Luxembourg

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.

Communication in 2015 on the implementation of the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies

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 Luxembourg National Roma Contact Point is the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living together and Reception.

Contact person: Mariana Muzzi – mariana [dot] muzzifm [dot] etat [dot] lu (mariana[dot]muzzi[at]fm[dot]etat[dot]lu)