to encour- protocols that allowed us to employment advancement age the dynamics of collabo- efficiently respond to the programme that, based on The programme has a ration between the different challenges in the areas of the diagnosis established multidisciplinary team for: social partners, favouring education, healthcare and in 2010, attempts to break carrying out educational community and intercultural citizen relations, while fos- inter-generational transmis- and leisure activities with coexistence, in a cultur- tering cultural diversity. sion of exclusion and poverty children, offering basic aid in Roma families living in services, actions promoting this settlement. a healthy lifestyle (with a LA COMA, AN INTERCULTURAL NEIGHBOURHHOOD special focus on preventing Thanks to an agreement addictive substances con- TOTAL INHABITANTS: 6,956 with the Social Work Section sumption among minors) of Caja Madrid, our inter- and developing social and vention team has available employment pathways. It is a mobile unit, similar to an based on the coordination SPANISH NON-ROMA SPANISH ROMA FOREIGN ORIGIN office on wheels that has with public and private exist- POPULATION: 3,556 POPULATION: 2,786 POPULATION: 614 allowed us to reinforce out ing resources and its meth- action and to reach the dif- odology provides for the ferent sectors existing in the empowerment of resident BENEFICIARIES: 6,967 PEOPLE area, thus playing the role families for searching ways of a social device, meet- to leave behind their exclu- 2011 BUDGET: € 155,000. ing point and reference for sion situation, especially in children and their families, terms of housing. Funded by:

BOYS AND GIRLS AT SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE VALENCIAN LA COMA BENEFICIARIES: 60 FAMILIES NEIGHBOURHOOD BUDGET: € 160,000

Funded by:

DELEGACIÓN MINISTERIO DEL GOBIERNO DE SANIDAD, SERVICIOS SOCIALES EN MADRID E IGUALDAD

PAGE PAGE 66 67 ACCOMPANIMENT DURING

Rosa Giménez IS A HOUSEWIFE AND LIVES RELOCATION IN HUESCA IN THE LOS MÁRTIRES VILLAGE, WHERE WE WORK WITH THE URBAN PROJECT

“I couldn’t read nor write, nor go to places, I was like a little child who knew nothing. Thanks to the In Huesca the FSG is carrying out the Urban Caminar Pro- Fundación Secretariado ject, an individualised accompaniment service for the social Gitano I became more inclusion of Roma families relocating in new dwellings. confident, I keep going, I feel better, I will do everything I The goal of this project is to prevent and eliminate conflicts can possibly do for my four within the family system, that affect negatively the individual, children, for them to become family/group and community development and the relation more than I am. I don’t with the community environment. It aims at a healthy and want them to depend on comprehensive interaction in the Perpetuo Socorro neigh- anyone and to feel they are bourhood in Huesca, providing and facilitating abilities, worth less than anyone else”. strategies and resources to its members for constructively settling conflicts, for appropriate access and use of public services and resources and for active exercise of the citizenship. The actions carried out in 2011 focused on: IN THE PERPETUO SOCORRO →→ preparing the relocation of five Roma families of the NEIGHBOURHOOD: 69% OF THE slum settlement Cuesta de los Mártires, whose access to new dwellings will take place in 2012 POPULATION IS ROMA, 28% →→ tutoring for preparing the exam for obtaining the ARE IMMIGRANTS AND 3% ARE Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) diploma and NON-ROMA LOCAL INHABITANTS. educational support for pupils in Primary and Second- ary school BENEFICIARIES: 208 PEOPLE →→ organising healthy and integrating leisure and free time activities BUDGET: € 42,712 →→ occupational counselling and training in coordination with companies for the insertion of workers in the Funded by: fields of refuse collection and construction.

THE “URBAN CAMINAR” IS AN INDIVIDUALISED ACCOMPANIMENT SERVICE FOR THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF ROMA FAMILIES IN NEW DWELLINGS FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT

THE DOCUMENTARY “ROMNIA. ROMA WOMEN” IN STANDING UP TO DISCRIMINATION EQUALITY “LA AVENTURA DEL SABER” (THE ADVENTURE OF KNOWING) BROADCAST BY TVE-2 FEBRUARY THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE EVALUATION OF SPAIN BY THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELI- MINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (CERD), IN GENEVA. THE SPANISH CASE While poverty and exclusion affect most Roma families, the poor social image, rejection and discriminatory situations af- COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS fect the entire community. We will not advance on the road to OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN 24 PROGRAMMES PRESENTATION OF THE 2010 REPORT OF THE NETWORK OF AID CENTRES FOR VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION social inclusion only by improving living standards, but by facing up to discrimination and the factors that make it possible. 3,526 DIRECT MARCH BENEFICIARIES For that reason, one of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano’s BUDGET: main lines of action is the advancement of equal treatment (in all ways) both with regard to society in general and to the € 336,667.4 internal operation of the organisation. APRIL HEAD OF EQUALITY THE THIRD SECTOR OF SOCIAL ACTION SUPPORTS THE EQUAL TREATMENT When talking about equality in the Roma community we must AREA: AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT take into account the fact that this is a fundamental dual right: Sara Giménez on the one hand, it is acknowledged “de jure” in the national and international legislation; on the other hand, the exercise and enjoyment of this right “de facto” in reality shows a MAY notable deficit, affecting a part of the Roma community in all APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT BILL OF THE COMPREHENSI- VE EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT aspects of life: education, employment, housing, healthcare, social participation etc. FSG EQUALITY AREA PARTICIPATES IN THE EUROPEAN PROJECT “+ RESPECT” FOR COMBATING DISCRIMINATION When approaching the advancement of a vulnerable group, JUNE such as the Roma community, it is necessary to foster the non-discriminatory treatment of the said group in a comprehensive manner, given that discrimination is a barrier affecting people’s development under equal opportunities and thus JULY hinders the social inclusion of an entire minority.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER The objective of the FSG’s Equality Area is to foster equal treatment and non-discrimination of the Roma community by means of THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CITIZENSHIP AND INTEGRATION 2011-2014 IS APPROVED various lines of work, from a gender-based OCTOBER approach, carrying out actions that promote non-discrimination and the comprehensive THE ROMA WOMEN GROUP (GMG) PARTICIPATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ROMA WOMEN, IN GRANADA advancement of this minority. THE FSG ORGANISES THE 15TH CONFERENCE OF ROMA WOMEN “EMPOWERMENT AND EQUALITY”

NOVEMBER THE FSG PRESENTS ITS “2011 ANNUAL REPORT. ROMA DISCRIMINATION AND COMMUNITY

Annual report FSG 2011 FSG Technical notebook nº 102 FSG Technical Discrimination and the Roma Community

Presentation of 115 cases C/ Ahijones, s/n - 28018 Madrid (España) of discrimination Tel.: (34) 91 422 09 60 - Fax: (34) 91 422 09 61 [email protected] www.gitanos.org Comprehensive Draft Law on Equality

Network of assistance

Annual report FSG 2011 centres for victims of discrimination

MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, POLÍTICA SOCIAL European framework E IGUALDAD for the social inclusion strategy targeting Collaboration: the Roma population

COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN Discrimination and the Roma community

2011_09_IA_FSG_2011_Portada_ingles.indd 1 21/12/2011 10:17:18 CONFERENCE ON “THE ROLE OF EQUALITY BODIES IN COMBATING DISCRIMINATION,” ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT

COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN

THE FSG ORGANISES A NATIONAL SEMINAR OF ROMA WOMEN: “SOCIAL AND FAMILY INTERVENTION WITH THE ROMA COMMUNITY UNDER EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES” THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES THE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AGAINST RACE DISCRIMINATION AND XENOPHOBIA

DECEMBER

THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE SEMINAR “CRIMES OF HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION. A MULTIDISCIPLNARY APPROACH” IN BARCELONA

PAGE PAGE 68 69 STANDING UP TO DISCRIMINATION

The current situation of the Roma community with respect PROMOTING EQUALITY to the fundamental principle of equality is still deficient and The objective of the FSG’s Treatment and Non-discrimination Act, that unfortunately all the more preoccupying in Equality Area is to foster remained unaddressed after the change of Government. these years of economic crisis, equal treatment and non- when the Roma remain a highly discrimination of the Roma →→ Active participation of the FSG in the Council for the rejected social group discrimi- community by means of vari- Promotion of Equal Treatment, an activity that we have nated for its ethnic origin. In ous gender approaches, car- been carrying out as sitting members of the Network of Aid their turn, Roma women are rying out actions that foster Centres for Victims of Discrimination. facing an especially vulnerable non-discrimination and the situation, given the multiple comprehensive advancement →→ Development of many training activities –we should empha- discrimination barriers they of Roma women. size our participation in the first prosecutor training course encounter: for being women, on approaching the fight against discrimination, organised for their ethnic origin and for The following actions were by the Centre for Legal Studies– and several training activi- belonging to a patriarchal soci- the most significant in 2011: ties for security personnel and public order agents. ety that assigns them a role that hinders their social promotion. →→ Boosting the Draft Bill of →→ Presentation of the Practical Guide for Journalists in the Eu- the Comprehensive Equal ropean Project Respect in Rome. →→ Participation in the evaluation session of the Spanish state by We will move toward social the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimina- tion (CERD), held in Geneva; we prepared a shadow report inclusion not only by improving together with other entities. living standards, but also by facing →→ Presentation of amendments and contributions to the Draft situations of discrimination and Bill of the Comprehensive Equal Treatment and Non-discrimination Act, to the 2nd Plan for Citizenship and the factors that make it possible. Integration, to the National Strategy against Racism, Xeno- phobia and other Forms of Intolerance. →→ Consolidation of our network activity: with entities such as the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment, the Plat- form for Police Management of Diversity, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Amnesty International, etc. →→ Launch of the second phase of the campaign Gitan@s=Ciudadan@s. →→ Active participation of the FSG’s Roma Women Group (GMG). →→ Preparation of a protocol for assisting and orienting Roma women that suffer situations of gender violence. →→ Preparation of the content of a “Guide on social intervention with the Roma population from a gender-based perspective.” →→ Development of training activities, seminars, conferences etc. on the equality between men and women, also attended by young Roma. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT EQUAL A CHALLENGE: EQUAL TREATMENT TREATMENT 4 PROGRAMMES One of the main barriers preventing Roma advancement is 2,257 beneficiarios the poor social image, rejection and daily discrimination they are still experiencing. Although there is still a long way BUDGET: to go for obtaining real and effective equality for the Roma € 151,425 community, 2011 brought certain progress in this respect and FSG’s Equality Area has played an active part therein: →→ The Draft Bill of the Comprehensive Equal Treatment and Non-discrimination Act, a legislative milestone that should be resumed. →→ The approval of the Comprehensive Strategy against Racism, Xenophobia and other Forms of Intolerance. →→ The 2nd Plan for Citizenship and Integration. →→ The work carried out under various bodies and platforms that FSG is part of or collaborates with: Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination Campaign on the Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin and the Network of Aid Centres for Victims of Discrimination; the Platform for Police Management of Diversity, Special Prosecutors for Hate Crimes and Discrimination in Barcelona etc. →→ At European level: the recommendations made to Spain by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the recommendations included in the fourth report of the European Commission against ROMA=CITIZENS Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). ROMA ARE EUROPEAN CITIZENS TOO CALLING FOR A SOCIAL INCLUSION AND NON-DISCRIMINATION STRATEGY FSG’s Equality Area continues to work actively for making TARGETING THE ROMA COMMUNITY progress in the equal treatment of the Roma community, thanks to the Programme for Promoting Equal Treatment and Combating Discrimination of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and as members of the Network of Aid Centres for Victims of Discrimination of the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment. We have four priority lines of action: 1. Detection of cases of discrimination on ethnic grounds, and advice and support for the victims in proceedings to defend their rights;

Photography by Luiza Puiu 2. Technical service and training for key players in the fight against discrimination; 3. Social awareness actions by means of dissemination of information related to the subject;

MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, POLÍTICA SOCIAL E IGUALDAD 4. Promotion of equal treatment policies.

PAGE PAGE 70 71 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION

In 2011, under the Fight against Discrimination Programme 7th ANNUAL REPORT ON “DISCRIMINATION and in our capacity as members of the Network of Aid AND THE ROMA COMMUNITY” Centres for Victims of Discrimination, we recorded 155 cases of discrimination. Of these, 45 affected individual victims and 110 affected the Roma community in general In order to give more vis- or a group of Roma people. In 53 cases we provided direct ibility to the Roma victims of Annual assistance and we developed an intervention strategy based discrimination, for the sev- report on information, dialogue, mediation and legal assistance. enth year in a row, the FSG FSG 2011

has collected and analysed notebook nº 102 FSG Technical the 115 cases recorded in Discrimination and the Roma Community

2010 in the Annual Report on Presentation of 115 cases C/ Ahijones, s/n - 28018 Madrid (España) of discrimination In 2011, the FSG recorded 155 cases of Tel.: (34) 91 422 09 60 - Fax: (34) 91 422 09 61 “[email protected] and the Roma www.gitanos.org Comprehensive Draft Law discrimination, the access in the media, Community” presented on on Equality 8th November to the Minis- Network of assistance Annual report FSG 2011 centres for victims education employment, access to goods try of Health, Social Policies of discrimination

MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, POLÍTICA SOCIAL European framework and Equality, inE IGUALDAD Madrid. The and services and housing. 69% of the for the social inclusion report was also presented be- strategy targeting Collaboration: the Roma population

COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION victims were women. OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND fore the presidentNON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GofROUNDS Equality Commission ofOF RACIAL OR ETHNICthe ORIGIN Andalu- sian parliament, before the DISCRIMINATION DATA Municipal Committee for Social Affairs of the Jaén City Discrimination and the Roma community →→ 87% are younger than 35 2011_09_IA_FSG_2011_Portada_ingles.inddCouncil 1 and the Culture Cen- 21/12/2011 10:17:18 tre Old Institute in Gijón. →→ In 100% of the cases, the victim suffered moral damage Funded by GOBIERNO MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD, SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE ESPAÑA →→ These cases violated the victims’ right to: E IGUALDAD →→ privacy : 16% →→ employment: 14% 115 RECORDED CASES OF DISCRIMINATION →→ housing: 11% →→ education: 6% THE MAIN AREAS IN WHICH DISCRIMINATION IS EXPERIENCED ARE: THE MEDIA (32%), Of the 110 collective cases: EMPLOYMENT (17%), ACCESS TO GOODS →→ 90% involved discriminating news in the media. AND SERVICES (11%), HOUSING (9%) AND →→ 99% involved direct discrimination. EDUCATION (8%) 69% OF THE VICTIMS WERE WOMEN

COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OVER 52% ARE YOUNGER THAN 30 OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN

PRESENTATION BEFORE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE 7TH REPORT ON DISCRIMINATION AND THE ROMA COMMUNITY RECORDING AND ANALYSING THE 115 CASES OF DISCRIMINATION REGISTERED BY THE FSG IN 2010 FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT EQUALITY | EQUAL TREATMENT TRAINING KEY PLAYERS OBJECTIVE: REMINDING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PEOPLE THAT THE ROMA TOO DISCRIMINATION ARE EUROPEAN CITIZENS Another strategic line of work of the FSG’s Equality Area is The Roma continue to be one of the groups with the poor- training key players in the fight against discrimination, such est social image at European level, which causes them to be as: security personnel and forces of public order, lawyers, victims of numerous discriminatory practices hindering the university graduates and social work specialists. For this exercise of their rights as citizens. For this reason, thanks to purpose we carried our own training courses based on the the agreement on the Network of Aid Centres for Victims knowledge of the legal framework, the applicable discrimi- of Discrimination signed with the Ministry of Health, Social nation-related legislation, the existing tools to combat dis- Services and Equality, in 2011 we launched the second phase crimination and the progress made up to the present time. of the campaign Roma=Citizens kicked off in 2010 in collab- In addition to this, we participated in various external train- oration with Unión Romaní after the massive expulsion from ing courses as experts on approaches to non-discrimination France of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma citizens. of the Roma community. This second phase, apart from engaging all citizens in respect- Through our own courses we have trained 130 security ing human rights in the European Union, insisted on the impor- and public order agents, 50 social work specialists and 37 tance of a strategy for social inclusion and non-discrimination regional specialists of the FSG. of the Roma community in every EU state. For this purpose, the FSG published: leaflets in Spanish, English and Catalan; posters In our capacity as experts: and other objects whose dissemination we hope will contribute to raising the awareness of the society as a whole. Moreover, the →→ We participated as speakers in 12 training activities, multilingual microsite that we launched during the first phase targeting over 450 social work specialists. of the campaign is still active and allows the download, among other things, of the letter that the FSG and Unión Romaní ad- →→ In the legal field, we participated in the first training dressed at that time to social organizations throughout Europe. course for prosecutors, organised by the Centre for www.gitanos.org/ciudadanos. Legal Studies, and in one training course with the Cordoba Bar Association, organised by the Kamira Federation. →→ In the academic field, we gave various lectures: at the The second phase of the Schools of Law of Valladolid and Barcelona and at Roma=Citizens campaign, in addi- the School of Educational Sciences in Huesca, among others, training over 220 people, both students and tion to engaging all citizens to respect professors. human rights, insisted on the impor- →→ At European level, we presented the Practical Guide tance of a strategy for social inclusion for Journalists to 20 social work specialists, university students and graduates during the conference on and non-discrimination of the Roma Combating anti-Roma prejudices and stereotypes through community in every EU state. Media (Combatiendo los prejuicios y estereotipos anti gitanos a través de los medios) under the +Respect European project, held in Rome.

IN 2011, THE FSG ORGANISED TRAINING COURSES ON EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MORE THAN 130 SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER AGENTS

PAGE PAGE 72 73 PROMOTING EQUAL TREATMENT POLICIES

Another basic pillar aiming at equal treatment focuses on fos- →→ Our involvement in the Platform for Police Management tering equal treatment promotion policies. In 2011 we moni- of Diversity, created in 2010 and consolidated this year by tored the national and European legislation and policies that the addition of new members and its organisation in work- were being carried out in terms of equal treatment and fight ing groups focused on: training (coordinated by the FSG); against ethnic discrimination, and we played an active part in international and public relations; and good practice. We many of them. We highlight: highlight our participation in several training activities promoted by the FSG and targeting policemen. →→ Our work in the preparation of the Draft Bill for the Comprehensive Equal Treatment and Non-discrimination →→ Our collaboration with the Special Prosecutors for Hate Act, to which we contributed along with other third sector Crimes and Discrimination of the Barcelona Prosecutor’s organisations by playing an active role in several meetings. Office on approaches to discrimination cases. In addition, (See page 20) the FSG has concluded several collaboration agreements with regional ombudsmen (Andalusia, Castile-León, Mur- →→ Our work in the National Council for the Promotion of cia, Asturias etc.) and with other social organisations such Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination on Grounds of as SOS Racism or Amnesty International. Racial or Ethnic Origin. In our capacity as members, we play an active part in this Council and we carry out an intense ac- →→ At the European level, we remain members of the Platform tivity in several working groups, especially in the Aid Group of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for Victims of Discrimination, that FSG has been chairing (FRA) and of the ENAR Network. In 2011 we started an in- and coordinating for another year. In addition, we partici- stitutional relation with Equinet, attended several seminars pated in training actions and in the high level conference and participated in the session of the UN Committee on “The role of equality bodies in the fight against ethnic and racial the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) held on discrimination” attended by Spanish and European experts. 23rd and 24th February to present the progress and recom- We have also submitted amendments and statements relating mendations as regards combating discrimination against to relevant documents in terms of discrimination, such as the the Roma community in Spain. Furthermore, we participat- Second Plan for Citizenship and Integration (PECI) or the ed in a meeting with a delegation of the evaluation commit- National Strategy against Racism and Xenophobia. tee under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, during which we presented the progress and pending challenges the Spanish In 2011, the entities making up government is facing in terms of combating discrimination the Network of Aid Centres for against the Roma community. At the end of December, together with other social entities, we started working on a Victims of Discrimination recorded shadow report that would be presented to the UN Commit- 235 cases. Most of the victims were tee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Maghribian and Roma.

THE FSG PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN THE PREPARATION OF THE DRAFT BILL OF THE EQUAL TREATMENT ACT. IN THE PHOTO, MEETING OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF THE ROMA PEOPLE, OF WHICH THE FSG IS A MEMBER, WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL POLICIES AND CONSUMPTION FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT ROMA WOMEN MAKE CHANGE GENDER EQUALITY Roma women are brining a new meaning to Roma identity WORKING FOR EQUAL through dialogue, reflection, effort and the increasing role OPPORTUNITIES they play in society. They are generating positive changes and 20 PROGRAMMES becoming the yardstick not only in the Roma community itself In its work supporting equal op- 1,269 DIRECT but in society in general. portunities for men and women attending this diversity, the BENEFICIARIES Certain aspects of the progress of Roma women and their FSG carries out projects target- BUDGET: access to a diverse society on a normal footing are obvious: ing women and girls of all ages their increasing motivation towards training and education, with different levels of educa- € 185,215.4 employment and leisure; the increase in the number of female tion and interests. Furthermore, Roma entrepreneurs; their increasing involvement in coexist- we carry out cross-cuttingstrat- ence in open intercultural areas etc., which is giving rise to egies for global change to ben- changes not only in their own community, but also in society efit both men and women, their Roma in general. families, the Roma community Women and the society in general. However, it is necessary to point out the barriers Roma women continue to face even today, given that the variables of “gen- We support social participa- der” and “ethnic origin” give rise to a specific type of discrimi- tion networks, as well as the nation. The specific features of Roma women are not just a organisation and participation mere sum of two cultural identities, which trigger a situation in conferences and seminars of multiple discrimination. As such, Roma women are simul- organised by the FSG or other taneously affected by three aspects: they are women within a entities. They favour, on the one patriarchal society, they belong to a minority group with very hand, the meeting, the creation low social acceptance and they belong to a culture in which of ties, the debate and social their gender values are associated with the role of wife and participation of Roma women mother, thereby diminishing their chances of progress. and, on the other, they allow knowing better the current situation that they are living themselves and the effort they make improve it. Gender equality is socially and economically profitable for the entire Roma community, including men. The FSG’s work is based mainly, though not exclusively, on equality, focusing on the advancement of Roma and the prevention of gender violence.

The progress and mainstreaming of Roma women and their access to a diverse society give rise to changes in their own community and in

PAGE PAGE the society 74 75 as a whole. FOSTERING GENDER EQUALITY

Thanks to theSocial and Occupational Integration Programme for Roma women, created under the collaboration agreement signed with the Women’s Institute, in 2011 we reached 209 people through actions of all kinds that fostered the promotion of Roma women. We highlight the fact that in 2011 we prepared the content of a social intervention guide with Roma population from a gender perspective, which will be publicised in 2012 and is the result IN 2011, THE FSG’S GROUP of the deficiencies we identified as regards the specialisation of ON GENDER VIOLENCE DRAFTED AN ACTION social work professionals covering both variables: the gender PROTOCOL AGAINST perspective and the Roma community. GENDER VIOLENCE Among the activities carried out in 2011, we highlight:

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ROMA WOMEN ROMA WOMEN GROUP. GMG

On the 7th and 8th November, the Women’s Institute held its The Roma Women Group (GMG), made up of FSG female em- yearly seminar for professionals. This year’s edition focused on ployees, is a consultative and participation body established in “Social and family intervention with the Roma community un- 2003 by initiative of these women, which analyses the needs and der equal opportunities”. The goal was to offer useful content, interests of Roma women and puts forward strategies fostering strategies and tools for social intervention with social groups effective equality of Roma women. facing the risk of exclusion, especially to raise awareness on the need for equal opportunities between men and women. In 2011 it was composed of 14 women and held three face-to-face meetings. Additionally, the GMC also held two training sessions: 91 people participated (59% of them were younger than 30), of one on public and private empowerment and the second on group whom 25 were men belonging to different ethnic groups that methodology and social and community intervention. We also were very active during the seminar. highlight the GMC’s participation in the International Conference of Roma Women held on the 24th and 25th October in Granada. NATIONAL ROMA WOMEN CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP ON GENDER VIOLENCE The 16th National Roma Women Conference “Empowerment in Equality” was held on the 5th and 6th October in the FSG’s In 2011 we consolidated the work of the Group on gender vio- Assembly Hall in Madrid. The event was attended by 89 people, lence created in to 2009 to define the type of aid to provide to significantly less than the previous year, due to the fact that we Roma women decided to reduce the group in order to ensure a better functioning thereof. The opening of the conference was attended by experiencing gender violence-related problems, always acting with- Carmen de Andrés, Deputy Director General for Programmes in the information and referral framework. We are aware of the of the Women’s Institute; Carmen Santiago, lawyer and mem- fact that male violence affects all women regardless of their ethnic ber of the FSG and Pedro Puente, president of the Foundation. origin, social class, culture, nationality etc., as well as of the serious obstacles these women encounter to escape from their situation. The speeches and workshops of the conference, now in its 15th For that reason, in 2011 this Group continued and consolidated the year, focused on different empowerment strategies, at both action plan for debate, reflection and development of general and personal and public level. specific protocols and methodologies on violence against Roma women, which may serve as support for FSG professional teams in adequately addressing the demands of our users. In addition, this year we prepared the Action Plan against Gender Violence.

BENEFICIARIES: 209 PERSONS 2011 BUDGET: € 75,000 TO WHICH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE CONTRIBUTED WITH € 55,000

IN 2011 THIS CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO ROMA Funded by:

SECRETARÍA WOMEN WITH ALL KINDS DE ESTADO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES E IGUALDAD OF PROFILES CELEBRATED DIRECCIÓN GENERAL PARA LA IGUALDAD ITS 15TH YEAR DE OPORTUNIDADES INSTITUTO DE LA MUJER FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 JANUARY ACTIVITY REPORT National Roma Integration Strategy, among the INTERNATIONAL

FEBRUARY priorities on the EU´s political agenda

THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE “A GOOD 4 PROGRAMMES START” PROJECT MEETS IN BUDAPEST In 2011, the European political agenda was marked by the 1,200 DIRECT European Commission’s initiative to establish a European BENEFICIARIES MARCH Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020. The corresponding release (5th April) provided a new per- THE FSG IS VISITED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ERIO AND A BUDGET: DELEGATION OF UNICEF-EUROPE spective on the inclusion of European Roma. The persistent € 514,602.76 poverty, marginalisation and exclusion of the Roma population, together with the lack of visible and measurable results of Head of APRIL the European investment and the repeated incidents triggered International by the migration of Roma from Eastern Europe to the West, THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE 5TH MEETING were the main reasons behind this initiative. Department: OF THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION, IN BUDAPEST CAROLINA FERNÁNDEZ This new European Framework, supported by the Parliament and the European Council, establishes for the first time the MAY responsibilities of each member State as regards Roma popula- THEEUROMA NETWORK CELEBRATES ITS FIRST MEETING OF 2011 IN PRAGUE tion. The Commission introduces shared approaches, establishes priority areas of work and sets objectives. Each member THE FSG PRESENTS ITS ACTIVITIES IN A CONFERENCE ON State will then establish the activities to develop under its ROMA POPULATION ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AND THE EUROCITIES NETWORK, IN BRUSSELS National Strategy. By the end of 2011, all member States were JUNE supposed to send their Strategies to Brussels.

A DELEGATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF OSTRAVA This fact implied that European institutions and member (CZECH REPUBLIC) VISITS THE FSG TO GET TO KNOW OUR ACTIVITY AND APPLY IT IN THEIR ROMA POLICIES States, as well the civil society and international organisations, would focus their work this year on designing and elaborating these Strategies, on boosting, drafting or positioning them. JULY The two annual meetings of the European Platform for Roma Social Inclusion, a mechanism created by the Commission THE MAGAZINE “GITANOS. PENSAMIENTO Y CULTURA” (THE ROMA. THOUGHT AND CULTURE) PUBLISHES A SPECIAL to foster participation and cooperation among the various ISSUE DEDICATED TO EUROPEAN ROMA POLICIES. stakeholders involved in the inclusion of the Roma, focused AUGUST on the future National Strategies and gathered proposals, recommendations, allowing for the exchange of information and experience.

SEPTEMBER

THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE SUMMIT OF MAYORS ON ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION, ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, IN STRASBOURG The European Framework for OCTOBER National Roma Integration Strategies and the design by each country of its THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION CENTRE FORUM FOR ROMA INCLUSION, HELD IN ROME own National Strategy have marked the European political agenda. The NOVEMBER EUROMA CELEBRATES ITS SECOND MEETING Framework, together with the future OF 2011 IN BUDAPEST.

THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE SIXTH Regulations on Structural Funds MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION, IN BRUSSELS shall play a fundamental role in DECEMBER boosting Roma social inclusion THE FSG CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREPARATION OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL STRATEGY IN A CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE ITALIAN SENATE by 2020.

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THE FSG, A KEY PLAYER AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

The Foundation’s international activity is carried out by the In 2011, this institutional action has focused mainly on monitor- International Department in close cooperation with other ing and bringing our contribution to the line of work set by the areas and regions of the FSG. The main objectives of our European political agenda, both under the National Strategies international activity in 2011 have been: Framework and the new Regulations on Structural Funds for the next programming period (2014-2020), whose final result will be →→ To consolidate the EURoma network fundamental in boosting Roma social inclusion by 2020. →→ To boost our direct action in Romania and This contribution was achieved by means of our active participation in, among others: →→ To conduct intense institutional action to place social inclusion of the Roma community on the European →→ the European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC), an informal political agenda. network of major European organisations with well established track records in the defence of human rights, the fight against discrimination and work with the Roma community KEY PARTNERS (entities such as AI, ENAR, ERIO, ERRC, ERGO, OSI, REF); Apart from the European projects managed by the Inter- →→ the Forum for Roma Inclusion of the European Foundation national Department, a significant part of the FSG’s inter- Centre (EFC), which includes the main European founda- national actions is institutional, understood as proactive tions interested in working for the social inclusion of involvement in important initiatives, events and areas at the Roma; European level dealing with questions related to the Roma community and which contribute to progress on political →→ the Fundamental Rights Platform created by the European agendas. Our participation in networks and events reflects Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and the consolidation of the FSG as a key player in Europe on Roma-related subjects. →→ the European Platform for Roma Social Inclusion.

IN 2011, THE FSG ATTENDED TWO MEETINGS OF THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION AND PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE EU framework for NRIS AND IN DESIGNING SOME OF THE STRATEGIES, SUCH AS THE SPANISH AND THE ITALIAN ONE. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | Internacional

THE EU ACKNOWLEDGES THE ROLE OF THE EUROMA NETWORK

The European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma We highlight two of the main achievements of EURoma under the Structural Funds (EURoma), promoted by the in 2011: FSG and by the Spanish government, brings together the public authorities of 12 EU member states, with the aim of 1. Greater involvement in the network’s activities of rel- advocating the use of the Structural Funds for social inclu- evant stakeholders of the Roma inclusion process, the sion of the Roma community. The activity of the network inclusion of the ERDF Management Units, of interna- began in 2007 and ever since it has strengthened coopera- tional organisations, European agencies and networks tion between its members and has consolidated its key role (such as the World Bank, the Committee of the Re- at European level. gions, the European Fundamental Rights Agency, the Eurocities network etc.), and of numerous municipal The Network is made up of the Structural Fund Manage- and regional bodies of different European countries. ment Units and bodies responsible for Roma-related policies, together with representatives of the European Commission 2. The most important one was the institutional recogni- and Technical Secretariat, managed by the FSG in cooperation tion of the value of the EURoma network by the EU with the ESF (OP Technical Assistance and Transnational and Council of Ministers. In its Conclusions of 19th May, Interregional Cooperation 2007-2013). the Council of Ministers invited the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation by participating in this European network.

SECOND HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF EUROMA, IN BUDAPEST. THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD IN PRAGUE

PAGE PAGE 78 79 In addition, 2011 was marked by the following activities: The most important achievement →→ Organisation of two half-yearly meetings of EURoma, in Prague (May) and Budapest (November). These peri- of EURoma in 2011 was the odical meetings are spaces for exchanging information institutional recognition of the value and experiences, for debating and discussing subjects of interest to all members and for adopting joint positions of the network by the EU Council of on key subjects. Ministers that, in its Conclusions of →→ Drafting of joint position documents reflecting the 19th May invited the Commission work and debate within the network, the shared approaches, as well as proposals and recommendations. In and the Member States to enhance 2011, 2 documents were drafted: cooperation by participating in this →→ Proposals for the future Regulations on Struc- European network. tural Funds 2014-2020. →→ The potential contribution of Structural Funds to the National Roma Inclusion Strategies. EUROMA IS COMPOSED OF →→ Drafting of a guide promoting the use of Structural 12 MEMBER STATES: Funds for Roma social inclusion at local level, targeting regional and municipal bodies, that was prepared with members of the network throughout 2011 and to be BULGARIA, THE CZECH published in 2012. REPUBLIC, FINLAND, GREECE, →→ Update of the networks’ web page (www.euromanet. eu), both in Spanish and English, with the novelties HUNGARY, ITALY, POLAND, on the European political agenda and all the news that may be relevant for the network’s objectives. We also PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, drafted a quarterly electronic newsletter. SLOVAKIA, SWEDEN AND SPAIN

Funded by: FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | Internacional

ROMANIA, A ‘EU INCLUSIVE’: FOCUSED ON THE OCCUPATIONAL PRIORITY INTEGRATION OF EUROPEAN ROMA

Romania is still a prior- The FSG is partner in the EU Inclusive Project, whose objective is to draft a comparative study ity within the framework on Roma occupational integration based on the transfer of the research methodology em- of our intervention. Since ployed by the FSG in 2005 in three other EU countries: Romania, Bulgaria and Italy. This is a 2009, when the Board of two-year project (2010-2012), financed by the Romanian ESF and having as partners the Soros Trustees of the Foundation Foundation-Romania, the Soros Foundation-Bulgaria and Casa Della Carita-Italy. supported the management team’s initiative of working This Project is a new opportunity for the FSG to transfer a good practice (the Roma employ- directly in another country ment study) to other EU countries and allows the repetition of the study carried out in 2005 so and chose Romania –due to as to analyse the progress or setbacks occurred as regards the situation of Roma on the labour the large number of Roma market during the last five years. What is new in this 2011 study is that it will include indica- population and the work tors accounting for the concrete situation of the Roma population from Eastern Europe and possibilities that could be currently living in our country. envisaged–, the FSG has taken steps towards con- In 2011, our main activities under this project have been: solidating its presence and activity in the country. →→ Creating the Working Groups that would develop the methodology of the study As such, apart from carry- →→ Elaborating a joint methodology for all partners ing out two projects in Ro- mania, the FSG created its →→ Conducting field work for preparing the national study for each country own foundation, Fundatia Secretariatul Romilor, that →→ Starting the data analysis and drafting the study. Both national studies and the compara- is registered in the country tive analysis should be completed by April 2012 and will be publicised in each partner and has hired a small team country. of people. (See page 124) →→ Developing and updating a web page exclusively dedicated to the Project, in 5 languages, that includes the entire activity carried out in each of the partner countries. Web page in Spanish:www.eu-inclusive.eu/es

THE HUNGARIAN STATE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION VISITED THE FSG TO GET TO KNOW THE MAIN MEASURES TARGETING ROMA PEOPLE IN SPAIN

PAGE PAGE 80 81 “A GOOD START,” QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ROMA CHILDREN

The FSG participates as partner in the pilot project “A Good In 2011, as international partner to the project, the FSG: Start”, an initiative of the European Commission (DG for Regional Policy), which seeks to improve the education of the →→ participated in the three meetings of the Management Roma population by promoting the children’s earlier school Committee for elaborating and designing the methodol- enrolment (0 to 6 years). The project is being carried out in ogy of intervention with Roma children and their families 16 towns in four countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and the and for following up on the project’s activities. Republic of Macedonia, involving a total of 5,000 Roma children. →→ prepared the political document The use of Structural The project (2010-2012) is led by the Roma Education Fund Funds for Improving Early Education of Roma Children. (REF) and is supported by three international partners and several local partners. →→ created the Guide for Promoting Partnerships in Early Education of Roma Children, to be published in 2012. The actions performed under this project include providing material support to children (transport, food, school supplies), →→ participated in the seminar Follow-up and assessment of training of and awareness-raising among the teachers and the data on early education of Roma children. education community as a whole, working directly with Roma families and promoting the partnership we have with city councils, social and healthcare services, and with Roma organisations.

The goal of “A Good Start” is to improve the education of the Roma population by promoting the children’s earlier school enrolment, a challenge area in the current European context PHOTO: © REF| R obert M iskovics PHOTO: © REF| R obert M iskovics FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT COMMUNICATION RENEWING TOOLS AND OPENING UP NEW 4 PROGRAMMES 23,600 BENEFICIARIES BUDGET: SPACES € 374,597.06 HEAD OF 2011 meant the beginning of a new stage in the FSG’s communication and awareness-raising actions. One the one hand, we began a process of renewing the main communication and visual COMMUNICATION: identity tools, starting with the new format of our Annual Report and the upgrade of our web Benjamín Cabaleiro site. Secondly, we launched new visibility and social impact actions, strongly connected with the entity’s political and institutional action. We highlight the creation of the “Fundación Secre- tariado Gitano Award,” whose awarding takes place in a newly-created space for reflection and debate: the Annual Conference “Roma Community. Citizenship and Diversity.” (see page 25)

2011 BUDGET: € 225,000 19,500 DIRECT USERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 300 ENTITIES OVER 800 IMPACTS IN THE MEDIA 165,000 UNIQUE VISITORS OF OUR WEB 43 ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS THE GITANOS.ORG NEWSLETTER REACHED ITS 90TH ISSUE AND THE GITANOS MAGAZINE ITS 60TH ISSUE 4,000 COPIES OF EACH MAGAZINE ISSUE 3,500 LEAFLETS AND 6,000 BOOKMARKS ON “8TH APRIL” 1,065,000 WEB PAGE VIEWS PER YEAR 1,800 FACEBOOK FANS

EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEERING, THIS YEAR’S TOPICS

2011 was marked by two very relevant topics in terms of Roma social promotion, on which we tried to work with the correspond- THE ONCE LOTTERY TICKET DEDICATED ing areas: Education and Volunteering. In this context, we carried TO THE EDUCATION OF ROMA CHILDREN out a new stage of the awareness-raising campaign “Roma with an education. Roma with a future,” in which volunteering played a key role. At the same time, the promotion of volunteering, under the 2011 European Volunteering Year, was also a relevant topic in our communication content, insofar as we dedicated it the 2011 Diary, a special issue of the Gitanos magazine and other material. In the work carried out by our Press Department with the media, education was for one more year a fundamental topic that was reflected in numerous pieces of news, TV reports and interviews in printed and audiovisual media, both national and local.

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The Communication Area participates in several initiatives and networks such as the Social Action NGO Communication Platform Commission, which put a wide range of actions into practice in 2011 within the campaign promoting the use of the “Social Purposes” box on Income Tax returns. We also participate in: the EAPN-es Communication Group (European Anti Poverty and Social Exclusion Network); the IN 2011, THE FSG OBTAINED OVER 800 IMPACTS IN THE “Fight against Discrimination” Operative Programme Infor- MEDIA. PHOTO: MODEL EVA GONZÁLEZ FILMING AT THE FSG mation and Publicity Group; as lecturers of the FSG-UPN THE “EN MOVIMIENTO” BROADCAST OF THE LA2 TV CHANNEL course for “University Experts in Social Work with the Roma Community and of various sessions providing training, methodology transfer and consultancy on the communica- out on occasion of the International Roma Day), work with tion and awareness-raising actions carried out by the entity the media, promote at local and regional level the awareness- in the past years. raising campaign “When I grow up, I want to be …,” as well as other interesting experiences such as our participation in the FSG’s regional offices also develop significant communication Project “In other words,” which aims to eradicate discriminato- and awareness-raising activities at local level, related to insti- ry messages in the media in different communities and groups tutional recognition and visibility events (such as those carried (FSG-Jaén plays an active role in this project). NEW CHALLENGES FOR 2012 2011 was also preparatory for important events that were 1. Employment –the FSG will present a new comparative to take place in 2012. Among others, we prepared, the 30th study on the field work carried out in 2011. Anniversary of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano and we continued the process of updating our communication tools, 2. National Roma Integration Strategies for 2012-2020, to be especially our corporate webpage, whose new version will be developed by the 27 EU states and, launched by mid-2012. 3. once again, Education, with the development of a new Also, in terms of communication, our three most important phase of the Campaign, targeting Roma teenagers themes in 2012 will be: this time.

RAISING AWARENESS THANKS TO THE “OTHER PURPOSES OF SOCIAL INTEREST” BOX The goal of this programme is to foster and boost processes that trigger the change and improvement of Roma people’s situation. It aims to influence social policies so that they focus more ef- Most of the FSG’s communication and awareness-raising ficiently on addressing their problems and needs, on eliminating activities are carried out under the Programme for awareness- obstacles to their social inclusion and mobilising other stake- raising, information and technical consultancy for Roma social holders to work towards this goal and to be more supportive and inclusion, subsidised from the Personal Income Tax by the sensitive to the situation of the Roma community. It provides Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. information and consultancy to public authorities, to specialists of local administrations etc. in 14 Autonomous Regions. THE FSG PARTICIPATES IN THE CAMPAIGN “CHECK THE SOCIAL PURPOSES BOX” Lines of action →→ Consultancy and technical support →→ Training activities →→ Communication and social awareness →→ Studies and research

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PAGE PAGE 84 85 A SUCCESSFUL SECOND PHASE OF THE AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGN “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE…”

In 2011, the FSG started the second phase of the awareness- For reaching this goal, the FSG implemented a double strat- raising campaign “When I grow up, I want to be…,” launched egy: in 2010 with the aim of fighting against early school leaving by Roma children. 1. Star action: the Photo-van: In order to raise awareness among the Roma families, we used to photo-van, which The campaign’s budget was of € 150,000 and it was financed allowed us to take the photos of over 2,000 boys and they wanted to be when they grew up. This mobile studio girls enacting what neighbourhoods form 24 Spanish reached under the Personal Income Tax “Other Purposes of cities, which for one day were transformed into pho- Social Interest” programme and under the European Social tographic studios that allowed children to choose a Fund –by means of the Acceder programme–. It also received profession and pose before the camera. After the photo support from the Ministry of Education. montage in the mobile studio, they were given the photo, in which they appeared as fire fighters, police- The campaign’s twin goals are: men, hairdressers, teachers… The photo highlighted the two key messages of the campaign: “Whatever your →→ To raise the awareness of Roma population regarding dream may be, finish Secondary school”and “Roma with the importance of education and the need to finish an education: Roma with a future”. secondary school. 2. Institutional presentations: In order to draw the attention →→ To draw the attention of the public authorities and the of public institutions, we organised presentations of the educational community as a whole so that they continue campaign in several cities, stressing the responsibility we to drive policies and measures to combat education-relat- all have in the fight against early school leaving by Roma ed inequalities. children. © S anni arinnen A GROUP OF CHILDREN IN LUGO HAVING FUN WITH ONE OF THE DECORATIVE ITEMS OF THE FOTO-VAN FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | ACTIVITY REPORT | COMMUNICATION

Jerez, 30 aPril Córdoba, 3 may amora, 10 may a Línea, 29 aPril Z L Jaén, 4 may Talavera, 26 aPrilCáceres, 27 aPril Huelva, 28 aPril Almería, 5 mayAlbacete, 6 maySalamanca, 9 may

THE PHOTO-VAN REACHES 24 CITIES AND CAPTURES THE DREAMS OF ROMA CHILDREN

The actions of the campaign carried out in 2011 kept to the This year, the campaign employed various promotional items. lines of work launched in the previous year, when the We printed 3,000 leaflets, 3,000 posters (in four versions), photo-van visited 14 cities and 13 institutional presentations 2,000 T-shirts and 2,400 photo frames. We also disseminated were held. This year, the campaign was selected as “Best Prac- the audiovisual material Roma with an education: Roma with tice” by the European Commission and the Ministry of Health, a future, a documentary available in Spanish and English that Social Services and Equality and was presented in Brussels at describes the difficulties the Roma community is facing in the Conference Closing the European Year for Combating terms of education and the way in which the Foundation’s Pro- Poverty and Social Exclusion. mociona programme achieved a high school completion rate among Roma boys and girls. In this second phase: The involvement of the FSG teams made possible the develop- →→ The photo-van visited 24 cities. 1,718 photographs were ment around the photo-van of various workshops for raising taken and approximately 2,000 boys and girls participated. the parents’ awareness on the importance of education. We also carried out activities and games for raising awareness →→ This awareness-raising action on the street achieved a among the children. significant mobilisation of social stakeholders and of the Foundation’s volunteers. In every city, around 20 volun- The campaign’s microsite www.gitanos.org/demayorquiero-ser teers were involved in carrying out this activity. and its blog became the travel diary of this new route through Spain of the photo-van. The microsite, launched in 2010, was im- →→ The photo-van was visited by regional and local authori- proved by incorporating various applications for making it more ties, by directors and teachers of educational centres, as attractive. Also, the 2.0 tool was enhanced in order to dissemi- well as by other social organisations. nate the campaign in the social networks, on Facebook mainly.

PAGE PAGE 86 87 ander, 17 may Cuenca, 27 may León, 11 may Sabadell, 23 mayHuesca, 24 may vilés, 16 maySant alladolid, 19 mayMadrid, 20 may Alicante, 26 may Lugo, 12 may A Burgos, 18 mayoV Castellón, 25 may Santiago de Compostela, 13 may

THE PHOTO-VAN IN 2011

Raquel Bustamante Jiménez, 24 CITIES VISITED BY THE PHOTO-VAN THE LAST GIRL PICTURED IN THE PHOTO- VAN DURING ITS VISIT IN CUENCA. THIS IS THE CAMPAIGN REACHED 2,000 CHILDREN THE IMAGE THAT RAQUEL RECEIVED AS A AND THEIR FAMILIES GIFT, DEPICTING HER AS SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP. 1,718 PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN THE 7 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATIONS “When I grow up I want to GATHERED OVER 450 PEOPLE be a… hairdresser” OVER 100 IMPACTS IN THE MEDIA 8,300 REFERENCES ON GOOGLE BUDGET: € 150,000 THE IMPACT In the media At institutional level →→ Both the photo-van and the institutional presentations were →→ The campaign and the new route of the photo-van were received with a lot of interest by the national (El País, El launched through an institutional presentation held on 26th Mundo, RNE, agencies, among others), regional and local April in Madrid, which included the intervention of the gener- media, that publicised the campaign. The media promoted the al secretary for Social Policies of the then Ministry of Health, campaign in the news and took this opportunity for prepar- Social Policies and Equality; of the FSG president, Pedro ing reports on the educational situation of the Roma. Over Puente, and of the FSG General Manager, Isidro Rodríguez. 100 impacts were logged in the press and over 8,300 refer- The event was also attended by Mariano Labarta, Deputy ences were identified on Google when restricting the search to Director General for Students, Participation and Equality of “When I grow up, I want to be…” 2011 Campaign “Fundación the Ministry of Education, and by other personalities. Secretariado Gitano.” →→ 7 public presentations were held at regional and local FUNDED BY:

level in Cantabria, Burgos, Salamanca, Huesca, Santiago MINISTERIO de Compostela and Cuenca. The institutional presenta- DE EDUCACIÓN tions gathered over 450 people. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT PROMOTING CELEBRATING ROMA CULTURE CULTURE 4 PROGRAMMES AND HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES Roma culture, which has The FSG seeks to achieve the following goals with these cultural always had a limited relevan- promotion activities: 15,300 BENEFICIARIES ce in the FSG’s activities as a BUDGET: whole (mainly due to the lack →→ To boost the visibility of Roma culture and enhance the of a stable funding source) is image of the Roma community. € 45,038 gradually taking its rightful place. In this respect, 2011 →→ To foster knowledge of Roma culture, with which the gen- was a key year: we conducted eral public is unfamiliar. more than 116 cultural activities of all kinds (including →→ To drive cultural abilities among the Roma community. exhibitions, workshops, celebrations, commemorations, →→ To stimulate Roma cultural production. book publishing, production of documentaries etc.) in 35 →→ To promote the identity traits of Roma culture. municipalities in most of the Autonomous regions, reaching The goal for 2012 is obvious: to seek new sources of funding more than 1,500 Roma and to enable us to develop new cultural promotion projects and non-Roma people. improve those already under way.

IN 2011, FSG REGIONAL OFFICES CARRIED OUT HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES FOR RENDERING ROMA CULTURE MORE VISIBLE. IN THE PHOTO, POT DRIP PROMOTING ROMA CULTURE COFFEE DURING THE “IN BETWEEN CULTURES” MEETING HELD IN SESTAO. 116 ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE REACHED OVER 15,000 PEOPLE OUR EXHIBITIONS WERE INCLUDED IN 30 ACTIVITIES AND WERE VISITED BY MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE 68 CULTURAL PROMOTION ACTIVITIES CAUGHT THE INTEREST OF OVER 8,000 ROMA AND NON-ROMA PEOPLE

PAGE PAGE 88 89 ACTIVITIES AND CELEBRATIONS TWO EXHIBITIONS, ONE GOAL:

During 2011, FSG has been active and promoted celebrations TO MAKE THE ROMA AND related to Roma culture and history, boosting visibility of Roma culture and promoting its integration into the cultu- ROMA CULTURE MORE VISIBLE ral heritage of the 14 Autonomous Regions where we work. We conducted 68 cultural promotion activities, attended by The FSG also has two exhibitions which travel around Spain; approximately 8,160 people. this year they were included within 30 activities and were visited by over 4,000 people in school centres and institutions, Among these activities we highlight: exhibition halls, fairs, cultural centres and many more. →→ awareness-raising activities such as “Get to know your Roma neighbours, they are different, just like you” in the CULTURES FOR SHARING. THE ROMA TODAY San Pablo Public School (Albacete); This is a didactic exhibition that can be visited at the FSG’s →→ awareness-raising talks on Roma community at the Fac- central headquarters in Madrid. Its main objective is asserting ulty of Education, University of Cantabria (Santander); Spanish Roma’s full citizenship, by introducing, especially among the educational community, their history, culture, →→ workshops on Roma history and culture at the University current reality and claiming the mutual enrichment between of Castile-La Mancha (Albacete); Roma and non-Roma. By means of its 12 thematic areas and 48 didactic panels, children, young people and adults may gain →→ training on Roma culture, targeting specialists from the an insight into the history and current situation of Roma peo- Regional Council of León; ple, while becoming familiar with their traditions and culture. In addition, the exhibition includes several activities, such as a →→ promotion activities, such as the “In Between Cultures” puzzle-map, the music corner, the storyteller and the consulta- Meeting held in Sestao; tion area with a small exhibition of materials, literature pieces, magazines and so on. →→ “Roma Culture” workshops with youth, conducted in the Juan Soñador Foundation (Vigo). In 2012, the exhibition shall be expanded and improved thanks to a subsidy granted by the Ministry of Culture, which will allow us to “update” it by using new technologies and creating an inte- ractive map of the historical itinerant route of the Roma. There are currently two travelling replicas of the exhibition which are available for the events organised by the relevant parties: organizations, schools, libraries, cultural and social centres etc. In 2011, the travelling replicas have been completed with information on the Romanian Roma community. ROMA WOMEN, PARTICIPATING The exhibitionRoma Women, Participating also travels around Spain showing, on a dozen panels, the participation of Roma women in society (education, employment, politics and art). POSTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY, EDITED BY THE This FSG resource is designed to form part of cultural events FSG AND CREATED BY THE ROMA DESIGNER MONTSE MOTOS. ON THIS OCCASION, THE POSTER COMMEMORATED THE 40TH and activities related to the Roma community, interculturality ANNIVERSARY IN THE LONDON INSTITUTION OF THE ROMA and human rights amongst other themes. FLAG AND ANTHEM 8TH APRIL, INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY

The fundamental date is undoubtedly the 8th April, Interna- tional Roma Day. As it does every year, the FSG took an active part in the celebration of this date. 18 activities were conducted and over 3,200 people participated. The FSG once again produced a poster commemorating the International Roma Day, prepared by the Roma designer Montse Motos. On the same date, Aragón, Navarre, the Valencia Region, Mur- cia, the Basque Country and Andalusia also celebrated their Roma Day. FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITY REPORT DOCUMENTATION THE FSG DOCUMENTA- TION CENTRE THE FSG DOCUMENTATION CENTRE IN 2011 THE BENCHMARK FOR 619 INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT ROMA-RELATED TOPICS CONSULTATIONS The Fundación Secretariado Gitano has a documentation centre specialised in Roma-related topics, accessible for anyone interested in researching or knowing 306 EXTERNAL more about the Roma community. Due to the quality and quantity of its collec- CONSULTATIONS tions, it has become the main documentation centre on Roma-related topics in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. One of its objectives is the conser- 160 STUDENTS AND vation, knowledge and dissemination of Roma culture for the purpose of fostering RESEARCHERS an intercultural society in which Roma people can freely and fully exercise their citizenship and contribute to the enrichment of general culture. 5% OF THE CONSULTATIONS WERE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION CENTRE SERVICES

→→ Web →→ Reading room or digital library

The Documentation Centre has its own special The Centre offers a reading room reference section within the FSG website where one can service with a catalogue containing more than access the catalogue of the bibliographic collec- 7,000 entries, in paperback and digital format tions; the organisation’s own publications and (monographs, audiovisual material, research, documents and useful links. There is also an legislation, theses etc.), classified by subjects. online consultation and reference service. There are also Spanish and foreign magazines on Roma, such as: Cuadernos Gitanos, of the Roma →→ Digital Library Culture Institute; Etudes tsiganes, published by FNASAT (National Federation of Associa- Committed to new formats, the library now has tions of Solidarity Action with the Gypsies and a digital collection of around 1,500 documents Travelers) or the magazine of the European (monographs, theses, articles, studies etc.). Roma Rights Centre. →→ Media Library →→ Press Library

Composed of audiovisual material on Roma-related The FSG created this news bank on the Roma topics (documentaries, programmes, films, music, community in the 1960s. It currently comprises educational material etc.) which can be visualized at hard copy and electronic format collection of the Centre itself. more than 25,000 clippings. In 2011, 2,413 new clippings were added. The Documentation Centre edits a monthly newsletter in hard copy and electronic format, “Roma in the Press”, based on this service. It contains a selection of Roma-related news clippings culled from local, regional and national dailies. In 2011, the digital edition of “Roma in the Press” had 3,658 subscribers to its electronic version. →→ Selective dissemination of information

The Documentation Centre’s recent acquisitions are notified via a series of periodical digital PAGE PAGE newsletters. 90 91 FSG PUBLICATIONS IN 2011 TECHNICAL NOTEBOOK SERIES

Annual ANNUAL REPORT. DISCRIMINATION AND THE report THE SITUATION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY ROMA COMMUNITYa. FSG 2011 IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CASTRILLÓN, FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO, 2011. MADRID notebook nº 102 FSG Technical Discrimination and the Roma Community CORVERA, GOZÓN, MUROS DE NALÓN, PRAVIA EQUAL TREATMENT AREA Presentation of 115 cases C/ Ahijones, s/n - 28018 Madrid (España) of discrimination AND SOTO DEL BARCO. REPORT ON RESULTS Tel.: (34) 91 422 09 60 - Fax: (34) 91 422 09 61 [email protected] www.gitanos.org Comprehensive Draft Law This was the seventh year when the FSG Equal on Equality FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO, 2011. ASTURIAS Network of assistance

Treatment Area published the Report on Discrimi- Annual report FSG 2011 centres for victims of discrimination The report deals with the situation of the nation and the Roma Community 2011 presentMINISTERIO - DE SANIDAD, POLÍTICA SOCIAL European framework E IGUALDAD for the social inclusion Roma community in these municipalities from ing, by means of verifiable facts collected from strategy targeting Collaboration: the Roma population

COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION Asturias and emphasises the fact that, despite OF EQUAL TREATMENT AND practice, the day-to-day ethnic discriminationNON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS suffered by the Roma. OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN the progress made, there is still a long way to go in terms of housing, employment, health,

Discrimination and the Roma community education etc.

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¡JUST ENJOY! EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMA FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO, 2011. MADRID YOUTH IN EXTREMADURA HEALTH AREA FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO, 2011. Comic for preventing alcohol and other drugs EXTREMADURA consumption in leisure spaces. The content reflects day-to-day situations and the stories Work material published in 2009 in collabora- presented provide the specialists with tools for tion with the City Council of Mérida on Roma working with Roma youth. youth in Extremadura, dealing with integration by means of education and training.

LIFE AND EXPERIENCE SERIES

FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO. 10 YEARS IN ARAGÓN FUNDACIÓN SECRETARIADO GITANO, 2011. ARAGÓN Video material presenting the trajectory and work carried out by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano in Aragón, on occasion of its 10th anniversary.

JOINT PUBLICATIONS

SITUATION OF ROMA CHILDREN IN ASTURIAS ROMAENTERPRISING WOMEN M. VIOLETA ÁLVAREZ FERNÁNDEZ, MARÍA DEL IMEX (WOMEN’S INSTITUTE OF MAR GONZÁLEZ IGLESIAS, JOSÉ LUIS SAN EXTREMADURA). IN COLLABORATION WITH FABIÁN MAROTO. IN COLLABORATION WITH: FSG EXTREMADURA. 2011 FSG ASTURIAS. 2011. Documentary relating in first person stories of In-depth study on the realities of Roma children’s Roma women from various areas of Extremadu- life in areas such as education, health, family, ac- ra with enterprising skills. The goal is to present cess to employment... a different reality of Roma women, focusing on the enterprising women in the region.

Due to the quality and quantity of its collections, the FSG Documentation Centre has become the main documentation centre on Roma-related topics in Spain and one of the most important ones in Europe. ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS

ANDALUSIA ARAGON ASTURIAS CANTABRIA BASQUE COUNTRY CASTILE-LA MANCHA CASTILE-LEON CATALONIA VALENCIA REGION MADRID EXTREMADURA GALICIA MURCIA NAVARRE ROMANIA

FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS ANDALUSIA

REGIONAL DRECTOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Juan Manuel Reyes Campos Silvia Fernández Vega

→→ CERTAIN SLUM SETTLEMENTS AND SUBSTAND- THE ROMA COMMUNITY lusian society and many of them ARD HOUSING PERSIST. BUDGET still are the most underprivileged, Almost half of Spain’s Roma, both socially and economically. →→ DISCRIMINATION STILL IS AN IMPORTANT € 5,106,224.75 around 350,000 people, live in the CHALLENGE. PENDING CHALLENGES BENEFICIARIES: Region of Andalusia. Although →→ THE ROMA IMMIGRANTS FROM EASTERN in the last decades a notable →→ AROUND 30% OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY IN EUROPE HAVE SERIOUS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, 25,512 improvement has taken place ANDALUSIA SUFFERS FROM POVERTY AND EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS. SOCIAL EXCLUSION. PROGRAMMES regarding the standard of living of the Andalusian Roma commu- →→ VERY FEW ROMA YOUTH COMPLETE SECONDARY EXECUTED: 45 nity, they remain one of the most SCHOOL. THERE IS A TENDENCY TO “GHETTOISE” STATE SCHOOLS AND THE SITUATION IS NOT BEING vulnerable groups of the Anda- APPROACHED FROM AN INTERCULTURAL VIEWPOINT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/andalucia →→ IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION WE INCREASED →→ OUR INSTITUTIONAL ACTION IS VERY INTENSE; FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK THE FSG THE NUMBER OF JOB CONTRACTS OBTAINED BY WE ARE KNOWN AND ENJOY RECOGNITION, WE 10.09% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ARE CONSIDERED A BENCHMARK AND SPECIAL- In recent years the Fundación ISTS IN ROMA ISSUES. OUR OPINION IS HELD IN →→ THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED AND HIGH CONSIDERATION BY POLITICAL PARTIES, Secretariado Gitano in Anda- COURSES PROVIDED ROSE BY 6.9% AND, AUTHORITIES AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS lusia has become one of the RESPECTIVELY, 3.75% COMPARED TO THE OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY. most highly rated NGOs in the PREVIOUS YEAR. →→ WE SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF OUR EDUCATION 16 towns and cities where we →→ WE COMPLETED THREE WORKSHOP SCHOOLS PROGRAMME SO THAT IT IS NOW FUNDA- operate. AND AN EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP. WE HAVE MENTALLY ORIENTED TOWARDS STUDENTS’ BEEN ASSIGNED THREE NEW EMPLOYMENT COMPLETING SECONDARY EDUCATION. THIS OUR MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS WORKSHOPS: IN HUELVA - SPECIALISED SHOP NEW FOCUS IS SUPPORTED BY THE ANDALUSIAN IN 2011 HAVE BEEN ASSISTANT; IN ALMERIA –INTERCULTURAL ME- REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. DIATION; AND IN JEREZ GUIDED TOURIST TOURS. WHAT WE DID IN 2011

Acceder ANDALUSIA 2011

0 New people we aided: People aided in labour market 2,152 integration path: 4,336

Roma: 75% Non-Roma: 25% Men: 46 % Women: 54%

Roma: 76 % Non-Roma: 24% MEN: 45 % Women: 55%

Roma: 70% Non-Roma: 30% Men: 41% Women: 59% 1,668 CONTRACTS CONTRACTS: 1,668 107 TRAINING COURSES

PAGE PAGE 94 95 REGIONAL DIRECTOR PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR GRANADA PERSONNEL Juan Manuel Reyes Campos Ana Romero García WORKERS: 206 DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR HUELVA ROMA: 90 NON-ROMA: 116 Silvia Fernández Vega Cristina Rosal León WOMEN: 155 MEN: 51 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR ALMERIA PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR JAÉN Dolores Ramón Alonso (LINARES) Eva Lechuga Quesada PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR CÁDIZ VOLUNTEERS: 87 (JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA) LOCAL COORDINATOR JAÉN ROMA: 33 | NON-ROMA: 54 Cristina Flores Chamorro Guadalupe Revueltas Hidalgo MEN: 26 | WOMEN: 61

LOCAL COORDINATOR CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR MÁLAGA Luz Milagros Jiménez Villanueva Tamara Esteve Flores TRAINEES: 27 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR CÓRDOBA PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR SEVILLA ROMA: 4 | NON-ROMA: 23 Francisco Jiménez Antúnez Antonia Sánchez Franco WOMEN: 14 | MEN: 13

THE ROMA FLAG FLUTTERING AT THE PHOTO-VAN REVISITED ANDALUSIA THE ANDALUSIAN PARLIAMENT EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BUDGET: € 261,686,88 35 PEOPLE INTEGRATED INTO THE FOR EMPLOYMENT. Programme LABOUR MARKET. WORKSHOP SCHOOLS. In Jerez BUDGET: INCLUDED IN ACCEDER, PLUS € 8,000 Acceder. Our target groups are: of the Employment Department of the Local Council of An- and Malaga we completed the PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE FOR MI- Andalusian Roma, with special workshop school on Dynamising GRATORY POLICIES (ANDALUSIAN GOVERNMENT) attention to women and young dalusia for Almeria, Cordoba and Jerez. 120 people benefited Information and Citizen Services, people; the business commu-ni- from this programme and will for 40 students (36 Roma, of EDUCATION ties of the cities where we work; complete paid traineeships. which 33 were women). In public authorities; Roma orga- WE REACHED: 120 PEOPLE January we started another one nisations and other social agents. CAIXA PROINFANCIA. This pro- BUDGET: € 184,028.34 in Seville, Dynamising Informa- gramme is carried out in Malaga INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT tion and Community Services, for and Seville and provides valu- TRAINING. PLAN IN CADIZ. Theoretical train- 20 students (of which 18 were able support for families with Our own training is women and 14 were Roma). organised within the Acceder ing and specific practice in com- BENEFICIARIES: 60 PEOPLE children in educational path- programme and is put into panies, under the Comprehensive BUDGET: € 639,410.10 ways with the FSG. It offers practice in collaboration with Employment Plan organised by help for acquisition of educa- companies in which there are the Provincial Government of ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE. tional material (606), food and opportunities for insertion. In Cadiz. A paid traineeship allows The purpose of this programme child hygiene (266), purchase 2011, we ran 107 courses and for continuity in the training is to mitigate the occupational, of glasses (12), school tutor- trained 915 people. External process. educational, social, housing and ing (240), open centres (382), BENEFICIARIES: 49 PEOPLE urban holiday camps (538) and training is another important BUDGET: € 21,000 documental inequalities of Roma tool for enhancing the employ- immigrants from Eastern Europe psychological support (234). ability of our users; this year we 4TH EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP ON via their incorporation to main- WE REACHED: 890 PEOPLE, 548 CHILDREN AND arranged vocational or other INTERCULTURAL MEDIATION. In stream services and specific FSG 342 FAMILIES official training for 506 people. Motril, 75% of the students were programmes in the region. BUDGET: € 674,310.. BENEFICIARIES: 1,421 PEOPLE Roma and 58% were women. WE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE IN 274 CASES. BUDGET: € 2,473,435.93 BENEFICIARIES: 12 PEOPLE 80 PEOPLE STARTED AN EMPLOYMENT PATHWAY. EDUCATIONAL ACTION PLAN results. 97 students are included FOR ANDALUSIA (PAEA). in this category. WHAT WE DID Under this plan we have WE REACHED: 684 PEOPLE three lines of action accord- BUDGET: € 603,805.94 € ing to the curricular level of “PROGRESA- CÓRDOBA” PRO- IN 2011 the students. Activity in this GRAMME. programme follows a tailored Pilot school support methodology and each case programme for Roma students (student) has a specific plan, taking post-compulsory educa- taking into account all the tion courses, in colla-boration with the Intervida Foundation. players involved in the educa- WE REACHED: 50 PEOPLE tional process. BUDGET: € 30,000 a) Promociona PAEA: students SUMMER SCHOOLS (Jerez, with good academic results and Campo de Gibraltar, Gra- high probability of complet- nada). They aim to maintain ing secondary education. Of schooling habits and routines 83 students enrolled in the 4th and to provide education for grade of Secondary Compul- leisure and free time. sory Education, 73 (86.75%) WE REACHED: 293 CHILDREN obtained the diploma. BUDGET: € 33,700.00 BENEFICIARIES: 375 STUDENTS, 88 SCHOOLS AND 339 FAMILIES. 4TH MEETING OF ROMA STU- DENTS, in Jerez. 27 families b) Reference PAEA. Students in of Cordoba, Huelva, Seville, a phase prior to Promociona. Campo de Gibraltar and Jerez participated. Our tailored educational plan BUDGET: € 4,500 reached 212 students.

THANKS TO ACCEDER, WE OBTAINED c) Continuous PAEA. Students 1,668 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS with high absenteeism and poor

STUDENTS OF THE WORKSHOP SCHOOL IN LA RUTA FLAMENCA TRIANA, A WORLD OF ART.

PAGE PAGE 96 97 HOUSING of the FSG, located in Almeria, 151 actions of counselling and tion in Cordoba schools and at (Pampanico en El Ejido, Los support for the victims. events for all Cordoban citizens. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN FAMI- Almendros and La Fuentecica TRANSVERSAL AREA WITHOUT A BUDGET BENEFICIARIES 2,100 PEOPLE LIES WITH A SPECIAL SITUATION in Almeria) and in Malaga, in BUDGET: € 6,000 OF VULNERABILITY. “BRIDGE La Corta neighbourhood. WOMEN APPARTMENTS” IN COR- WE REACHED: 2,227 PEOPLE BUDGET: € 90,000 COMMUNICATION AND DOBA. Offers social support All FSG activities include AWARENESS and housing to families during transversal gender equality one year so that afterwards they YOUTH components, but there are also In 2011, FSG Andalusia has may complete their integration some specific actions targeting had countless appearances in process on their own. YOUTH INFORMATION CENTRES. women exclusively. the media. The presentation of WE REACHED: 11 PEOPLE (5 ADULTS AND 6 CHILDREN). All FSG centres in Andalusia WE REACHED: 400 WOMEN the campaign “When I grow up, BUDGET: € 52,914.18 are Youth Information Centres TRANSVERSAL AREA WITHOUT A BUDGET I want to be…,” the Andalusian SOCIAL ACCOMPANIMENT ARIS- under the auspices of the An- Roma Day, the International ING FROM ERADICATION OF THE dalusia Regional Government’s HEALTH Roma Day and our action pro- “ASPERONES” SLUM SETTLEMENT Youth Institute. grammes have been promoted WE REACHED: 700 YOUTHS IN MALAGA. This settlement has The actions carried out in this in the Andalusian media. In ad- a population of 264 families, of area were mainly two: one dition, it is becoming more and 3RD ROMA YOUTH AND CITIZEN- aimed at training and awareness more common for the media, which 27 have already been relo- SHIP PROGRAMME. This was our cated to standard dwellings and for healthcare personnel and before producing programmes star programme in the area of the other focusing on preven- on the Roma community, to are at the stage of social, educa- youth in 2011. Its goal is to en- tional and community accompa- tive healthcare, acquisition of a contact the FSG to take our able young Roma to understand healthy lifestyle and participa- point of view into account. niment. the concept of citizenship. TRANSVERSAL AREA WITHOUT A BUDGET BUDGET: € 40,333.33 tion in sports. WE REACHED: 150 YOUTHS WE REACHED: OVER 1,700 PEOPLE TRANSVER- BUDGET: € 10,000 SAL AREA WITHOUT A BUDGET PUBLIC INTERNET CENTRES EQUAL TREATMENT CULTURE The Department for Innova- Throughout Andalusia, this CULTURES FOR SHARING: ROMA year we detected 64 cases of dis- tion and Science is funding four TODAY. We held our exhibi- public internet access centres crimination, which gave rise to

IN 2011 WE TOOK A SIGNIFICANT STEP FRWARD IN THE EDUCATION AREA, THANKS TO THE LAUNCH OF THE PROMOCIONA PROGRAMME, SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE ANDALUSIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, IN THE PERSON OF FRANCISCO JOSÉ ÁLVAREZ DE LA CHICA. THROUGH THIS PROGRAMME, WE ARE OFFICIALLY PERMITTED TO WORK IN EDUCATIONAL CENTRES, FOCUSING ON THE COMPLETION OF COMPULSORY STUDIES. UP TO THIS MOMENT, THE EDUCATIONAL MEASURES WITH ROMA STUDENTS HAD BEEN LIMITED TO THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM.

AT THE END OF 2011 WE COMPLETED THE ISSUE NO. 60 OF THE MAGAZINE “ROMA, THOUGHT AND CULTURE,” TO BE PUBLISHED IN 2012, WITH A SPECIAL REPORT ON ANDALUCIA, THAT CAN ALREADY BE READ ON WWW.GITANOS.ORG/REVISTA_GITANOS/60/ LOCATION SEVILLE (regional headquarters) GRANADA LA LÍNEA (CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR) C/ Juan Talavera Heredia, 1 Local Bajo Camino de Ronda 189 C/ Hércules, 14, Entreplanta 41006 Seville 18003 Granada 11300 La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz) Tel. 954 57 56 67 Tel. 958 80 48 00 Tel. 956 69 02 89 Fax: 954 57 53 16 [email protected] Fax. 958 80 48 01 Fax. 956 76 37 80 [email protected] [email protected] ALMERÍA LINARES C/ Antonio González Egea, 1, 2º HUELVA C/ Canalejas, 28 01001 Almería C/San Andrés, 7 23700 Linares (Jaén) TEL. 950 28 14 19 21004 HUELVA Tel. 953 60 74 20 FAX. 950 28 14 20 TEL. 959 54 12 44 FAX. 959 54 12 47 Fax. 953 69 98 39 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

CORDOBA JAÉN MÁLAGA C/Don Lope De Sosa, 35 C/Rey Alí, 11 C/ Fernando Rey, 6 14004 Cordoba Tel. 957 23 33 56 Fax. 957 76 23003 Jaén 29013 Málaga 15 79 Tel.953 29 56 10 Tel. 952 06 06 99 [email protected] Fax. 953 29 56 11 Fax. 952 06 07 25 [email protected] [email protected]

JEREZ Ed. El Carmen, C/ Chapinería, 3, 3ª Pl., Módulo 302 11403 Jerez De La Frontera (Cádiz) Tel. 956 32 71 90 Fax. 956 32 71 91 [email protected] REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Isabel Jiménez REPORT 2011 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, ZARAGOZA: ACTIVITIES IN Raúl Guiu THE REGIONS PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, HUESCA: Eduardo Julián ARAGON

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Isabel Jiménez THE ROMA COMMUNITY facing. In spite of the progress Although 2011 was a very dif- made by the Roma community ficult year for FSG Aragon –due BUDGET Most of the programmes car- in the last 30 years, it is still by to the budgets cuts for employ- € 610,792 ried out by the FSG in Aragon and large a vulnerable group ment, education and housing aim at mitigating the conse- characterised by low educa- projects, and the increase in the BENEFICIARIES: quences of the social exclu- tion levels, a high degree of job number of users– data prove 2,433 sion that a large part of the insecurity, significant social once more the efficiency of our Roma community in Aragon rejection and low presence in programmes and the attitude of PROGRAMMES (around 12,000 people) is participative processes. our professionals. EXECUTED: 20 THE FSG the Roma population and facili- and support etc. Noteworthy FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/aragon tating their access to the labour was the significant increase in In 2011, FSG Aragon developed market. We aided around 2,433 the training demand. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 20 programmes, especially in people in over 3,000 consulta- the areas of employment, edu- tions in various fields such as As regards socio-familiar inter- cation and direct aid to families occu-pational counselling, vention issues, the Caixa Pro- from a comprehensive interven- obtaining financial allowances, infancia programme allowed us tion approach aiming at im- counselling on housing prob- to meet the basic needs of 101 proving the living standards of lems, educational counselling families facing social exclusion EMPLOYMENT ADULT EDUCATION. Lite-racy and social abilities workshops. WHAT WE DID BENEFICIARIES: 25 PEOPLE ACCEDER. We obtained 123 BUDGET: € 5,500 contracts and gave 10,152 hours of training to 128 people by EXTERNAL CLASSROOM. Pre- IN 2011 means of 12 training activities. employment workshops carried out until June, targeting youths Acceder ARAGON ECOTUR, CONFERENCE HOSTESS between 15 and 16 who have PROGRAMME. Work integra- left school. tion service by means of which BENEFICIARIES: 10 PEOPLE 0 BENEFICIARIES: 903 17 hostesses for 12 events have BUDGET: € 17,500 been hired. 7TH MEETING OF ROMA SEC- ROMA: 69.5% NON-ROMA: 30.5% WE OBTAINED: 46 CONTRACTS BUDGET: € 17,281 ONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MEN: 41% WOMEN: 59% ARAGÓN BENEFICIARIES: 120 BUDGET: € 1,000 EDUCATION

CONTRACTS: 123 CAIXA PROINFANCIA. School HOUSING support and Open Centre ROMA: 65% | NON-ROMA: 35% activities. SOCIAL INNOVATION PRO- MEN: 32% | WOMEN: 68% BENEFICIARIES: 150 CHILDREN GRAMME. Initiated and BUDGET: € 46,332 coordinated by the Regional Government of Aragon and 123 CONTRACTS PLANET CLASSROOM. Intercul- the FSG, it aims at refurbish- tural coexistence activities in 5 ing substandard dwellings 10,152 TRAINING HOURS public centres, for primary and and eliminating barriers, secondary education. thus ensuring a higher living BUDGET: € 163,000 BENEFICIARIES: 230 PEOPLE standard and access to the 2,272 TRAINING HOURS BUDGET: € 8,000 labour market.

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ZARAGOZA (REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS) WORKERS: 24 C/ Agustina de Aragón 47, Locales 1 y 2 ROMA: 7 NON-ROMA: 17 50004, Zaragoza Tel: 976 20 57 87 WOMEN: 16 MEN: 8 Fax: 976 20 57 89 [email protected]

VOLUNTEERS 7 HUESCA ROMA: 1 | NON-ROMA: 6 C/ Benabarre, Nº1, Oficina 10 WOMEN: 4 | MEN: 3 22002, Huesca Tel: 974 23 24 44 Fax: 974 23 24 45 [email protected]

In these pages we account for the activity we carried out VIA THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE in 2011 which was based on SERVICE WE COUNSELLED a comprehensive approach OVER 400 PEOPLE ON and which demonstrates our SOCIAL, HEALTHCARE AND commitment to the inclusion EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES of the Roma population in ETC. WE RECORDED 520 Aragon on an equal footing CONSULTATIONS. with all the citizens. and to support children’s school enrolment by means of school IN 2011 WE CELEBRATED FSG ARAGON’S 10TH accompa-niment, by provid- ANNIVERSARY BY MEANS OF A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ing both materials and tutoring PRESENTING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVING classes. LIVING STANDARDS AND THE EMPLOYABILITY OF APPROXIMATELY A FOURTH PART OF THE ROMA We will continue our work in POPULATION IN ARAGON this field. MOTHERS’ SCHOOL, TARGETING ROMA MOTHERS.

BENEFICIARIES: 14 FAMILIES AND 7 WORKERS guidance, proce-dures and to facilitate inclusion of Roma BUDGET: € 49,467 COMMUNICATION AND steps for obtaining access to from Eastern Europe. AWARENESS housing etc. 520 consultations BENEFICIARIES: 53 BRIDGE APPARTMENT IN BUDGET: € 20,200 ZARAGOZA. were recorded. It is an apartment BENEFICIARIES: 400 VIDEO FOR THE ANNIVERSARY provided by the Government BUDGET: € 169,000 OF FSG ARAGON. We produced a of Aragon to the Social Entities GENDER EQUALITY video on our work to celebrate Network in Aragon and man- CAIXA PROINFANCIA. Cover- the ten years of activity of FSG aged by FSG Zaragoza. It will ing the basic food and hygiene EQUALITY AND PROMOTION Aragon. accommodate people included needs for children under three OF ROMA WOMEN. We work BUDGET: € 6,000 in work integration pathways years old. by means of several activi- who do not own a house for 18 BENEFICIARIES: 72 CHILDREN. ties financed by the Aragon INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY months. BUDGET: € 62,000 Women’s Institute (IAM). We INTERVENTION IN ZARAGOZA. By BENEFICIARIES: 1 FAMILY highlight one conference on means of coordination meet- BUDGET: 300 € gender equality, a gathering on ings and participation in semi- HEALTH Women’s Day, a video-forum nars and intercultural confer- CAMINAR HUESCA. Tailored ences with social organizations PROMOTING HEALTH. workshops and a pre-employ- accompaniment service for the Under The ment tapas workshop. and residents of the Historic social inclusion of Roma fami- National Plans against Drugs BENEFICIARIES: 260 Centre. lies in new dwellings through and AIDS, we held two work- BUDGET: € 700 BENEFICIARIES: 20 the Urban Project in Huesca shops for raising awareness and (see page 67). providing training on drug ad- BENEFICIARIES: 208 diction and AIDS prevention. PROMOTING CULTURE BUDGET: € 42,712 BENEFICIARIES: 53 BUDGET: € 1,500 CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT DAYS. On 12th January we COMMUNITY SOCIAL comme-morated the Roma’s en- IMMIGRATION try in Aragon and on 8th April ACTION the International Roma Day. ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE. BUDGET: € 300 ASSISTANCE AND COUNSEL- We are working in Zaragoza LING. Social and healthcare and in the Valdejalón district REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Víctor García Ordás REPORT 2011 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES IN COORDINATOR, OVIEDO: THE REGIONS Eva Rodríguez Zardaín AREA III AND SOCIAL ACTION COORDINATOR: ASTURIAS Matilde Ugarte Álvarez COORDINATOR, AVILÉS: Carmen Povedano Gallardo

COORDINATOR, GIJÓN: Juan Antonio Gabarre Jiménez REGIONAL DIRECTOR Víctor García Ordás THE ROMA COMMUNITY are still very low. Of the active With respect to education, the BUDGET population, 9% are completely disadvantage with respect to In the Principality of Asturias illiterate and 74% have not the general population is aggra- € 801,819 live around 10,000 Roma peo- completed primary school. As vated by the degree of partici- BENEFICIARIES: ple who, in spite of the transfor- regards the unemployment rate, pation in the various stages of mations occurred in the past in 2007 it was 9.1% for the over- formal education and especially 6,551 30 years, still suffer significant all population, while the Roma by the secondary school drop- disadvantages. The education unemployment rate was almost out rate. As regards housing, PROGRAMMES twice as high (16.1%). spite of progress towards EXECUTED: 39 and professional training rates THE FSG though FSG Asturias had been Acceder and Promociona, the Area FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/asturias for several years developing III Comprehensive Intervention Thanks to the work of our certain programmes in slum Project and the accompaniment teams and the collaboration settlements, it was not until actions under programmes related with the various agents in- 2001 that we launched the to the Statutory Minimum Wage, volved as well as to the social comprehensive intervention among other, supposed a trans- participation of Roma families, thanks to our interdisciplinary formation in terms of the progress it was possible to achieve the teams of professionals and regarding the inclusion of the results we present below. Al- volunteers. Roma population in Asturias. EMPLOYMENT

WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. In a year when the economic crisis became more aggravated, thanks to Acceder we IN 2011 concluded 148 work contracts. We maintained our commit- Acceder Asturias ment to training, and we carried out 24 training activities. 0 BENEFICIARIES: 702 BUILDING NETWORKS THROUGH ROMA: 476 NON-ROMA: 226 DIVERSITY. A transnational and interregional cooperation MEN: 353 WOMEN: 349 project under the Priority Axis 4 of the ESF P.O. for Asturias. PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 235 Applied in the management of work pathways in work integra- ROMA: 158 | NON-ROMA: 77 tion enterprises. BUDGET: € 10,462 MEN: 116 | WOMEN: 119 “VEDELAR” SOCIO-OCCUPA- TIONAL INSERTION CENTRE, CONTRACTS: 148 PREVENTIVE FORESTRY SCHOOL IN AVILES. Vocational train- ROMA: 80 | NON-ROMA: 68 ing in forestry and gardening. MEN: 53 | WOMEN: 95 Inclusion Plan in Aviles (see 148 WORK CONTRACTS page 42). BENEFICIARIES: 17 702 BENEFICIARIES BUDGET: € 49,400 BUDGET: € 221,464.56

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AVILÉS (Regional Headquarters) OVIEDO C/Sánchez Calvo, Nº 2, Bajo C/ Llano Ponte, Nº 11, Bajo 33402, Avilés 33011, Oviedo WORKERS: 45 Tel: 985 56 35 05 Tel: 985 11 69 58 ROMA: 10 NON-ROMA: 35 Fax: 985 56 56 04 Fax: 985 11 68 73 [email protected] [email protected]

MEN: 16 WOMEN: 29 GIJÓN C/Domingo Juliana, Nº 29, VOLUNTEERS: 24 Barrio de La Calzada TRAINEES: 12 33212, Gijón Tel: 985 30 11 86 Fax: 985 30 02 98 [email protected] standardisation, there are still municipalities that have serious problems with substandard housing. Discrimination by the population in general is still limiting the development of Roma on an equal footing with SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OF THE the rest of the citizenship. ROMA COMMUNITY INDICATES THE PROGRESS TOWARDS OBTAINING CITIZEN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Working in a network is also fundamental. We are part of the EAPN network in Asturias, of the Association of Work Integration Companies and of the National Organisation for Social Inter-vention (OEIS), of the Youth Council and of the THE AWARDING OF THE DIPLOMAS FOR THE TRAINING AND OCCUPATIONAL Regional Council of Volunteers. ACTIVITIES UNDER ACCEDER IN THE PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS VEDELAR, AN INSERTION EDUCATIONAL ACTION IN OVIEDO: HEALTH COMMUNICATION AND COMPANY IN THE LANDSCAP- VENTANIELLES, SANTA MARINA AWARENESS ING AND FORESTRY SECTOR. DE PIEDRAMUELLE AND CAS- HEALTHCARE EDUCATION FOR CAYU. Founded in 2009 to address To foster mainstream ROMA. Actions of information, AWARENESS, EDUCATION, ANTI- socio-occupational, environ- education for Roma children in awareness, training and preven- DOTE FOR POVERTY AND SOCIAL mental and conservation needs compulsory and non-compulso- tion. Assistance and accompa- EXCLUSION? Educational (see page 42). ry stages. niment. activities for students in BUDGET: € 251,018.93 BENEFICIARIES: 51 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BENEFICIARIES: 721 BUDGET: € 6,000 BUDGET: € 31,389.08 Compul-sory Secondary Education Centres. ACCOMPANIMENT FOR FAMILIES EDUCATIONAL MAINSTREAMING. BENEFICIARIES: 31 CENTRES, 2,364 STUDENTS, LIVING ON THE STATUTORY YOUTH TUTORING ACTIVITY. To improve 60 TEACHERS MINIMUM WAGE IN GIJÓN AND BUDGET: € 25,097 TAPIA DE CASARIEGO. the academic success rate. CHAVÓS NEBÓ YOUTH NETWORK. BENEFICIARIES. 65 PUPILS FROM Social participation and empo- BENEFICIARIES: 119 FAMILIES. 391 PEOPLE. 25 EDUCATIONAL BUDGET: € 49,700 werment of Roma youth, on VOLUNTEERING CENTRES. BUDGET: € 11,400 the basis of recognition of their cultural identity within the TRAINING AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION COMMUNITY SOCIAL framework of full exercise of VOLUNTEERS. To strengthen the ACTION active citizenship. organisation in the volunteering PROMOCIONA. Promotes the area and raise public awareness educational mainstreaming of ROMA SOCIAL INCLUSION. ROMA FROM EASTERN on the reality of the Roma com- Roma students by achieving Comprehensive intervention EUROPE munity. higher academic success BENEFICIARIES: 25 in Castrillón, Corvera, Gozón, BUDGET: € 5,698.38 rates in the last cycle of Muros de Nalón, Soto del Barco COMPREHENSIVE AID PRO- Primary Education and in and Pravia. Advance-ment and GRAMME FOR ROMA FROM the Compulsory Secondary access to decent housing is one EASTERN EUROPE IN AVILES Education. of the main lines of action, as AND OVIEDO. BENEFICIARIES: 53 STUDENTS, 58 FAMILIES AND BENEFICIARIES: 263 well as participation in slum BUDGET: € 25,371 22 CENTRES settlement eradication plans. BUDGET: 69.754,33 BENEFICIARIES: 994 BUDGET: € 176,247 REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Rosa Pérez REPORT 2011 MEDIATOR: ACTIVITIES IN Carmen Dual THE REGIONS ACCEDER SUPERVISOR: Raúl Pérez González

PROMOCIONA SUPERVISORS: cantabria Angeles Saro Baldor y Virginia Martín

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Rosa Pérez THE FSG also employed in cleaning and BUDGET the hospitality industry. The HEADQUARTERS Although the situation of the women are mainly engaged in € 130,299 C/José María Cossío, 31 bajo. Roma community in Canta- housekeeping and childcare. Santander, 39011 bria has improved, we are still Tel. 942 322 281 BENEFICIARIES: [email protected] 1,171 facing many challenges. Al- In 2011, FSG Cantabria focused though practically all minors on four main lives of action: PERSONNEL: 16 PEOPLE PROGRAMMES are enrolled in Primary school, employment promotion (via the dropout rate is very high in Acceder), school support (via EXECUTED: 6 Secondary education. Of youths Promociona), adult training and FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: over 20 years old, very few have leisure and free time training. www.gitanos.org/cantabria completed Primary school or

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK have obtained the standardised We also highlight the presenta- training diploma. tion of the awareness-raising campaign “When I grow up, I As regards employment, the want to be...” and the launch of main occupations are itinerant our Facebook page: www.face- sales and scrap metal dealing book.com/FundacionSecretari- and more and more Roma are adoGitanoCantabria. WHAT WE DID IN 2011 Acceder IN Cantabria EMPLOYMENT LEISURE AND FREE TIME. Free time and leisure activities with EMPLOYMENT ROMA DEVELOP- students. 0 USERS 529 MENT PROGRAMME. Occupa- BENEFICIARIES: 200 PEOPLE tional counselling and insertion. BUDGET: € 24,000 ROMA: 391 NON-ROMA: 138 Acceder. We provided 6,225 hours ADULT EDUCATION. Computer MEN: 224 WOMEN: 305 of training and 747 traineeships literacy and reading and writing by means of five training actions. workshops. PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR MARKET BENEFICIARIES: 38 PEOPLE RETOMANDO (CARRYING ON). BUDGET: € 5,300 INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 184 Fostering permanent attend- ROMA: 135 | NON-ROMA: 49 ance or return to the educational system of Roma adolescents SOCIAL INCLUSION MEN: 92 | WOMEN: 92 and youth with no motivation to continue their studies. SOCIAL AND GENERAL INTEREST BENEFICIARIES: 10 PEOPLE WORK. Strengthening of all pro- CONTRACTS: 52 BUDGET: TRANSVERSAL grammes run by the FSG in 2011. BUDGET: € 42,206 ROMA: 27 | NON-ROMA: 25 EDUCATION MEN: 30 | WOMEN: 22 PROMOCIONA. Educational sup- BUDGET: € 52,073.04 port and guidance programme. 52 CONTRACTS OBTAINED BENEFICIARIES: 12 STUDENTS, 12 FAMILIES AND 6,225 TRAINING HOURS 7 CENTRES 164 COMPANIES PROSPECTED BUDGET: € 20,000

PAGE PAGE 102 103 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, ARABA: Nuria de la Cruz LOCATION FSG ANNUAL PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, BIZKAIA: REPORT 2011 María del Carmen Pinedo ARABA ACTIVITIES IN PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, GIPUZKOA: C/ Antonio Machado 48-52 Bajo Mª José Rubio 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba) THE REGIONS Tel: 945 213 789 Fax: 945 213 796 [email protected]

BASQUE BIZKAIA C/ San Diego nº 3 (C.P. Las Llanas) COUNTRY 48910 – Sestao (Bizkaia) Tel: 944 956 458 Fax: 944 722 202 PERSONNEL: 16 PEOPLE [email protected] VOLUNTEERS: 1 GIPUZKOA Avd. Ategorrieta nº 9 Bajo 20013- Donostia (Gipuzkoa) THE FSG has been to foster Roma social Tel: 943 297 879 inclusion, via actions focused Fax: 943 298 221 BUDGET In the Basque Country there on access to professional train- [email protected] € 474,785.21 are around 14,000 Roma ing and employment (Acceder), people who, although they and to improve the average USERS: 861 are experiencing an important standard of living. In addi- PROGRAMMES and continuous process of tion, we have been carrying out transfor-mation, are still facing various activities in terms of EXECUTED: 12 significant challenges: the rate education, health, housing etc., of substandard housing is still by means of which we are trying high (especially in Bizkaia); to meet the overall needs of the FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/pais_vasco there is still a high dropout rate Roma in the Basque Country. as regards Secondary education. Itinerant sales and scrap metal For 2012, our goals are: to focus dealing are still very common on training actions, to ren- activities. der our work more visible, to increase the number of agree- Since the creation of the FSG ments signed and to become a in the Basque Country, our aim benchmark. EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY

WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. This year our results ROMI SINELO. Comprehensive improved and we obtained 227 intervention with Roma women. work contracts. We launched 19 BENEFICIARIES: 12 IN 2011 training courses. BUDGET: € 5,000 Acceder BASQUE COUNTRY EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTARY. Specific training for bringing HOUSING 0 USERS: 570 Roma women closer to the labour market. COLLABORATION AGREEMENT. ROMA: 399 NON-ROMA: 171 BENEFICIARIES: 35 WOMEN Assistance in specific cases derived from rehousing. MEN: 373 WOMEN: 197 “ADIQUERANDO ON SIKLARIPEN” BENEFICIARIES: 25 PEOPLE TRADE SCHOOL. A focal point for BUDGET: € 3,871 PEOPLE WHO STARTED A WORK inclusion through training and INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 407 FOOD WORKSHOP employment. Modular training BENEFICIARIES: 15 BUDGET: € 759 ROMA: 310 NON-ROMA: 97 pathway focusing on the special- ity of cultural mediation. MEN: 220 WOMEN: 187 BENEFICIARIES: 12 YOUTHS PROMOTING CULTURE BUDGET: € 148,151.82 CONTRACTS: 227 TRAIN THE TRAINERS. Target- EDUCATION ing education and social work ROMA: 114 | NON-ROMA: 113 professionals, the programme MEN: 98 | WOMEN: 129 EDUCATION FOR TOLERANCE. consists of training sessions Targeting students in the 4th held in the relevant universities. cycle of the Compulsory Sec- ondary Education (Roma and 227 CONTRACTS OBTAINED non-Roma). BUDGET: € 348,000 BENEFICIARIES: 20 PEOPLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Carlos Ruiz Martín REPORT 2011 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, CIUDAD REAL: ACTIVITIES IN Matilde Hinojosa Serena THE REGIONS PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, ALBACETE: Encarnación Ballesteros Sevilla

PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, CUENCA CASTILE- AND GUADALAJARA: LA MANCHA Marisa Martín Pérez PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, TOLEDO: Eva Fernandez Sierra

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Carlos Ruiz Martín THE ROMA COMMUNITY ades –thanks to their access They are still victims of fre- BUDGET: to social protection systems, quent discriminatory practices In Castile-La Mancha live public housing, healthcare that render more difficult their € 1,422,386.96 approximately 26,000 Roma, and education–, a large part access to goods and services on BENEFICIARIES: whose social situation is very of the Roma population in an equal footing with the rest of diverse. Castile-La Mancha continue the population in the region. 3,765 to be concentrated in areas Despite the significant im- with a high degree of insecu- PROGRAMMES provement of their living rity and social and economic EXECUTED: 22 conditions in the last few dec- exclusion.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/castilla_la_mancha THE FSG In time we became a bench- partnerships and to our work in mark in the work with Roma the network. Since 2001, the year when FSG community from Castile-La Castile–La Mancha was es- Mancha thanks to our clear SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2011: tablished, we have been carry- institutional mission, that we →→ MORE TRAINING HOURS UNDER OUR ACCEDER ing out our activity in various carry out strategically –meeting PROGRAMME.

towns and in 2006 we prepared diverse realities– and that we →→ EXPANSION OF THE PROMOCIONA PROGRAMME a map showing our presence in implement due to the progres- all provinces. sive creation of alliances and →→ EXCELLENT RESULTS IN TERMS OF EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT organised y the Employment Department of the local Gov- WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. We held a great ernment. deal of training actions (20) BENEFICIARIES: 17 STUDENTS with over 23,300 training BUDGET: € 18,600 IN 2011 hours, of which 6,800 were AULA INFORMÁTICA/ IT ROOM Acceder CASTILE–LA MANCHA practical classes. We trained (CUENCA). Dedicated to socially over 180 Roma of Castile–La excluded people. Held under Mancha and we worked with the initiative for helping NGOs 0 USERS: 961 83 companies. of the Social Work Area of the ROMA: 221 NON-ROMA: 740 WITH TARGETS (CUENCA). Cuenca County Council. 7 DIRECT AND 324 INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES MEN: 467 WOMEN: 494 Programme for counselling, BUDGET: € 2,050 accompaniment and employability monitoring at levels COURSE ON ROAD SAFETY AND PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR MARKET 3 and 4 (employment) of EFFICIENT DRIVING (TALAVERA INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 330 the individualised insertion DE LA REINA). Dedicated to ROMA: 255 | NON-ROMA: 75 pathways within the framework people who are unemployed MEN: 161 | WOMEN: 169 of the Cuenca Local Social and have low qualifications, Inclusion Plan. grouped under Module III of BENEFICIARIES: 50 Castile-La Mancha Professional CONTRACTS: 207 BUDGET: € 34,877 Training Programme. BENEFICIARIES: 10 STUDENTS MEN: 117 | WOMEN: 90 HAIRDRESSER COURSE. Dedi- BUDGET: € 32,500 ROMA: 153 | NON-ROMA: 54 cated to people who are unemployed or have low qualifica- CUSTOMER SERVICE COURSE 207 CONTRACTS tions, grouped under Module (CIUDAD REAL). Dedicated to 23,396 TRAINING HOURS III of the Castile-La Mancha people who are unemployed BUDGET: € 817,120 Professional Training Programme and have low qualifications,

PAGE PAGE 104 105 PERSONNEL CUENCA TALAVERA DE LA REINA LOCATION C/ Fermín Caballero, Nº 24 C/Cerería, Nº 3, local 3 16004 Cuenca 45600 Talavera de la Reina CIUDAD REAL (Regional Tel: 969 24 11 30 (Toledo) EMPLOYEES: 48 headquarters) Fax: 969 24 11 31 Tel: 925 72 17 90 Paseo Carlos Eraña, Nº 4, Email: [email protected] Fax: 925 72 17 91 ROMA: 16 NON-ROMA: 32 semisótano. Email: [email protected] 13004, Ciudad Real PUERTOLLANO WOMEN:32 MEN: 16 Tel: 926 27 11 36 C/ Los Navarros Nº 1 Fax: 926 27 10 47 13500, Puertollano (Ciudad Real) VOLUNTEERS: 27 Email: [email protected] Tel: 926 41 41 00 Fax: 926 41 41 02 ALBACETE Email: C/ Hermanos Quintero, Nº 13 [email protected] 02002, Albacete Tel: 967 22 09 75 Fax: 967 50 06 64 Email: [email protected]

IN JANUARY, PROMOCIONA REACHED ALBACETE. IN 2011 WE ASSISTED 17 STUDENTS AND 17 FAMILIES AND WE WORKED WITH THREE EDUCATIONAL CENTRES OF THE CITY.

→→ THE PARTICIPATION OF OVER 3,200 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS.

→→ THE FIRM STEPS TAKEN TOWARDS THE WE FOCUSED ON TRAINING: IN 2011 WE PROVIDED DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OVER 23,300 TRAINING HOURS AND 6,800 VOLUNTEERING OF THE FSG CASTILE-LA MAN- PRACTICAL CLASSES IN REAL CONTEXTS CHA 2010/2013. 83 COMPANIES IN THE REGION COLLABORATED WITH FSG CASTILE-LA MANCHA, WE SIGNED 7 AGREEMENTS, OF WHICH WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE CONCLUDED WITH INDITEX AND THE CORTEFIEL GROUP grouped under Module III of the EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION. Support for YOUTH Castile-La Mancha Professional distance ESPA courses, Spanish Training Programme. PROMOCIONA. Programme for for foreigners and food handler. CHAVOS BALGISÍ.NET (JU- BENEFICIARIES: 20 STUDENTS educational support and guid- In Albacete. VENTUD BELLA). It fo- BUDGET: € 18,500 ance that we are carrying out BENEFICIARIES: 13 STUDENTS cuses on bringing Roma youth BUDGET: € 7,940 IT COURSE (CIUDAD REAL). in Ciudad Real and Albacete together and fostering coop- dedicated to Roma youth and eration in common spaces for Grouped under Module III of to various agents participating youth participation in Talavera the COMMUNITY SOCIAL Castile-La Mancha Profes- in the education of minors. ACTION de la Reina. sional Training Programme. BUDGET: € 50,255 BENEFICIARIES: 14 BENEFICIARIES: 17 STUDENTS BUDGET: € 2,500 BUDGET: € 7,200 DEVELOPMENT AND PROMO- STUDENTS: 27 TION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY. CONFERENCE ASSISTANT HOST- In Albacete, La Roda, Hellin, VOLUNTEEERING ESS COURSE (PUERTOLLANO). GIRLS: 20 BOYS: 7 Ciudad Real, Puertollano and Grouped under Module III of Guadalajara. Projects of inter- FSG-CLM VOLUNTEERING 2011. the Castile-La Mancha Profes- PRIMARY: 9 SECONDARY: 18 cultural mediation, dissemina- Programme for planning and sional Training Programme. FAMILIES: 22 tion of Roma culture, youth implementing social action vol- BENEFICIARIOS: 20 STUDENTS SCHOOLS: 9 empowerment, healthcare pro- unteering activities by the FSG BUDGET: € 13,275 EXTENSION OF SCHOOL TIME- motion, increase of the employ- in the Municipalities of Castile- TABLE. ability level and inter-vention in La Mancha, focusing on 4 lines BUILDING MAINTENANCE PEBEM (ALBACETE). of action: awareness, promo- Dedicated to students from the education field. COURSE (PUERTOLLANO). 535 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES tion, support and institutional Dedicated to Roma youth from schools centres in the Estrella BUDGET: 224.881 € action and coordination. the El Pino, El Carmen, Cañab- and Milagrosa. It covers: dy- VOLUNTEERS: 27 ares and Las 600 districts. namisation of school libraries, APRÉNDEME/ LEARN ME INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 327 BENEFICIARIES: 10 STUDENTS school support and tutoring (ALBACETE). Informal educa- BUDGET: € 10,000 BUDGET: € 33,549 and literary gathering. tion for children and youth. BENEFICIARIES: 118 BENEFICIARIES: 126 BUDGET: € 33,354 BUDGET: € 50,000 REGIONAL DIRECTOR: Mª DEL MAR DEL FRESNO GARCÍA FSG ANNUAL PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, BURGOS: REPORT 2011 ANA MARÍA SEDANO BERNAL ACTIVITIES IN PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, LEÓN: THE REGIONS IRENE VELADO FERNÁNDEZ PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, PALENCIA: RAQUEL GARCÍA PARIS PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, SALAMANCA: MARÍA DOLORES MOLINA ALONSO PROVINCIAL CASTILE-LEÓN COORDINATOR, SEGOVIA: LUÍS MARTÍNEZ CUADRADO PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, VALLADOLID: MARÍA DOLORES VILLARRUBIA MERINO PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR, ZAMORA: ANA BELÉN PRADA REGIONAL DIRECTOR Mª del Mar del Fresno García THE ROMA COMMUNITY of equal opportunities and the THE FSG BUDGET: cases of discrimination. This is 2011 was a difficult year for the why it is important to: The FSG in Castile-León has € 1,537,197 Roma community of Castile- become a benchmark in Roma →→ STRIVE TO GUARANTEE THAT THE HIGHEST USERS: 4,342 León (26,500 people), which NUMBER OF ROMA STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY intervention, not only due to was seriously affected by the COMPLETE SECONDARY EDUCATION our territorial network but crisis. We have witnessed a set- thanks to our comprehensive PROGRAMMES →→ REDUCE THE ROMA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND EXECUTED: 25 back on the progress achieved FOCUS ON TRAINING THAT IMPROVES THEIR work approach. In 2011, our in terms of social inclusion, ac- EMPLOYABILITY work focused mainly on: cess to employment, integration in the educational system etc. →→ TACKLE THE SUBSTANDARD AND SLUM SETTLE- →→ EMPLOYMENT. The launch of the “UZIPEN FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: MENT AREAS THAT STILL EXIST, IN SPITE OF THE CASTILE-LEÓN” WORK INTEGRATION SOCIAL www.gitanos.org/castilla_y_leon This context triggers a step back GREAT PROGRESS ACHIEVED COMPANY AND ENHANCEMENT OF OUR WORK as regards social justice, ter- WITH MINIMUM INCOME BENEFICIARIES WITH TWO PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT IN COL- ritorial cohesion, which brings LABORATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES. With to light even more the absence EMPLOYMENT AQUERANDO DROM (OFI) for immigrants. WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. We consolidated 9 BENEFICIARIES: 24 PEOPLE self-employment initiatives, we BUDGET: € 38,745 signed 421 contracts and we IMPLANTA (PCPI). Basic Profes- IN 2011 carried out 33 training actions sional Qualification Programme, with 58,000 training hours and aimed at people under 25. Acceder CASTILE-LEÓN 12,000 practical classes. BENEFICIARIES 15 STUDENTS BUDGET: €29.889 EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS. 0 USERS: 1.520 Two workshops: Aromali II COMPENSA. Development of Duplo (social and healthcare individualised and personalised ROMA: 1.153 NON-ROMA: 367 of dependent persons) and social and occupational integra- Lombardo I(junior personnel tion pathways in Palencia for MEN: 55.59 % WOMEN: 44.41 % for nursery gardens, park and people who are at risk or are PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR gardening centres) already socially excluded and MARKET INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 540 BENEFICIARIES: 24 PEOPLE who receive the SMW. BUDGET: € 266,947.04 BENEFICIARIES: 14 PEOPLE ROMA: 355 | NON-ROMA: 185 BUDGET: € 8,000 INSERENTA. Training and MEN: 53.33 % | WOMEN: 46.67 % employment initiative aimed at “LA CAIXA” FOUNDATION PRO- improving employability with GRAMME. Project for improv- CONTRACTS: 421 young beneficiaries of the Stat- ing employability of Roma utory Minimum Wage (SMW) population benefiting from the ROMA: 58.91 % | NON-ROMA: 41.09 % or at risk of social exclusion. SMW. Comprehensive work BENEFICIARIES: 13 PEOPLE MEN: 55.58 % | WOMEN: 44.42 % in the social, work-related and BUDGET: € 15,000 awareness-raising field. BENEFICIARIES: 24 AQUERANDO DROM (OFI). A BUDGET: € 26,000 421 CONTRACTS OBTAINED comprehensive multiannual training and counselling plan, CAMELAMOS MURABAR. Youth 58,000 TRAINING HOURS with insertion commitment and employability enhancement targeting the unemployed. programme. BUDGET: € 609,398.92 BENEFICIARIES: 60 PEOPLE BENEFICIARIES: 25 PEOPLE. BUDGET: € 57,420 BUDGET: € 7,500

PAGE PAGE 106 107 PERSONNEL LEÓN Tel: 923 280985 LOCATION C/ Cardenal Cisneros, 65 Fax: 923 280969 24010 León e-mail: [email protected] WORKERS: 37 VALLADOLID (Regional headquarters) Tel: 987 276600 C/ Verbena, 6 bajo Fax: 987 276601 SEGOVIA ROMA: 9 NON-ROMA: 28 47005, Valladolid e-mail: [email protected] Centro Cívico San Lorenzo Tel: 983 219622 C/ Anselmo Carretero, s/n WOMEN: 31 MEN: 6 Fax: 983 219623 PALENCIA 40003 Segovia e-mail: [email protected] C/ Travesía del Secretario Vázquez, 1-2ºB Tlf / Fax: 921 435241 34001 Palencia e-mail: [email protected] VOLUNTEERS : 40 BURGOS Tel: 979 706073 C/ Manuel Altolaguirre, 22 bajo Fax: 979 706491 ZAMORA ROMA: 16 NON-ROMA: 24 09007 Burgos e-mail: [email protected] Avda. Requejo, 24, Portal 3-4 Tel: 947 242425 49029 Zamora WOMEN: 27 MEN: 13 Fax: 983 242183 SALAMANCA Tlf / Fax: 980 512727 e-mail: [email protected] C/ Santa Clara, 15 planta baja e-mail: [email protected] 37001 Salamanca

the social services - we continued the employment workshops.

→→ EDUCATION. Promociona was launched in León and we reoriented our education intervention so that more students complete secondary education.

→→ HOUSING. 2011 meant the end of segre- gated settlements in Segovia.

2011 MEANT THE END OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS IN SEGOVIA. THE DEMOLITION OF THE SUBSTANDARD SETTLEMENT IN CARRETERA DE MADRONA PUT AN END TO A 30-YEAR PERIOD, OF WHICH THE LAST SIX SUPPOSED AN ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE FSG. FOR THE FSG IN CASTILE-LEÓN, 2011 MEANT GREAT PROGRESS IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING THANKS TO THE CREATION AND LAUNCH OF THE FIRST WORK INTEGRATION SOCIAL COMPANY, “UZIPEN CASTILLA LEÓN”, THAT DEALS WITH REFURBISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, CLEANING AND AUXILIARY SERVICES.

OAEDR. Within the Formados of social and housing exclusion. improving employability and YOUTH (Trained) programme held BENEFICIARIES: 345 PEOPLE equal opportunities. by the Salamanca Provincial BUDGET: € 34,850.36 BENEFICIARIES: 153 USERS 7TH PROVINCIAL YOUTH CON- BUDGET: € 46,191 Government. Two pluri-annual COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION FERENCE. Theme: “Volunteer- training actions for people at WITH HEARING IMPAIRED ROMA. ing, a way to participate.” risk of exclusion. IMMIGRATION BENEFICIARIES: 50 PEOPLE. BENEFICIARIES: 30 STUDENTS To favour their social and educational mainstreaming. BUDGET: € 1,361.86 PLURIANNUAL BUDGET: € 9,600 INTERVENTION WITH ROMA FROM BENEFICIARIES: 91 PEOPLE BUILDING A CULTURAL SPACE. BUDGET: € 18,850 EASTERN EUROPE. It fosters so- Interculturality and social inte- EDUCATION cial and occupational inclusion. gration projects. HEALTHCARE PROGRAMME. It is being carried out in several Actions to improve healthcare BENEFICIARIES: 14 PEOPLE PROMOCIONA. Fosters the per- towns of Burgos Province. BUDGET: € 1,065 manence in mainstream educa- conditions. BENEFICIARIES: 51 PEOPLE tion of Roma students, ensuring BENEFICIARIES: 215 PEOPLE BUDGET: € 15,000 YOUTH IN ACTION (JCYL). Action BUDGET: € 10,000 higher academic success rates in 1.2 Youth Initiative, “Camelamos Primary and Secondary school. OIGS SOCIAL ACTION PRO- HOUSING Chanelar, We want to know” car- BENEFICIARIES: 58 STUDENTS, GRAMME. Social and family ried out by the youths them- 53 FAMILIES AND 35 CENTRES selves with guidance. BUDGET: € 88,032 intervention. SOCIAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO BENEFICIARIES: 358 PEOPLE BUDGET: € FAMILIES AT RISK OF HOUSING BENEFICIARIES: 59 YOUTHS BUDGET: € 7,500 APRENDER A CHANELAR (LEARN- 149,573.73 EXCLUSION. Dedicated to Roma ING TO KNOW MORE). It seeks to COLLABORATION AGREEMENT families in the slum settlements reduce early school leaving. WITH THE ARANDA DE DUERO in Carretera de Madrona and El VOLUNTEERING BENEFICIARIES: 254 CHILDREN LOCAL COUNCIL. Tejerín, in Segovia (see page 55). BUDGET: € 13,200 Assistance to BENEFICIARIES: 288 PEOPLE EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERING socially excluded Roma families. BUDGET: € 52,000 BENEFICIARIES: 732 SERVICE. (Youth in Action HEALTH BUDGET: € 18,000 Programme). European volun- GENDER EQUALITY teering programme in which we participate as host and sending SOCIAL AND FAMILY INTERVEN- SOCIAL INCLUSION TION. In collaboration with PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT organisation. In 2011, two of SCHOOLS. our projects were approved and the Provincial Governments of SOCIAL INTERVENTION IN Aim to improve the Burgos, León and Valladolid. employability of Roma women. we hosted three volunteers from ZAMORA. Preventing and limit- BENEFICIARIES: 109 FEMALE USERS Italy, Poland and Belgium. Boosting the associative activ- ing the early school leaving and BUDGET: € 14,485 ity and assistance in situations BUDGET: € 25,000 REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Carmen Méndez López REPORT 2011 COORDINATOR, SABADELL: ACTIVITIES IN Francisca Maya Heredia THE REGIONS COORDINATORS, BARCELONA: Soledad Soto y Gerardo Tiradani

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT AREA CATALONIA SOCIAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY AREA

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Carmen Méndez López THE ROMA COMMUNITY mum attendance at university THE FSG BUDGET: and a high dropout rate in The Roma population liv- Secondary school. There are In 2011, the FSG in Catalonia has € 700,297 ing in Catalonia (around still many neighbourhoods become a benchmark in the work BENEFICIARIES: 75,000 people) is heterogene- with Roma people rejecting with and for Roma in Catalonia. ous and diverse and has expe- inter-cultural coexistence. 7,936 rienced a significant improve- And there are a lot of Roma More and more people come to PROGRAMMES ment in the past few years, facing problems in obtain- our offices to register for employ- although it is still facing many ing housing or entering the ment pathways. Despite the dif- EXECUTED: 23 challenges. regular labour market, due to ficult state of affairs, the results discrimination and inequali- FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: we obtained via interventions in As regards education, despite ties, along with Roma’s poor the field of employment confirm www.gitanos.org/cataluna an almost complete school- qualification. Inequalities and the success Acceder has had. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK ing rate in Kindergarten and exclusion have always in- Primary School, there is still creased in times of crisis, such As regards education, we con- a low rate of illiteracy, mini- as the current one. tinued to foster the educational EMPLOYMENT JOVES AMB FUTUR. Tutoring and monitoring of youths be- WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. The results obtained tween 16 and 25 years old who confirm that Acceder is one of are unemployed. Technical and the most effective and stable professional phase plus train- IN 2011 inclusion initiatives. ing agreements. BENEFICIARIES: 32 Acceder IN CATALONIA 2011 RMI. Targeting women ben- BUDGET: € 9,375 eficiaries of the Minimum BENEFICIARIES: 1.304 ECOTUR – HOSTESSES. Seeks Insertion Income (RMI) in to professionally train Roma Montcada i Reixac. A two-year ROMA: 464 NON-ROMA: 188 young women, especially as training pathway for improv- conference assistant hostesses. MEN: 276 WOMEN: 376 ing their employability. TURNOVER: € 6,207.20 BENEFICIARIES: 10 WOMEN PEOPLE WHO STARTED BUDGET: € 18,983.68 TRAINING ACTIONS. MONT- A LABOUR MARKET CADA-REIXAC (2010-2011). INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 410 “CAIXA-INCORPORA”. Work A course on dry-cleaning and ROMA: 286 NON-ROMA: 124 integration of socially excluded ironing (140 h.) and another people and involve-ment of the course on industrial cleaning MEN: 175 WOMEN: 235 companies in corporate social (140 h.). responsibility (CSR). BENEFICIARIES: 14 WOMEN AND 12 MEN 120 PARTICIPANTS, BUDGET: € 32,406 CONTRACTS: 220 41 VISITED COMPANIES, 15 COMMITTED AND ONE AGREEMENT ROMA: 68 | NON-ROMA: 42 BUDGET: € 10,833.33 HEALTH

MEN: 37 | WOMEN: 73 XARXA ORIENTA. Integration INTERCULTURAL MEDIATION. guidance and support for Social and healthcare accom- 220 CONTRACTS OBTAINED vulnerable groups: compre- paniment and intercultural 7,574 TRAINING HOURS hensive actions. mediation with the Roma com- 820 INSERTION PATHWAYS BENEFICIARIES: 75 munity from Eastern Europe. BUDGET: € 50,213.14 BENEFICIARIES: 67 FAMILIES BUDGET: € 226,267.71 BUDGET: € 9,200

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Barcelona (REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS) C/ Segadors, 2, 6a planta WORKERS: 27 08030, Barcelona ROMA: 8 NON-ROMA: 19 Tel.: 93 274 55 82 Fax: 93 274 55 83 WOMEN: 17 MEN: 10 [email protected]

Sabadell Carretera de Barcelona, 208, B TRAINEES: 2 08205, Sabadell VOLUNTEERS: 3 Tel.: 93 710 50 30 Fax: 93 710 50 31 [email protected]

advancement of the Roma OUTING IN TIBIADO WITH THE SCHOOL THE CRISIS IS SLOWING DOWN THE PROGRESS immigrants from Eastern Eu- SUPPORT GROUP. ACHIEVED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS BY THE ROMA rope. In addition, in Sabadell, COMMUNITY, WHO IS FACING VARIOUS CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND the Promociona programme HOUSING. THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRE THE achieved its objective of reduc- ATTENTION OF THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL AND ing early school living. PARTICULARLY THAT OF POLITICAL PARTIES. THERE IS STILL A NEED AND A REQUEST FOR NON- In terms of health, thanks to a STANDARDISATION OF THE ROMA PEOPLE, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE EXTREME MARGINALISATION programme carried out along CASES EXPERIENCED BY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, with the Provincial Government BEYOND ANY PUNCTUAL CASES AND BEYOND THE of Barcelona and the relevant INTERESTS OF POLITICIANS OR THE MEDIA. Department, we provided FOR ALL THESE REASONS, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS social- healthcare assistance and IS NOT THE TIME TO CUT ON SOCIAL EXPENDITURE. healthcare education, a project INSTEAD, IT IS TIME WE COMMITTED TO CLEAR that will continue thanks to the AND PRECISE POLICIES THAT GUARANTEE DECENT support of “la Caixa”. LIVING CONDITIONS FOR ALL CITIZENS. HOUSING Roma children from the East- participation of the stakehold- EQUAL TREATMENT ern Europe living in Badalona ers living or working in the Sant O KER LE ROMA. Provision of a and Santa Coloma. Roc neighbourhood, Badalona. ROMA=CITIZENS CONFERENCE. house to a Roma family from BENEFICIARIES: 110 MINORS BUDGET: € 10,797 Reflection on fundamental Eastern Europe and support for BUDGET: € 36,500 rights. There participated, facilitating their social inclusion. CONTES RROMANE. Dissemina- YOUTH among others the Antidiscrim- Provided by Rose Foundation of tion of Roma stories and leg- ination Prosecutor’s Office Caja Mediterránea (CAM). ends for bringing Roma reality DIVERSE WORLD (COINED). In- and representatives of the Sant BENEFICIARIES: 5 PEOPLE closer to school and to society ternational education project Andreu District. BUDGET: € 1,200 + € 1,200 CONTRIBUTION OF in general. for disseminating the culture USERS: 120 THE FAMILIES BUDGET: € 4,500 BENEFICIARIES: 1500 AND 120 TEACHERS of ethnic minorities. BUDGET: € 25,825 BENEFICIARIES: 25, BUDGET: € 2,000 EDUCATION ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP OF IM- INTERVIDA. Educational rein- MIGRANT ROMA. It includes two PROMOCIONA. Fosters main- forcement and social accompa- GENDER EQUALITY lines of action: detection and stream education of Roma niment to Roma families from basic aid. students, ensuring higher the Eastern Europe. PLA DE BARRIS SABADELL. academic success rates in the BENEFICIARIES: 103 MINORS BUDGET: € 12,500 Accompaniment, training and COMMUNICATION AND last year at primary school and promotion of Roma young AWARENESS-RAISING at secondary school. women in the south area of ROMA FROM EASTERN Sabadell. BENEFICIARIES: 21 STUDENTS, 15 FAMILIES EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. AND 6 CENTRES. EUROPE USERS: 15 Presen- BUDGET: € 24,000 BUDGET: 12.000 € tation of the campaign “When Fostering the Integration of I grow up, I want to be,” at- PROINFÀNCIA REFORÇ. School Roma from Eastern Europe. EMPOW-AIR. International tended by all the Roma entities support classrooms related to BUDGET: € 10,473.50 Project funded under the in the city and by 250 people. the work carried out in regular Daphne EU initiative, coordi- classrooms. nated by the women’s founda- MEDIATION SERVICE IN MU- BENEFICIARIES: 127 SERVICES, 75 IN KIND COMMUNITY SOCIAL tion SURT and developed with NICIPAL POOLS OF SABADELL. BUDGET: € 132,459.33 ACTION various social organisations for Preventing conflict situations. investigating male violence oc- MEDIATORS: 5, BENEFICIARIES: 2,000 SUPORT A L’ESCOLARITZACIÓ. COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IN curring among ethnic minori- BUDGET: € 37,220.29 Seeks to guarantee the progres- THE SANT ROC. Improve the ties in our country. sive and optimum schooling of BUDGET: € 17,429,60 (2011/13) REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Lola Fernández REPORT 2011 COORDINATOR, CASTELLON: ACTIVITIES IN Francisco Escudero THE REGIONS COORDINATOR, VALENCIA: Helena Ferrando

COORDINATOR, ALICANTE: VALENCIA Alejandro Novella REGION TEAM AND PROGRAMMES COORDINATORS

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Lola Fernández La THE ROMA The situation has worsened in THE FSG COMMUNITY terms of inequalities in educa- BUDGET tion, employment and profes- € 2,112.693 2011 was marked by the Around 65,000 Roma, approxi- sional qualification, access to effects of a deep recession BENEFICIARIES: mately 9% of the total Roma housing etc. which continues to afflict 7,450 population in Spain, live in the Roma community living Valencia Region. The Roma At the moment, we can safely in the Valencia Region and population is present in all say that the majority of Roma which has forced us to adapt PROGRAMMES in the Valencia Region have EXECUTED: 50 three provinces, although the and prioritise our lines greatest number is located in lower living standards than the of action. rest of the population and they FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: the province of Alicante. www.gitanos.org/andalucia face obstacles preventing their We focused especially on escape from exclusion. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK In spite of the significant im- employment and training via provement in recent years of the the Acceder programme, and situation of this minority in the we continued with our firm Valencia Region, the current commitment to an education economic crisis has meant a based especially on fostering step back for this community. actions targeting school dro- WHAT WE DID IN 2011

Acceder IN THE VALENCIA REGION

0 BENEFICIARIES: 1.677

ROMA: 1.203 NON-ROMA: 474 MEN: 780 WOMEN: 897

PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 626

ROMA: 400 NON-ROMA: 226 MEN: 292 WOMEN: 334

CONTRACTS: 459

ROMA: 292 | NON-ROMA: 167 MEN: 153 | WOMEN: 306 459 CONTRACTS OBTAINED 1,677 BENEFICIARIES

PAGE PAGE 110 111 PERSONNEL CASTELLÓN LOCATION Plaza Juez Borrull Nº 1 Entresuelos 2 y 3 VALENCIA (Regional 12003, Castellón workers: 95 Headquarters) Tel: 964 22 04 54 Concha Espina, 7 Bajo Fax: 964 22 04 27 ROMA: 29 NON-ROMA: 66 46021 Valencia Tfn: 963 69 99 40 ELCHE WOMEN: 64 MEN: 26 Fax: 963 69 19 89 Manuel Vicente Pastor, 28. 03206, Elche ALICANTE Tel: 965 43 50 52 TRAINEES: 9 Monseñor Romero, 3 Local VOLUNTEERS: 25 Fax: 965 43 72 95 03010, Alicante Tel: 965 25 79 83 LA COMA (Paterna) Fax: 965 25 79 93 Burriana, 59, Bajo dcha. Barrio La Coma. Paterna Tel: 963 90 13 71 Fax: 963 90 13 71 pout prevention and favouring nity Intervention Programme; and the support offered by the IN NOVEMBER, TOGETHER WITH ENTITIES OF THE OPERATIONAL academic success. PROGRAMME, WE HELD A SEMINAR IN VALENCIA ON “EMPLOYMENT Social Work Department of AND VULNERABLE GROUPS” THAT HAD A GREAT IMPACT AND WAS Another aspect we should Bancaja to the Acceder pro- ATTENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA. highlight for 2011 is the net- gramme and to the Roma from worked work carried out and Eastern Europe Programme. We our participation in the Xarxa have maintained a good col- per L´ïnclusió Social. EAPN-CV laboration with regional and (EAPN-CV Social local authorities. Inclusion Network). We also received support from private entities, such as the So- IN 2011, THE FSG OF THE cial Work Department of Caja VALENCIA REGION REACHED Mediterráneo savings bank, the 7,450 PEOPLE THROUGH “la Caixa” Foundation via the 50 PROGRAMMES Caixa Proinfancia programme and the Intercultural Commu- EMPLOYMENT OTHER EMPLOYMENT MOTIVAT Comprehensive EXPERIMENTAL COMPENSATORY PROGRAMMES. Employment Plans. PROJECT. The goal of this pro- ACCEDER. Aimed at provid- We run other training and Employment pathways. ject is social and academic in- employment programmes clusion, reduction of absentee- ing the Roma community with Comprehensive Plans against training and employment. subsidised by the Training and ism, cooperation and individual BUDGET: € 578,731.25 Employment Service (SERVEF) Exclusion. Employment path- work in all areas, development of the Valencia Regional Gov- ways with 300 and of social skills, provision of CAM ROMÍ. Funded by Caja ernment. 90 placements. options for further education, Mediterráneo, the goal of vocational training and labour this programme is the labour Training and Occupational OPEAS Actions. Professional counselling. market integration. integration of Roma women via Insertion Workshops: Sales BENEFICIARIES: 50 STUDENTS FROM 5 CENTRES training activities. Activities (Elche), Assistant BUDGET: € 15,000 BENEFICIARIES: 191 WOMEN Beautician (Valencia) and type EDUCATION BUDGET: € 80,700 B driver’s licence. RACÓ MÁGIC (Magic Corner). STUDENTS: 30 PROMOCIONA. Seeks perma- Social and educational action INCORPORA. Elche. Alicante. BUDGET: € 135,000 nence in mainstream educa- with minors. The “la Caixa” Foundation. BENEFICIARIES: 50 BENEFICIARIES: 100. Training workshops for tion of Roma students, for BUDGET: 21.800 € PEOPLE HIRED: 40 employment. A course of ensuring higher academic AGREEMENTS WITH COMPANIES: 40 Children and Youth Leisure success rates. MAINSTREAM EDUCATION PRO- Activities Monitor (Valencia); BUDGET: € 26,280 JECT. Extracurricular activities THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME. two courses of Socio-cultural in the Casalarga and Virgen del The Bancaja Foundation. monitor (Valencia and Alicante) Remedio schools in Alicante. BENEFICIARIES: 90 PEOPLE and a Sports Monitor course BENEFICIARIES: 160 PEOPLE HIRED: 17 STUDENTS: 43 CHILDREN BUDGET: € 17,222.22 BUDGET: € 80,000 (Alicante). STUDENTS: 40 BUDGET: € 190,472 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OF SOCIAL GIRLS: 23 BOYS: 20 INTEREST PROGRAMME. PEOPLE HIRED: 15 AT PRIMARY: 19 AT SECONDARY: 24 BUDGET: € 101,872.72 FAMILIES: 35 SCHOOLS INVOLVED: 19 ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMME. healthcare. It is implemented Overall, we reached 1,733 GENDER EQUALITY For obtaining the secondary in Valencia and the La Coma people. school diploma. district. Gender equality programmes BENEFICIARIES: 159 PEOPLE BENEFICIARIES: 1,400 PEOPLE AND 800 FAMILIES. aim at promotion of Roma 2,700 BENEFITS. BRÚJULA ROMANÓ SASTIPEN. women to enable them to Among the different educa- BUDGET: € 491,962 Drug addiction awareness pro- tional actions we carry out, escape from the twin disadvan- gramme. tages of being both women and we also highlight: educational INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY IN- BENEFICIARIES: 225 PEOPLE Roma. We aim at fostering their reinforcement, extracurricular TERVENTION PROGRAMME (ICI). BUDGET: € 3,900 activities, professional training Its main objective is to design capacity of finding their per- and counselling and adult train- a social action model to drive KAMELAMOS GUINAR. HIV pre- sonal development path. Over- ing. Overall, in 2011 we reached local development processes vention programme. all, our direct actions reached 523 Roma children and youths and to equip society as a whole BENEFICIARIES: 40 PEOPLE 721 women. The following are and 159 adults. to prevent social conflicts. It BUDGET: € 2,225 some of these programmes: was launched in the La Coma DROM SASTIPEN. Drug addic- CUARTO MUNDO (THE FOURTH district (Paterna). tion prevention programme. WORLD). Intervention with COMMUNITY SOCIAL BENEFICIARIES: 200 PEOPLE BENEFICIARIES: 1,733 PEOPLE BUDGET: € 155,000 Roma women. ACTION BUDGET: € 16,000 BENEFICIARIES: 10 WOMEN BUDGET: € 10,058 ROMA COMMUNITY COM- PREHENSIVE SOCIAL ACTION HEALTH IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE ON LIFELONG PROGRAMME. The methodology Numerous healthcare initiatives PROMOTION OF ROMA WOMEN. is based on community devel- were put into effect in 2011. ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE. PARTICIPANTS: 350 opment in the San Lorenzo Outstanding projects: Implementation of comprehen- BUDGET: €10,830 (Castellon), La Coma (Paterna- sive actions aimed at improv- →→ HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIDS AWARE- ROMÍ WORKSHOP. Psychosocial Valencia) and Virgen del Car- NESS AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES TARGETING ing the living standards and men (Alicante) districts. THE ROMA COMMUNITY employability of Roma from support BENEFICIARIES: 10 WOMEN BENEFICIARIES: 1,446 PEOPLE →→ PREVENTION OF DRUG ADDICTIONS Eastern Europe. BUDGET: € 7,020 BUDGET: € 63,900 →→ TRAINING OF HEALTHCARE AGENTS MENTAL BENEFICIARIES: 592 PEOPLE HEALTH PROGRAMMES. BUDGET: € 55,000 CAIXA PROINFANCIA PRO- PROMOTION AND INCLUSION OF GRAMME. THE “LA CAIXA” ROMA WOMEN. Alicante City FOUNDATION. Supporting Council. 469 women. children and the family. The BUDGET: € 23,800 priority areas are education and

SEVERAL ROMA YOUNG WOMEN SUCCESSFULLYCOMPLETED THE TPV CASHIER COURSE, UNDER THE ACCEDER PROGRAMME

PAGE PAGE 112 113 FSG ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS MADRID

REGIONAL DIRECTOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Eduardo Conejo Abil Rocío Garcia García

REGIONAL DIRECTOR: LA PERLA Eduardo Conejo Abil LOCATION C/ Oligisto Nº 15, bajo A BUDGET DEPUTY DIRECTOR: VALLECAS 28041, Madrid Rocío Garcia García (Regional headquarters) Tfno 91 475 30 46 C/ Ahijones, s/n (Vallecas) Email: € 2,308,000 RESPONSIBLE, VALLECAS: 28018, Madrid [email protected] david de miguel Tel: 91 507 91 40 BENEFICIARIES: RESPONSIBLE, VILLAVERDE-HORTALEZA: Fax: 91 507 91 39 SAN CHINARRO 4,440 carmen roncal Email: [email protected] C/Pintor Antonio Saura, 16 B Bajo A RESPONSIBLE, CARABANCHEL-LATINA: 28050 Madrid CARABANCHEL Tel: 91 383 34 04 PROGRAMMES manuel ortíz C/ Besolla, Nº 16, bajo COORRDINATOR OF THE CAÑADA TEAM: 28025, Madrid SOTO DEL REAL EXECUTED: 26 susana camacho Tel: 91 422 07 70 Centro Penitenciario Soto del Real, Fax. 91 422 07 71 Madrid Email: [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: 28791, Soto del Real www.gitanos.org/madrid HORTALEZA Tel: 91 884 77 59 PERSONNEL Centro Integrado “Apóstol Santiago” Fax: 91 884 78 03 C/Carrión de los Condes s/n WORKERS: 95 28033, Madrid VILLAVERDE Tel: 654 567 689 C/ Unanimidad, Nº 29 ROMA: 61 NON-ROMA: 44 Enail: [email protected] 28041, Madrid WOMEN: 64 MEN: 26 Tel: 91 369 90 76 LATINA – CAÑO ROTO Fax: 91 369 80 35 gitanas: 7 no gitanas: 57 ROMA: 28 noN - C/ Alfaro Nº 2, bajo 3 Email: [email protected] RoMA: 10 28025, Madrid TRAINEES: 7 Tel: 91 461 33 89 VOLUNTEERS: 11 Fax: 91 461 22 75 Email: [email protected]

THE ROMA COMMUNITY of every ten Roma abandon unemployment rate is nine activity of many Roma fami- the compulsory studies before percentage points higher than lies that are currently seeking In the Madrid region live completion. In addition, in that of the general population. new ways of carrying out their around 70,000 Roma people. some schools in Madrid there Among the employed Roma, activity. Despite the progress made, is a large number of students job insecurity is a problem, there are still many goals to with special needs. given that they usually work In terms of housing, despite the achieve. More than seven out in unregulated sectors; 56% significant progress after the of ten Roma over 15 years The low formal educational of the contracts are tempo- demolition of slum settlements, old are totally or functionally attainment of the Roma is rary and a third of these are there are still certain areas illiterate. As for the youth, one of the main obstacles to no more than verbal agree- of substandard housing. The their challenge is to complete accessing employment. In the ments. The new law on refuse Cañada Real Galiana is an area Secondary Education. Eight Madrid Region, the Roma collection has worsened the of special concern.

→→ ACTIONS TARGETING EMPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN ESSEN- →→ THE START OF THE SECOND BASIC VOCATIONAL TRAIN- →→ THE ARRIVAL OF THE PHOTO-VAN –UNDER THE FSG TIAL IN A YEAR OF AGGRAVATED CRISIS. APART FROM THE ING PROGRAMME (PCPI) ON AUXILIARY ADMINISTRATION THE CAMPAIGN “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO ACCEDER DATA, WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THE AGREEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS IN VALLECAS, IN BE”– TO THE PONCE DE LEON CENTRE WAS Our achievements in 2011: SIGNED WITH “LA CAIXA” FOR THE INCORPORA PRO- COLLABORATION WITH THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOY- A COMPLETE SUCCESS. OVER 100 MINORS GRAMME, WHICH ALLOWED US TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS MENT DEPARTMENT. DREAMT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO BECOME OF THE CRISIS, SO THAT IN ONLY 4 MONTHS WE OBTAINED WHEN THEY GROW UP. THE EMPLOYMENT OF 30 PEOPLE. →→ THE PLAN FOR SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE- MENT AND MEDIATION WITH ROMA IN MADRID, UNDER →→ THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERVENTION AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, ALLOWED US TEAM IN LA CAÑADA REAL. THANKS TO AN TO CARRY OUT BASIC ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES WITH 513 AGREEMENT WITH THE SOCIAL WORK DEPART- PEOPLE. WE ALSO WORKED IN THE EDUCATION AREA MENT OF CAJA MADRID, WE OWN A MOBILE WITH 500 MINORS, COMPLETING THE ACTIONS UNDER THE UNIT THAT ALLOWED US TO ENHANCE OUR CAIXA PROINFANCIA PROGRAMME. ACTIVITY (SEE PAGE 66). WHAT WE DID IN 2011 EMPLOYMENT EMPLEAROM. Experimental pro- cas. It includes the orientation PROMOCIONA. Educational gramme, funded by the General towards continuous training support to Roma students for ACCEDER. 2011 has been a dif- Directorate for Employment, resources. successfully completing the ficult year for our employment for the development of work BENEFICIARIES: 12 Compulsory Secondary Educa- service, due to an increase in the integration pathways. BUDGET: € 40,000 tion. We have Promociona Class- BENEFICIARIES: 140 number of users and the fewer DESPIERTA. rooms in Vallecas, Caño Roto BUDGET: € 240,000 Dedicated to young and Ponce de León. employment opportunities. people from La Latina district BUDGET: € 612,000 BUDGET: € 110,000 WORK INTEGRATION OF ROMA for bringing them closer to STUDENTS: 65 AGREEMENT WITH MADRID CITY WOMEN IN THE CARE OF DE- training resources, for their girls: 30 boys: 35 COUNCIL, ACCEDER. PENDENT PERSONS. Funded by work advancement in the me- Focused on at primary: 30 at secondary: 35 the insertion of Roma women Caja Madrid Social Work Area dium and long term. FAMILIES: 60 via socio-occupational pathways. and integrated in Acceder. BENEFICIARIES: 24 SCHOOLS: 18 BENEFICIARIES: 40 BUDGET: € 12,000 BENEFICIARIES: 274 WOMEN BUDGET: € 30,000 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES UN- BUDGET: € 80,400 WORKS OF SOCIAL AND GEN- DER THE AGREEMENT SIGNED THE INCORPORA PROGRAMME. “AMARO TEGARA II” SCHOOL ERAL INTEREST. Hiring unem- WITH MADRID CITY COUNCIL. Via Employment intermediation WORKSHOP. Theoretical and ployed people to reinforce com- individual assistance, actions with companies for obtaining practical training in building pre-hensive action programmes with families and coordination employment insertion of Ac- maintenance. with the Roma community. with our offices. BENEFICIARIES: 16 BENEFICIARIES: 14 BENEFICIARIES: 497 MINORS. 283 PROFESSIONALS. ceder users. BUDGET: € 241,340.68 BUDGET: € 207,000 BENEFICIARIES: 585 41 SCHOOLS BUDGET: € 80,000 BUDGET: € 10,000 ECOTUR HOSTESS PROGRAMME. EDUCATION EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES OF Training and work integration THE MADRID REGION. Socio- as assistant conference hostesses for young Roma women. 18 WORKSHOP FOR BRINGING WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN occupational pathways with YOUTH CLOSER TO THE CLASS- THE EAPN MADRID, IN THE REGION low-qualification and less people were hired for 23 events. BENEFICIARIES: 30 ROOM. Awareness-raising and OF MADRID OBSERVATORY OF motivated people for achieving BUDGET: € 30,000 EXCLUSION, THE MADRID FORUM, rein-forcement group activities THE DISTRICT DIALOGUE AND employment. Awareness-raising and tailored tutoring with youth and computer literacy actions, COEXISTENCE BOARDS, THE BOARD PCPI ON AUXILIARY ADMINIS- and their families in San Isidro FOR EQUALITY OF ROMA WOMEN pre-employment courses and TRATION AND MANAGEMENT and Pan Bendito districts. AND A LONG LIST OF PLATFORMS AT accompaniment. OPERATIONS. Basic vocational BENEFICIARIES: 27 DISTRICT LEVEL TO ADDRESS ISSUES BENEFICIARIES: 30 training Programme in Valle- BUDGET: € 16,436 SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, BUDGET: € 12,746 COEXISTENCE ETC.

Acceder IN MADRID

0 BENEFICIARIES: 626

ROMA: 375 NON-ROMA: 251 MEN: 344 WOMEN: 282

PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 585

ROMA: 306 NON-ROMA: 279 MEN: 311 WOMEN: 274

CONTRACTS: 101

ROMA: 46 | NON-ROMA: 55 MEN: 43 | WOMEN: 58 101 CONTRACTS 83,145 TRAINING HOURS

PAGE PAGE 114 115 PREVENTION OF TRUANCY Corporation (EMVS). Interven- SWIMMING POOL MEDIATION HEALTH IN THE LA LATINA DISTRICT. tion in mediation and conflict PROGRAMME. Conflict preven- Awareness-raising and re- prevention. tion and mediation at public INFORMATION AND COUNSEL- inforcement, with tailored BENEFICIARIES: 820 ADULTS pools in Moratalaz, Villaverde LING. With minors and adults. tutoring for youths and their BUDGET: € 126,000 and Usera districts. Social assistance and occupa- families. IMPACT: 30,000 SWIMMING POOL USERS tional insertion with Roma peo- BENEFICIARIES: 16 SOCIAL INCLUSION BUDGET: € 85,000 ple under rehabilitation process BUDGET: € 5,084 BASIC SUPPORT AND NEIGH- in relation to drug addiction. MINIMUM INSERTION INCOME BOURHOOD MEDIATION. BENEFICIARIES: 88 SOCIAL INCLUSION OF ETHNIC Social BUDGET: € 32,000 MINORITIES IN THE LA LATINA (RMI). Assistance to people and advancement, information DISTRICT. Education of adults families as risk of social exclu- on mainstream resources and benefiting from the minimum sion via group activities and training abilities for being au- IMMIGRATION income; educational reinforce- individual monitoring in Cara- tonomous. ment, leisure and free time banchel and Hortaleza districts. BENEFICIARIES: 513 ROMA FROM EASTERN EUROPE. BENEFICIARIES: 56 ADULTS BUDGET: € 160,000 Information, counselling, ac- activities with Roma girls. BUDGET: € 41,611 BENEFICIARIES: 95 BUDGET: € 32,723 SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME IN companiment, training and work integration activities in CAIXA-PROINFANCIA. Socio-ed- LA CAÑADA REAL.GALIANA. EDUCATIONAL COMPENSATION. ucational actions targeting mi- the northern districts of Madrid Educational, free time and and Cañada Real. Activities in schools with the nors at risk of social exclusion leisure activities with minors, goal of furthering educational and their families. Workshops BENEFICIARIES: 30 basic assistance, healthcare BUDGET: € 10,000 mainstreaming. with families in Villa de Val- promotion activities and de- BENEFICIARIES: 70 lecas and Villaverde districts. BUDGET: € 30,000 velopment of socio-vocational BENEFICIARIES: 149 FAMILIES AND 205 MINORS pathways. COMMUNICATION AND BUDGET: € 220,000 BENEFICIARIES: 60 FAMILIES AWARENESS-RAISING ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME. BUDGET: € 140,000 BENEFICIARIES: 52 SUPPORT IN PENITENTIARIES. BUDGET: € 5,400 Social, educational and work AWARENESS-RAISING advancement via individual and COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMME OF CAJA MADRID HOUSING group assistance with Soto del ACTION SOCIAL WORK AREA Real inmates and their families. BUDGET: € 10,000 BENEFICIARIES: 207 INMATES ACCOMPANIMENT TO RELOCAT- RELOCATED PERSONS SUPPORT BUDGET: € 90,000 PROGRAMME, EMVS. Monitor- ED FAMILIES. In San Chinarro. ing of families relocated by the BENEFICIARIES: 120 ADULTS. 23 MINORS Madrid Municipal Housing BUDGET: € 42,480

ARRIVAL OF THE PHOTO-VAN AT THE IN 2011, THE FSG MADRID LAUNCHED THE PROMOCIONA PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL, IN MADRID. PROGRAMME IN THE PONCE DE LEON EDUCATIONAL CENTRE IN USERA, IN COLLABORATION WITH CAJA MADRID SOCIAL WORK AREA. THUS, WE MADE KNOWN THE CAJA MADRID PROMOCIONA CLASSROOM, A SPACE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CENTRE ITSELF, WHERE WE WORK ON THE ACQUISITION OF STUDY ABILITIES AND HABITS, RHYTHMS AND NORMS THAT WILL FACILITATE THE MINORS’ EDUCATIONAL INTEGRATION, AS WELL AS THEIR PERMANENCE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THE CENTRE IS CURRENTLY VISITED BY STUDENTS, BOTH ROMA AND NON-ROMA, FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES OF MADRID, MOSTLY WITH HEARING DISABILITIES. ROMA STUDENTS ARE DISADVANTAGED FOR THEIR BELONGING TO AN ETHNIC MINORITY AND ALSO FOR THEIR OWN IMPAIRMENT, WHICH TRIGGERS AN IMPORTANT RISK SITUATION. TO THIS MOMENT, 30 STUDENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAMME AND, THANKS TO THE INVOLVEMENT AND WORK OF A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS, 90% OF THEM COMPLETED THE COURSE AND IMPROVED THEIR ACADEMIC RESULTS. REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Mª Teresa Suárez Vega REPORT 2011 COORDINATOR, BADAJOZ: ACTIVITIES IN Carmen Durán Bellorín THE REGIONS COORDINATOR, MÉRIDA: Mª Teresa Suárez Vega

COORDINATOR, DON BENITO: EXTREMADURA Luis Miguel Martín-Romo Holguín

COORDINATOR, CÁCERES: Inma Márquez Bermejo

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Mª Teresa Suárez Vega THE ROMA work in itinerant sale and see it Despite this, every year there COMMUNITY as their only work option. are a few youths who go fur- BUDGET ther to medium and higher € 765,000 Around 15,000 Roma live in Ex- In terms of education, the main education. tremadura. As regards employ- challenge is the low number BENEFICIARIES: of Roma children that com- We are noticing a change 2,309 ment, most of them have low qualifications, due to the low plete primary school and start in the population’s attitude educational attainment. A large secondary school, as well as the towards training and social PROGRAMMES high school failure rate. participation. EXECUTED: 22 part of the Roma population As regards education, we con- We highlight that we launched FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: La THE FSG www.gitanos.org/extremadura tinued the activities of aware- actions under the PNSD (Na- ness-raising, motivation and tional Plan against Drugs) and FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK In 2011, the FSG Extremadura activity in the employment and monitoring of Roma students. PNS (National Plan against education areas have increased. ThePromociona in Badajoz and AIDS), youth and culture. We As regards employment, we Cáceres has allowed us to work carried out the PDG Pro- continued with Acceder and with boys and girls in primary gramme in Almendralejo, we joined the Incorpora Pro- and secondary education, with where we launched educa- gramme in Badajoz, fostered their families and schools, to tional, social participation and by “la Caixa” Social Work foster their educational main- cultural promotion initiatives. Department. streaming and promote conti- We also participated in the nuity in their studies. EAPN-Extremadura. EMPLOYMENT FENIX-RED CONECTA. Innova- tive development model foster- WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. Given the current ing social inclusion through crisis, Acceder was of utmost the use of new technologies. It importance in our work during targets especially youth, women IN 2011 2011. Over 600 people came to with difficult access to employ- our offices. ment, long-term unemployed Acceder Extremadura persons and people with work INCORPORA (LA CAIXA SOCIAL integration difficulties. 0 BENEFICIARIES: 633 WORK). Fosters work integra- BENEFICIARIES: 163 BUDGET: € 14,000 ROMA: 524 NON-ROMA: 109 tion within companies of people at risk of social exclusion. ROMA ROLE MODELS. MEN: 343 WOMEN: 290 BENEFICIARIES: Creation 32 BENEFICIARIES, of study units for primary and PEOPLE WHO STARTED A LABOUR 20 COMPANIES secondary school to promote MARKET INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 207 BUDGET: € 17,000 Roma role models in schools. ROMA: 149 | NON-ROMA: 58 COPIES: 800 BUDGET: € 5,220 MEN: 101 | WOMEN: 106 EDUCATION

CONTRACTS: 125 PROMOCIONA. Fosters educa- COMMUNITY SOCIAL ROMA: 105 | NON-ROMA: 20 tional mainstreaming of Roma ACTION students for obtaining higher MEN: 63 | WOMEN: 62 academic success rates. PDG Almendralejo. Cultural 125 WORK CONTRACTS BENEFICIARIES: 32 BENEFICIARIES, promotion, comprehensive 20 COMPANIES development and social partici- 23 TRAINING ACTIONS BUDGET: € 3,974.86 BUDGET: € 655,347 pation of the Roma people, to

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Mérida (Regional headquarters) Badajoz Avda. Juan Carlos I, 52, Bajo-Dcha. C/Argüello Carvajal, 27-A WORKERS: 22 06800 Mérida. 06007 Badajoz ROMA: 8 NON-ROMA: 15 Tel: 924 303979 Tlf. 924 277 136 Fax: 924 304325. Fax: 924 277 590 MEN: 7 WOMEN: 16 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Don Benito Cáceres TRAINEES: 7 Avda. Cánovas 4 Avda. Río Tiber s/n VOLUNTEERS: 13 06400 Don Benito 10195 Cáceres Tlf. y Fax: 924 81 16 09 Tlf. 927 626870 Fax: 927 62 68 71 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

THE VOLUNTEERS AND TRAINEES WERE ESSENTIAL IN THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE FSG EXTREMADURA DURING 2011, WHICH FOCUSED ON EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION.

improve their life conditions TALKS ON HIV (INJUVE – the European volunteering project tion towards Development of and guarantee equal treatment. Spanish Youth Institute). under which we carried out the University of Extremadura, BENEFICIARIES: 291 BENEFICIARIES: 15 BUDGET: € 250 educational activities regarding who helped us with 6 volunteers BUDGET: € 9,764 life values with Roma children. for the Promociona classrooms PNSS – CHANELANDO SASTIPEN BENEFICIARIES: 14 and the summer school. (Knowing more on Health). HEALTH Workshops on information We also participated in the about and prevention of AIDS PROMOTING CULTURE conference “Volunteering PNS. GUITAR WORKSHOP. and HIV. Guarantees Social and Personal Using guitar learning as BENEFICIARIES: 19 Apart from the International Welfare,” with our own stand centre of interest, the work- BUDGET: € 1,450 Roma Day, celebrated on 8th and one lecture. shop Habla del Sida sin Lache April, we paid our homage (Talk about AIDS without being to nine elders of the region EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION OF ashamed) allowed us to work on YOUTH by means of a photo exhibi- THE ROMA COMMUNITY III. The rules of behaviour, such as per- tion and the award of a com- intervention is carried out with severance, effort and respect CHAVÓS NEBÓ- YOUTH INFOR- memorative plate, thanks to the minors, the family and educa- for others and for differences MATION AND ACTIVATION NET- collaboration with the Romani tional centres. between people. WORK. One activity included Art programme of the Caceres BEENEFICIARIES: 557 BENEFICIARIES: 8 a theoretical summary of the Provincial Government. BUDGET: € 29,544 BUDGET: € 600 most significant painting styles, mentioning those that were 3RD STUDENT MEETING IN INFORMATION AND AWARENESS- influenced by Roma culture. VOLUNTEERING EXTREMADURA. RAISING WORKSHOPS. Focused, BENEFICIARIES: 14 BENEFICIARIES: 59 above all, on drug addiction BUDGET: € 300 Volunteering was extremely BUDGET: € 1,496 prevention. important for our offices this BENEFICIARIES: 8 JÓVENES LEVANTANDO LOS year and we had 13 volunteers. BUDGET: € 600 PUEBLOS DEL MUNDO (CERUJO- We highlight the agreement VI-VIVARES). Collaboration in a with the Office for Coopera- REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Eva Vera Ledo REPORT 2011 COORDINATOR, A CORUÑA: ACTIVITIES IN Gorka de Luis González THE REGIONS COORDINATOR, LUGO: Manuel Requeijo Arnejo

COORDINATOR OF THE SANTIAGO galicia DE COMPOSTELA TEAM: Ana Isabel Suárez Carballo

COORDINADORA PROVINCIAL PONTEVEDRA: Mª José Obelleiro Pérez

REGIONAL DIRECTOR COORDINADORA PROVINCIAL VIGO: Eva Vera Ledo Lucy Blanco Pérez THE ROMA COMMUNITY one of the biggest problems in THE FSG BUDGET the region: 25% of the Roma In Galicia live around 9,000 population in Galicia live in In 2011, our intervention fo- € 1,719,227.80 Roma people, i.e., 2% of the slum settlements. cused on four lines of work: total Roma population in Spain. BENEFICIARIES: In terms of education, the Employment. Roma popula- 2,469 Despite the considerable Roma population in Galicia has tion’s access to the labour progress in previous years, a clear disadvantage as com- market was diminished by the PROGRAMMES they still are the most socially pared to the rest of the popula- crisis, so that we obtained 25% EXECUTED: 18 rejected group, affected by so- tion, due to the high absentee- less contracts compared to 2010. cial exclusion processes. They ism and school dropout rate in Our efforts focused on training FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.gitanos.org/galicia have difficulties in finding Secondary education. and qualification underAcceder . employ-ment and especially in gaining access to standardised Housing. This was the year of the housing. Slum settlements are radication of the slum settle- EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION

WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. This year we focused PROMOCIONA. Fostering educa- on training and we conducted tional mainstreaming of Roma 30 training actions that reached students for obtaining higher IN 2011 222 people, most of whom academic success rates in Pri- have also taken traineeships in mary and Secondary Education. companies. (Pontevedra). Acceder Galicia BENEFICIARIES: 8 STUDENTS, 6 FAMILIES AND 3 INFORMATION, COUNSELLING CENTRES. AND JOB-SEEKING ACTIVITIES. BUDGET: € 20,444.40 0 BENEFICIARIES: 605 (IOBE). SANTIAGO. Comprehen- EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME. ROMA: 482 NON-ROMA: 123 sive professional counselling pathways within the framework School monitoring in educa- MEN: 273 WOMEN: 332 of the Galician Public Employ- tional centres with Roma stu- ment Service. dents for reducing and prevent- BENEFICIARIES: 139 PEOPLE ing truancy via mediation with NEW USERS: 172 BUDGET: € 26,588.19 families and schools. BENEFICIARIES: 75 PEOPLE ROMA: 115 | NON-ROMA: 57 JOB AGENTS. A programme for BUDGET: € 24,000 job prospecting, occupational MEN: 68 | WOMEN: 104 mediation and self-employment CHANELAR. External education- within the framework of the al compensation, educational public employment plan of reinforcement activities for CONTRACTS: 172 Galicia. Roma students. (Pontevedra) BENEFICIARIES: 39 PEOPLE ROMA: 99 | NON-ROMA: 73 BENEFICIARIES: 14 COMPANIES BUDGET: € 26,733.96 BUDGET: € 4,000 MEN: 87 | WOMEN: 85 TRABALLO PARA TODOS/AS HOUSING (WORK FOR ALL). This pro- 172 CONTRACTS OBTAINED gramme was developed under SOCIAL HOUSING ACCOMPANI- the Cooperation Programmes MENT. 30 TRAINING ACTIONS within the framework of Work PENAMOA. Fostering of Social and General Interest. access to decent standardised BUDGET: € 784,748.55 BUDGET: € 32,118.08 housing for families relocated

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Lugo (REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS) Narón Santiago de Compostela Ronda del Carmen, 50 entlo C Parroquia de San Xosé Obreiro Rua Fontiñas, 29 local WORKERS: 39 27004 Lugo Rúa Os Reis Magos, nº 32 15701 Santiago de Compostela ROMA: 6 NON-ROMA: 33 Tel: 982 265 422 15570, Domirón, Narón (A Coruña) Tel:: 981 55 41 90 Fax: 982 265 423 Tel: 981 380 406 Fax: 981 55 41 91 WOMEN: 30 MEN: 9 [email protected] [email protected] Pontevedra A Coruña Calle Sor Lucía, 2 planta baja Vigo TRAINEES: 2 Centro Cívico Muncipal Os Mallos 36002 Pontevedra Calle Burgos, 9 bajo VOLUNTEERS: 21 Avda. Arteixo, 147, Baixo Tel: 986 840 911 36205 Vigo 15007, A Coruña Fax: 986 840 746 Tel: 986 260 255 Tel: 981 184 364 [email protected] Fax- 986 260 564 Fax: 981 184 365 [email protected] ments in Penamoa (one of the biggest in Spain), thanks to the cooperation between the Coruña City Council and the FSG. Education. We consolidated the Promociona programme in Pon- tevedra and our other actions for improving the educational situation of the Roma community in Galicia.

Health. We focused on healthcare promotion and drug WORK TRAINEESHIP consumption prevention. UNDER ACCEDER. from slum settlements in Pena- ABILLELAR. Family education ACAIS (DRUG PREVENTION AND COMMUNICATION AND moa. (See page 54) programme targeting Roma HEALTHCARE). The objective is AWARENESS-RAISING BENEFICIARIES: 80 FAMILIES – 400 PEOPLE and cigano-trasmontana to promote a healthy lifestyle on BUDGET: € 317,000.00 families participating in a the basis of prevention, working SOCIAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN O PORTIÑO PLAN. personalised social insertion with adolescents, their families “WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO Investment pathway, in collaboration and healthcare personnel. BE…”. Presentation of the cam- project for improving the with basic assistance social BENEFICIARIES: 92 PEOPLE habitat and housing in the slum services. (Vigo) BUDGET: € 39,419 paign within the framework of settlement of “O Portiño” and BENEFICIARIES: 235 PEOPLE the Promociona programme, other substandard housing BUDGET: € 109,200 targeting society in general. areas in the city. (A Coruña) ROMA FROM EASTERN (Pontevedra) USERS: 72 FAMILIES LACHO DROM. Social inclusion EUROPE BUDGET: € 200,000 PHOTO-VAN. Campaign event programme developing train- under the framework of ing pathways; related to the ROMANINET. ONLINE RO- SOCIAL HOUSING ACCOMPANI- Promociona, targeting Roma MENT. With families from O Minimum Income Programme. MANÍ LANGUAGE COURSE. Programme funded by the students, their families and Carqueixo who accessed rented (Vigo). teachers. (Lugo and Santiago de BENEFICIARIES: 39 PEOPLE Language Department of the social housing via the Munici- Compostela) pal Housing Company. (Lugo) BUDGET: € 10,147 EU Directorate-General for BENEFICIARIES: 14 FAMILIES BUDGET: € 26,000 Education, which allows local ROMA SINGER-SONGWRITERS WORKSHOPS ON SOCIO-VOCA- intervention with Romanian RECITAL. Music recital, under TIONAL SKILLS. Fostering social population in Vigo. the framework of the Programa COMMUNITY SOCIAL BENEFICIARIES: 165 PEOPLE inclusion and integration on the Romaninet. (Porriño) ACTION labour market of people at risk BUDGET: € 21,733.125 of social exclusion. Collabora- SOCIAL INTERVENTION. Plans tion with the Social Welfare GENDER EQUALITY VOLUNTEERING for intervention, counselling, Services in Galicia. information and orientation BENEFICIARIES: 60 PEOPLE YO ME CUIDO – YO TE CUIDO (I HALOVAV. A Galician Volun- towards social resources in the BUDGET: € 3,500 TAKE CARE OF MYSELF – I TAKE teers’ programme. Intervention area. Social monitoring of the CARE OF YOU). Self-care work- for promoting, training, assign- families subject to interven- HEALTH shops targeting women. ing, accompanying and assess- tion, social accompaniment BENEFICIARIES: 27 PEOPLE ing volunteers working with etc. (Náron) KAMELAMOS GUINAR. For the BUDGET: € 600 FSG Galicia. BENEFICIARIES: 249 PEOPLE promotion of a healthy lifestyle. BUDGET: € 20,000 BUDGET: € 6,996.60 REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Jesús Salmerón Ruiz REPORT 2011 PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR: ACTIVITIES IN Ascensión Parra Antolinos THE REGIONS EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Isabel Díaz Serrano

SOCIAL INCLUSION COORDINATOR: MURCIA María José Navarro Lucas

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Jesús Salmerón Ruiz THE ROMA COMMUNITY Roma community is an especially THE FSG vulnerable group and its inclusion BUDGET process is becoming excessively € 646,579.34 The Roma community in Murcia This year, the priorities of FSG is nowadays facing many difficul- slow and discontinuous. Some of Murcia have been improving BENEFICIARIES: ties and their opportunities have the reasons behind this situation Roma people’s qualifications diminished: unemployment is are the lack of studies, of profes- and seeking opportunities. 3,850 spiking and work offers have de- sional training or professional Our objectives have been the PROGRAMMES creased; training possibilities are experience and their academic fostering of public knowled- reduced, economic difficulties are situation. The possibilities for ge on the reality of the Roma EXECUTED: 16 ever higher and subsidies are lower obtaining social inclusion and a community, the improvement or non-existent. In short, there is good image in the community of FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: of their social image, equal www.gitanos.org/murcia an obvious reduction as regards the Roma families living in slum treatment and non-discrimi- their rights and serious prob- settlements, substandard dwellings nation. We defended before lems such as slum settlements or and deteriorated environments public authorities the rights of substandard housing persist. The have significantly diminished. the Roma community. EMPLOYMENT are facing serious obstacles to socio-occupational inclusion. WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. 104 work contracts BENEFICIARIES: 15 were obtained and 14 training BUDGET: € 8,850 actions were carried out. “ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPING” IN 2011 COURSE. CURRÉLATELO. Enhancing Training people with a the employability of people at low qualification and at risk of social exclusion. Acceder Murcia serious risk of social exclusion, BENEFICIARIES: 15 especially women from the BUDGET: € 49,364 municipalities of Murcia and 0 BENEFICIARIES: 693 Alcantarilla. BASIC AID FOR ROMA FROM ROMA: 617 NON-ROMA: 76 BENEFICIARIES: 50 WOMEN EASTERN EUROPE. User assis- BUDGET: € 51,330 tance service that fosters social MEN: 310 WOMEN: 383 PCPI ASSISTANT HAIRDRESSER. inclusion and equality by means Basic Professional Qualification of a comprehensive intervention. NEW USERS: 268 BENEFICIARIES: 68 Programme aiming to equip BUDGET: € 10,000 ROMA: 211 | NON-ROMA: 57 students with and enhance their skills, which will allow them to INCORPORA. Employment MEN: 147 | WOMEN: 121 develop a satisfactory personal, mediation programme that social and professional project, facilitates access to employment in keeping with the values and CONTRACTS: 104 for disadvantaged people. coexistence in a democratic BENEFICIARIES: 45 PEOPLE. 6 CONTRACTS ROMA: 67 | NON-ROMA: 37 society. In addition, it equips BUDGET: € 13,564.50 students with the professional MEN: 49 | WOMEN: 5 “EMPLÉATE” (BECOME EM- skills pertaining to a Level 1 PLOYED) SAN JAVIER. qualification. Work BENEFICIARIOS: 15 STUDENTS counselling service aimed at 104 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS BUDGET: € 44,000 raising awareness about training and employment. We also 241 COMPANIES PROSPECTED LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION. offered educational reinforce- Fostering access to training and ment. It ended on 30th June due BUDGET: € 195,440.44 employment for students who to the economic situation. have completed the PCPI and BENEFICIARIES: 104 PEOPLE

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Murcia Plaza Pintor Pedro Flores, nº 2 – bajo The gradual, but never- WORKERS: 38 30002, Murcia ending reduction of ROMA: 5 NON-ROMA: 33 Tel: 968 259 510 resources, the disappearance Fax: 968 259 513 of financing lines and the WOMEN: 29 MEN: 9 [email protected] uncertainties related to the collection of various Alcantarilla service charges for services Centro Integral de San José Obrero TRAINEES: 2 already provided has forced C/ de la Luz, 4 VOLUNTEERS: 4 30820, Alcantarilla us to reduce the size of our Tel: 968 807 621 teams, affecting negatively [email protected] our capacity to attend to the needs of many persons.

It is mandatory to highlight STUDENTS FROM EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT the gradual yet continuous GROUPS IN SAN JAVIER decrease in resources, the disappearance of funding and the uncertainty regarding the payment of services, which has forced us to reduce our teams and assist fewer people. In short, our capacity to assist people asking us for help has diminished. However, we believe the data are positive, although they should be much improved.

INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC EMPLOY- CAIXA PROINFANCIA. Target- SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL and other social action profes- MENT. Work reintegration of ing children in situation of PARTICIPATION OF ROMA YOUTH. sionals. We signed an agree- long-time unemployed people economic poverty and social BENEFICIARIES: 91 YOUTHS ment with the Ombudsman, who want to work again. This vulnerability, with the goal of BUDGET: € 973 under which we committed to programme allowed us to col- promoting their comprehen- collaborate for the promotion laborate with employment ser- sive development. We have COMMUNITY ACTION AND and defense of the rights of vices and with people that we 25 educational reinforcement Roma people. selected, and thus complete our groups, 12 open centres, 15 SOCIAL INCLUSION activity in the fields of educa- tailored assistance cases and 19 CULTURE tion, employment and adminis- minors receiving psychological ACCOMPANIMENT FOR FAMILIES trative support. assistance. DURING THE RELOCATION PROCESS. Comprehensive We celebrated the International BUDGET: € 27,203 BENEFICIAREOS: 182 MINORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. in several schools and BUDGET: € 275,073 social support for families in Roma Day FSG dwellings. we conducted various creative EDUCATION PROMOCIONA. Seeks to facili- BENEFICIARIES: 27 MINORS AND 15 ADULTS workshops attended by children tate transition from Primary BUDGET: € 12,000 from several schools and from ACCOMPANIMENT FOR SCHOOL to Secondary school, to foster the Caixa Proinfancia project. ATTENDANCE BY ROMA STU- permanence in the educational WOMEN DENTS. Fostering the develop- system, obtaining the Second- WORKING IN A NETWORK ment of mainstream education ary education diploma and pro- We used a transversal processes. gressing to higher education. We play an active part in BENEFICIARIES: 137 STUDENTS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIOS: 38 STUDENTS, 30 FAMILIES AND approach regarding Roma women issues. We played an EAPN-Murcia and in the FAMILIES; 12 PRIMARY AND 6 SECONDARY 14 CENTRES network’s workgroups. The EDUCATION SCHOOL CENTRES. active part in the Gender Vio- BUDGET: € 61,436 objective of our participation BUDGET: € 28,000 lence Group of our Women’s Area. On Women’s Day we held are enhancing the Third Sector and promoting its recogni- EDUCATIONAL COMPENSATION. YOUTH a conference for reflecting on women’s present-day situation. tion, fostering participation Support for Roma students in and improving the financing the form of educational com- FOSTERING YOUTH PARTICIPA- TION. We conducted a work- model. We want the reality of pensation measures and media- EQUAL TREATMENT the Roma community to be tion between family shop for preparing the Chavor- magazine. present in the proposals for and school. rillas naqueran We conducted an awareness- BENEFICIARIES: 39 STUDENTS AND 5 SCHOOLS BENEFICIARIES: 20 YOUTHS social exclusion and poverty BUDGET: € 700 raising action targeting security eradication. BUDGET: € 8,500 personnel and security forces REGIONAL DIRECTOR: FSG ANNUAL Inés García Pérez REPORT 2011 SOCIAL ACTION COORDINATOR: ACTIVITIES IN Nerea Izco Salvador THE REGIONS EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Itziar Zudaire De Luis

CIS NABUT COORDINATOR: NAVARRE Mª Jose Aliaga Retabé

EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR: Montse Tejero Rojo

REGIONAL DIRECTOR Inés García Pérez THE ROMA COMMUNITY models that could boost their THE FSG BUDGET comprehensive social insertion. €714,234.68 Around 7,000 people make up In 2011 we relocated to a the Roma community in Nav- By presenting these data we FSG-owned space in La BENEFICIARIES: arre, around 1.2% of the total do not deny the existence of Rochapea district of Pam- population. indivi-dual, family and group plona. From this new epicen- 1,900 pathways that are diverse – and tre and given the economic PROGRAMMES Despite the important and oftentimes invisible – but rath- depression context, we pro- evident progress in recent er we acknowledge the exten- longed our priority interven- EXECUTED: xx years, the Roma population in sion of vulnerability situations tion lines: fostering employ- Navarre still suffers from a low in a community whose specific FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: ment, educational support, www.gitanos.org/navarra edu-cational-training level, job problems are often diffused in access to housing, social and insta-bility and financial inse- the wider social exclusion con- family intervention and youth curity and lack of role mod- text. It is this community that information and activation. els and Roma development FSG Navarra targets. EMPLOYMENT acquired the legal status of body corporate in 2011, is to foster WHAT WE DID ACCEDER. This year we car- the integration to the normal ried out 9 training actions for labour market of people at risk the following occupations: of exclusion. (See page 45) IN 2011 chambermaid; literacy; com- BENEFICIARIES/WORKERS: 28 PEOPLE mon areas helper; cashier; food BUDGET: € 387,275.82 Acceder NAVARRE hygiene; fish retail personnel; EMPLOYMENT CENTRE. Target- intercultural mediation; am- 0 BENEFICIARIES: 428 ing Roma population and em- bulance transport assistant and ployment in the Navarre region. fresh product handler. BUDGET: € 12,000 ROMA: 365 NON-ROMA: 64 ROMEMPLEA. A mixed training- MEN: 224 WOMEN: 204 employment programme aimed EDUCATION at enhancing access to employment for minimum insertion PROMOCIONA. It is aimed at PEOPLE WHO STARTED A WORK wage earners or unemployed encouraging the educational INTEGRATION PATHWAY: 139 people without any income. continuity of Roma students BENEFICIARIES: 22 PEOPLE and improving their aca- ROMA: 106 | NON-ROMA: 33 BUDGET: € 82,147.29 demic success rate. It has been MEN: 69 | WOMEN: 70 LACHO BUTIPEN (ROMA KIOSK). implemented in Pamplona, Carcastillo, Murillo el Fruto A social protected employ- and Santacara. Of 22 students, ment programme designed to four completed de Compul- CONTRACTS OBTAINED: 91 improve competences, skills sory Secondary Education in and attitudes in order to favour September and started post- ROMA: 75 | NON-ROMA: 16 labour market integration of secondary Professional Train- Roma women with ages being courses. MEN: 39 | WOMEN: 52 tween 18 and 30. BENEFICIARIES: 22 STUDENTS, 16 FAMILIES AND BENEFICIARIES: 8 WOMEN 9 SCHOOLS 91 CONTRACTS OBTAINED BUDGET: € 80,628.38 EDUCATIONAL MAINSTREAMING 9 TRAINING ACTIONS NABUT SOCIO-OCCUPATIONAL IN THE MENDIALDEA SCHOOL. INTEGRATION CENTRE. The It offers socio-educational BUDGET: € 206,406.35 objective of this centre, which

PAGE PAGE 122 123 PERSONNEL TIENDA NABUT LOCATION Avda. Marcelo Celayeta , Nº 44 bajo 310014, Pamplona WORKERS: 25 PAMPLONA (REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS) Tel and Fax: 948 12 45 58 (31050) C/San Blas, Nº 2 www.nabutnavarra.org 31014 Pamplona Tel: 948 38 26 80 (31001) LAVANDERIA NABUT ROMA: 3 NON-ROMA: 22 Fax: 948 38 26 81 (31002) Polígono Morea Sur nº 84 Email: [email protected] 31191 Beriain- Navarra WOMEN: 22 MEN: 3 Tel: 948 34 26 66 KIOSKO DE PRENSA NABUT www.nabutnavarra.org TRAINEES: 3 Universidad pública de Navrra VOLUNTEERS: 13 Campus de Arrosadia, s/n 31006, Pamplona Tel: 948 16 62 20 www.nabutnavarra.org

The employment area structured its activity around two priority lines of action: the and the NABUT inte- SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF ARTAJONA Acceder SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION ANSOAIN, BERIOPLAN, BERRIOZAR, IZA gration centre that this year AND JUSLAPEÑA acquired the legal status of body corporate. 2011 WAS KEY TO OUR NABUT WORK INTEGRATION CENTRE IN WHICH BOTH THE Our educational work focused SERVICES OFFERED AS WELL AS ITS NUMBER OF on educational support pro- WORKERS HAVE INCREASED. grammes in schools and on Promociona, which consolidated Promociona WAS CONSOLIDATED IN its trajectory. The housing area 2011, WE WORKED WITH 22 STUDENTS continued its work on social in- ROMEMPLEA TEAM, AIMING AT AND 9 SCHOOLS. IMPROVING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF tegration housing programmes. MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS support to Roma students and Noteworthy in 2011 was the im- COMMUNITY SOCIAL same line, FSG’s Office for their families. portance acquired by the VAIS ACTION Youth in Navarre was created. BENEFICIARIES: 46 MINORS AND 26 FAMILIES rental programme and the cor- It financed recreational and BUDGET: € 29,426 responding decline of the VIS SOCIAL-URBAN PLANNING educational activities dedicated EDUCATIONAL MAINSTREAMING (purchase), as a result of the ACTION PROGRAMME IN THE to Roma youth in Navarre. IN THE BERRIOZAR SECONDARY economic crisis that triggered BEEFICIARIES: 120 MERCED DISTRICT IN ESTELLA. BUDGET: € 700 SCHOOL, which extends the work a radical change in the banks’ crediting policies. Intensive monitoring of fami- done in the Mendialdea primary lies with special social needs. It school to secondary level. THE SOCIAL INCLUSION HOUS- came to an end in 2011. GENDER EQUALITY BENEFICIARIES: 26 STUDENTS AND 20 FAMILIES ING RENTAL PROGRAMME BENEFICIARIES: 18 FAMILIES BUDGET: € 31,300 (VAIS) provides the possibility BUDGET: € 10,700 EMPOWERMENT AND EQUAL- ITY OF ROMA WOMEN. SCHOOL SUPPORT IN AOI. of renting houses to families Fosters SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL ACTION. equal opportunities by means of Punctual educational interven- with income 1.0 lower than the IPREM (Public Income Index) With families, in collaboration transversal and positive action tion in the town of Aoiz upon with Social Welfare Services in initiatives that should lead to request of the Social Services in in situation or at risk of social exclusion. various regions in Navarre. real and effective equality. the area. School support during BENEFICIARIES: 10 FAMILIES BENEFICIARIES: 48 FAMILIES. 236 PEOPLE. BENEFICIARIES: 80 BUDGET: € 10,200 holidays. BUDGET: € 42,285.31 132 MINORS. BENEFICIARIES: 6 STUDENTS BUDGET: PERALTA: € 40,000, FITERO: € 40,000, BUDGET: € 2,000 THE SOCIAL INCLUSION HOUSING SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES OF ARTAJONA: VOLUNTEERING PURCHASE PROGRAMME (VIS). 21.450 €, BUZTINTXURI: € 39,700 HOUSING Favours the purchase of houses Our volunteering programme by socially vulnerable families ACCOMPANIMENT AND MONI- focuses on providing school Our work in the housing area is with income 1.7 lower than the TORING OF FAMILIES SUFFERING support to school-age minors based on the Social Integration IPREM (Public Income Index). CHRONIC SOCIAL EXCLUSION. that participate in the FSG’s Hosing programmes promoted BENEFICIARIES: 1 FAMIY BENEFICIARIES: 10 FAMILIES. 51 PEOPLE educational programmes. This by the Regional Government of BUDGET FOR PURCHASE: € 23,490 OF DIRECT BUDGET: € 37,508.85 year we had 21 volunteers. Navarre and it involves selec- SUBSIDIES GRANTED BY THE HOUSING DE- tion and counselling of families PARTMENT OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NAVARRE AND € 5,800 FROM THE SOCIAL YOUTH in rental and purchase transac- AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. tions, processing the required FSG Navarre is still managing docu-ments and subsequent the AMALE Youth Information social monitoring of these fami- Centre, that in 2011 operated lies for periods of 3 to 5 years. without any funding. In the FSG AND FSR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE MANAGED AND COORDINATED BY FSG ANNUAL THE FSG’S INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT. REPORT 2011 ACTIVITIES IN FSR DIRECTOR: THE REGIONS Belén Sánchez-Rubio (FSG’S DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES) ROMANIA

PERSONNEL: Adrián Marin

FSR DIRECTOR Belén Sánchez-Rubio THE ROMA COMMUNITY whole: lower education levels, This is proved by the persis- higher unemployment rate, etc. tence of extreme poverty and Romania, with an estimated marginalisation and the con- Roma population of two mil- Since Romania joined the stant migration of a large part lion people (making up 10% of EU in 2007, financial instru- of the Romanian Roma citizens the total population), is the Eu- ments aimed at addressing to other EU countries in search ropean country with the highest these serious inequalities have of a better life. FUNDATIA SECRETARIATUL multiplied, and a specific State ROMILOR (FSR) proportion of this minority. The situation of this community is body for Roma affairs has been Structural funds, especially the FSR BOARD OF TRUSTEES characterised by poverty, social created: the National Roma European Social Fund (ESF) exclusion and discrimination, Agency (NRA). However, there and the FEDER, may play a Pedro Puente: FSG and there is still a significant is a lack of political will to fundamental part in for break- PRESIDENT gap between the Roma and implement the public measures ing the generational circle of the Romanian population as a aimed at improving the serious poverty, exclusion and dis- Daniela-Alexandra Marinescu: situation of this minority. crimination that characterizes Expert on Romanian Roma Population. THE FSG During over two years, FSG will be a comparative sociologi- Jesús Loza: Member of the personnel from various depart- cal study on Roma population Basque Country Regional At the end of 2011, the FSG ments and regions took part and employment in Romania, Parliament and of the FSG completed the transfer of the in the transfer of the Acceder Bulgaria, Italy and Spain. This Board of Trustees Acceder programme in 8 Roma- methodology. study enables us to repeat the nian cities, under the Project, study on employment conduct- “Împreună pe piaţa muncii” The FSG has also continued ed by the FSG in 2005, which (“Together in the Labour Mar- to participate, as transnational serves as reference for this new ket”), funded by the Romanian partner, in another transna- study. This project will be com- ESF and having FSG as transnational project also funded by pleted in 2012. tional partner and the National the Romanian ESF, the “EU- Roma Agency (NRA) as leader. Inclusive” project, whose result WHAT WE DID IN 2011

WORKERS OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL ROMA AGENCY (NRA) DURING THE TRAINING ON THE ACCEDER METHODOLOGY IN THE FSG ALICANTE HEADQUARTERS.

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FUNDATIA SECRETARIATUL ROMILOR STR. STRAMOSILOR 1A. SPATIU NR. 14. SECTOR 6. BUCHAREST. ROMANIA. Tel: 0040 766 74 05 51 [email protected] [email protected]

the Romanian Roma popula- Integration Strategies up to 2020, tion. This would be possible is which establishes for the first the funds available were used time a common framework for effectively and efficiently and the development of measures with a focus on priority areas and policies at national level, in order to trigger a social starting from approaches, ob- change: employment, educa- jectives and work areas shared tion, housing and healthcare. by all EU member states. This IN 2011, THE FSH AND FSR At the end of 2011, the Roma- is a great opportunity to really ACTIVATED THEIR INSTITUTIONAL nian government approved its achieve changes in the years RELATIONS IN ROMANIA AND National Strategy for Roma to come. PRESENTED THEIR FUTURE Inclusion as provided by COLLABORATION GUIDELINES. the European Commission’s

Communication on the EU WORK MEETING FOR TRANSFER OF THE Framework for National Roma ACCEDER METHODOLOGY IN ROMANIA

In 2011, FSG held several Spanish Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. In 2011, the Roma- AT THE END OF 2011, THE high-level meetings with people which has been supporting us nian ESF calls for proposals ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT in charge with political and ever since we started our activ- were suspended and it was not APPROVED ITS NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ROMA INCLUSION THAT technical issues from various ity in this country. possible to apply for any new ESTABLISHED FOR THE FIRST Romanian public bodies, for projects. TIME A COMMON FRAMEWORK the purpose of presenting our In the previous years, the FSG FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF foundation and our work, and created a foundation in Ro- Many reference documents of MEASURES AND POLICIES AT mania, Fundatia Secretariatul the FSG (of and NATIONAL LEVEL, STARTING FROM in order to be able to progress Acceder Pro- APPROACHES, OBJECTIVES AND in our potential projects in Romilor (FSR), so that this mociona, among others) are WORK AREAS SHARED BY ALL EU Romania that may start in 2011. new foundation may man- already available in Romanian. MEMBER STATES. THIS IS A GREAT During this process, we have age directly the intervention OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ACHIEVE also worked closely with the that FSG would carry out in CHANGES IN THE YEARS TO COME EMPLOYMENT Romania, Bulgaria and Italy. funded by Structural Funds on, the direct management of The result will be a comparative and managed through the Na- this type of programmes, by ‘EU INCLUSIVE’ EUROPEAN study. In 2011 we carried out tional Roma Agency (NRA). the FSG. This way we believe PROJECT. STUDY ON EMPLOY- the field work and we began the From 2008 until October 2011, we will better approach the MENT AND THE ROMA COMMU- report of the study. the FSG, as trans-national inherent difficulties of an NITY. THE EUROPEAN INCLUSION PARTNERS: SOROS FOUNDATION ROMANIA partner, performed consul- administrative, political and EXPERIENCE AND TRANSFER (COORDINATOR), SOROS FOUNDATION BULGARIA tancy, adaptation, transfer and economical context which is AND CASSA DELLA CARITÁ, ITALY. methodological implementa- significantly more different OF DATA ON INCLUSION OF BUDGET: € 350,000 FOR 2010-2012 THE ROMA COMMUNITY IN THE tion of the Acceder programme than the Spanish one. LABOUR MARKET IN ROMANIA, in the Romanian context. In BUDGET: € 700,000 FOR 2008-2011 BULGARIA, ITALY AND SPAIN, 2011 we completed the activi- 2010-2012. This project TRANSFER IN ROMANIA OF ties and carried out the final enables us to repeat the study THE ACCEDER PROGRAMME assessment. This initiative on employment and the Roma “ÎMPREUNĂ PE PIAŢA provided the opportunity to community first conducted by MUNCII” (“TOGETHER IN THE test the potential for transfer- the FSG in 2005 on the basis LABOUR MARKET”). In 2007, ring Acceder to contexts differ- of the EPA methodology (Ac- the Romanian Government ent from its origins in Spain. The intervention model that tive Population Survey). It also decided to transfer the Acceder enables transfer of the latter to programme, managed by the we deem best for achieving three other EU countries which FSG, to the eight largest cities greater impact and efficiency will also draw up the report: in Romania. The scheme was in our work will be, from now ECONOMIC DATA AND AUDIT REPORT

The annual accounts of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), made up of the balance sheet as of 31st December 2011, the income statement and the report corresponding to the financial year that ended at the said date, have been au- dited by Ernst & Young. The complete audit report on annual accounts issued by Ernst & Young may be consulted on our webpage: www.gitanos.org/ memoria11/auditoria, as well as the complete annual accounts of the FSG, which may be consulted on www.gitanos.org/ cuentasanuales2011. EVOLUTION ON THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES

€ 25,000,000

€ 20,000,000

€ 18,205,590 € 18,882,413 € 19,333,696 € 20,877,578 € 22,792,310 € 22,700,241 € 22,242,386

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 € 15,000,000

EVOLUTION OF INCOME AND EXPENSES (IN €)

INCOME: € 19,333,696 2007 EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES: 29.42% PERSONNEL EXPENSES: 68.93% 1.65%

INCOME: € 20,877,578

2008 EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES: 33.67% PERSONNEL EXPENSES: 65.35% 0.98%

INCOME: € 22,792,310

2009 EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES: 31.94% PERSONNEL EXPENSES: 67.29% 0.77%

INCOME: € 22,700,241 2010 EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES: 28.41% PERSONNEL EXPENSES: 70.61% 0.98%

INCOME: € 22,242,386 1.24% 2011 EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES: 27.81% PERSONNEL EXPENSES: 73.43%

PAGE PAGE PROFIT DEFICIT 126 127 INCOME AND EXPENSES IN 2011 (IN €)

BUDGET TOTAL: € 21,980,000

29.41% 69.86% 0.73% EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES PERSONNEL EXPENSES real TOTAL: € 22,242,386 1.24%

27.81% 73.43% EXPENSES FOR ACTIVITIES PERSONNEL EXPENSES PROFIT DEFICIT FINANCING SOURCES 2011 TOTAL: € 22,242,386

Regional: 33%

PRIVATE AND OWN FUNDS: 12%

EUROPEAN: 26%

Local: 14%

GOVERNMENT: 15%

INCOME BY WORK AREA IN 2011

Employment: 55.64% Education: 7.70% Housing: 4.18% Equal treatment: 0.73% Gender equality: 0.78% Health: 1.36% Youth: 0.36% International: 0.60% Social inclusion: 23.38% Immigration: 1.08% Inmates: 0.41% Promotion of culture: 0.08% Communication: 1.57% Other: 2.13%