EU funding for Roma integration
For the 2014-2020 period, Luxembourg will be allocated a total of €59.7 million under the Cohesion Policy. At least 50.7% of this amount will be spent on the ESF, with at least 20% of this going towards the promotion of social inclusion and combating poverty. The latter amount could also finance Roma-related measures.
Contacts
ESF managing authority
Autorité de Gestion FSE , Département Emploi du Ministère du Travail et de l’Emploi
ERDF managing authority
Ministre de l'Economie et du Commerce Extérieur (OP Luxembourg) Regional, L-2914 Luxembourg
For more information on Luxembourg’s operational programmes, see ESF OPs and ERDF Ops.
Facts and figures
The Council of Europe estimates that there are approximately 300 Roma living in Luxembourg (0.06% of the population). For more data on the situation on Roma in this country, please see the overview published by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights.
National Roma integration strategy
Luxembourg’s national Roma integration strategy is not a strategy as such, but rather an integrated set of policy measures within Luxembourg’s social inclusion policies. A panel of experts supervises the implementation of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale - CERD).
Assessment of Luxembourg’s strategy implementation
In 2014 the Commission assessed the implementation of the national Roma integration strategies in the 4 key areas of education, employment, healthcare and housing, as well as progress made in the fight against discrimination and the use of funding.
- The Commission's assessment of Luxembourg’s national strategy (2014)
- The Commission's assessment of Luxembourg’s national strategy (2012)
- The European Union and the Roma – factsheet Luxembourg
National Roma contact point
The contact point for the national Roma integration strategy in Luxembourg is the Ministry of family and integration reception and integration qgency. See also Luxembourg reception and integration agency (OLAI).
Contact person: Ms Marie-Louise Kapgen - Malou [dot] kapgenfm [dot] etat [dot] lu