2nd Newsletter of Council of Europe activities "Roma under the Stability Pact"

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2nd Newsletter of Council of Europe activities "Roma under
the Stability Pact"


Number 2
June 2001

Newsletter on activities within the Project
"Roma  under the Stability Pact"

Introduction

The Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, signed on 10 June 1999 in
Cologne by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, is
a project aimed at stabilising the situation in the Balkans through
three areas of activity: democratisation and human rights (Working
Table 1), economic reconstruction, development and co-operation
(Working Table 2) and security issues (Working Table 3).

Within the Working Table 1, Task Force on Human Rights and Minorities,
the Roma issues are considered a priority. This Task Force has inter
alia the following objectives:
- to develop democracy, promote human rights and the protection of
minorities, as well as democratic institutions and citizenship;
- to improve ethnic relations and create a climate of mutual respect
and tolerance for each other's differences;
- to ensure the legal protection of human rights of national
minorities based on existing European standards;
- to introduce a comprehensive regional strategy for the promotion of
the status of the Roma population.

The Secretariat of the Migration and Roma/Gypsies Division of the
Council of Europe became involved in the process of the Stability Pact
for South-Eastern Europe in September 1999. It elaborated a regional
programme on Roma in the Balkans, in close consultation with the
OSCE-ODIHR. This 18-month programme focuses on three main aspects,
i.e. addressing the most acute crisis situations affecting Roma;
policy development on Roma affairs and participation of Roma. It was
presented at the Conference on Inter-Ethnic Relations and Minorities
(Portoro�, Slovenia, 16-17 March 2000), which was organised by the
Council of Europe and Slovenia under the Working Table 1. The project
was then forwarded to the Pact's Donors Conference (Brussels, 28-30
March 2000). A number of donors expressed interest in Roma issues:
Germany, Austria, the United States of America, Norway� The European
Commission is contributing 500,000 � to the OSCE-ODIHR/Council of
Europe Project "Roma under the Stability Pact".  The two partner
organisations also financially contribute to this Project. 

Council of Europe CONTACTS for the Project "Roma under the Stability
Pact"

Micha�l GUET, Programme manager, tel.: 33/3.90.21.49.63;
[email protected]
Judy BUTLER, Programme assistant, tel.: 33/3.88.41.29.91;
[email protected]
Brigitte THOMAS, Programme assistant, tel.: 33/3.88.41.21.66;
[email protected]

Migration and Roma/Gypsies Division, Directorate General III - Social
Cohesion,
Council of Europe, F-67075 Strasbourg cedex, France, fax:
+33/3.88.41.27.31


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Calendar of Council of Europe activities / missions  3

2. Summary of recent Council of Europe activities       5

- Bulgaria, 22-23 February
- Multilateral, EYC-Budapest, 23-24 March
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28-29 March
- Croatia, 8-9 June
- "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", postponed

3. Activities implemented through other voluntary contributions 10

- German voluntary contribution
- Austrian voluntary contribution

4. Update of budgetary expenditure      13

5. Recent developments regarding the ODIHR part of the Project  14

- Romania, 28-30 April

6. Publications, reports and other relevant documentation       17

- Activity reports
- Recommendations adopted by Roma participants
- Relevant working documents
- Related publications

7.      Translations    21

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Micha�l GUET
Roma under the Stability Pact
Migration and Roma/Gypsies Division - DGIII
Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel: +33.(0)3.90.21.49.63
Fax: +33.(0)3.88.41.27.31
E-mail: [email protected]

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>From the moderator: Full text of the report (130 Kb in .doc format)
can be obtained from the Project "Roma under the Stability Pact"
contacts mentioned above, or from the MINELRES moderator by request.
The full text is also available online at the Balkan Human Rights List
archive at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanhr/message/2466
Boris
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