ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Slovakia (January 2004)

26 January 2004

ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Slovakia (January 2004)

The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) welcomes the publication of Slovakia's Joint Inclusion Memorandum ("JIM") on matters relating to social inclusion. In a number of respects, the ERRC believes the Slovak JIM represents a valuable step forward in terms of government recognition of issues related to Roma in Slovakia. It therefore is, we believe, an important basis for future policy, as Slovakia moves in the coming months to prepare its first National Action Plan ("NAP") on social inclusion. The ERRC offers the following comments on Slovakia's JIM, which we believe will be of use in the preparation of the first Slovak NAP.

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