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8 | Annual report’07 FSG
heyear2007wasdesignatedbytheParliamentand
CounciloftheEuropeanUnionastheEuropean Year
of Equal Opportunities for Allforthepurposeofraising
awarenessasconcernsnon-discriminationandequal
opportunity.Thisisanimportantchallengewhichmust
beaddressedbyeachandeverycitizenrequiringspecial
attentiontothosegroupsorindividualsstillsufferingsomeformof
“citizenship deficit” which is frequently the case of minorities. This
isespeciallytrueoftheRomaminoritygiventhatdespiteimportant
progressmadeoverthelastfewdecades,thisisstillthegroupfacingthe
greatestsocialrejectioninSpainaccordingtothelatestCIS(Sociological
ResearchCentre)studies.
AttheFSGwehavecontinuedtoworktothebestofourabilityon
threemajoraspectswhichwefeelarecrucialindiminishingthese
disadvantages:improvethelivingstandardoftheRomacommunity’s
mostdisadvantagedmembers;promoterecognitionandsupportof
culture;andencouragefullcitizenship.Inthisarduousandcomplex
taskwemustacknowledge(andexpressourgratitudefor)the
consolidationofinstitutionalsupportandrecognitionoftheRoma
communitywhichwehopewillcontinuetogrowandintensifyat
European,national,regionalandlocallevelbecauseallofthesehave
specialrelevancetothelivesofcitizens.
InthisneweditionoftheFSG Annual Activities report(publishedin
Spanish and English and 13 specific editions, one for each Autonomous
Communitywherewework)wecontinuetoadheretotheprinciple
oftransparencywhichguidesouractionaswepublishthisreporton
theworkundertakenin2007.These12monthshavebeenespecially
significant for the Foundation in that they have borne witness to the two
majorphasesofourmostimportantinterventionintermsofresources:
theAccederemploymentprogramme.Itisourhopethatduringthis
newstageoftheOperationalProgrammetoCombatDiscrimination
2008-2013oftheEuropeanSocialFundjustrecentlygettingunder
wayweareabletocontinuetoconsolidatetheexcellentresults
achievedduringthepreviousyearandalsotolearnfromourmistakes,
implementimprovementsandmoveboldlyaheaddespitethethreat
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ofrecessiononthehorizonwhichalwaystakesthegreatesttollonthe
weakest.
Employmentisthesubjectofthenewsocialawareness-raising
campaign which, with the slogan “Employment makes us equal”, we
begantodisseminateattheendof2007givenitsimportanceasakey
aspectinthesocialinclusionofthemostdisadvantagedindividualsand
groups.Thenewpublicpresentationsandcommunicationinitiatives
carriedoutwithinthisframeworkwillalsoserveasaplatformto
provideourco-funderswhohavesupportedusandthesocietyatlarge
(supportingusthroughtheirtaxcontributions)withthemainresultsof
theactionscarriedoutwithintheframeworkoftheAccederProgramme
duringthe2000-2006period.
Inlinewiththenewstagewehaveembarkedupon,in2007wealso
began to take the first steps in the development of a new Institutional
Strategic Plan allowingustostrengthenthefoundationofan
organisationwhichhasgrownappreciablyoverashortperiodof
time.Strivingtotakeanintegralapproachtoitsactions,theFSGhas
beendevelopingawidearrayofactivitiesrangingfromeducationto
healthandincludingculture,communication,quality,housingand
internationalactions,thislatteraspecttakingonparticularimportance
overthenextseveralyears.Forallofthesereasonsitisimportantto
stepbackandtakeacloselookattheactivitiescarriedoutwithaview
to complete the mission defined by the organisation as effectively as
possible.
Inclosing,IwouldliketoexpresstotheBoardofTrustees,theFSG’s
teamofworkersandtoalloftheorganisationsandindividualswhohave
beensupportingus,thehonourandsatisfactionIfeltuponreceiving
for the second time, from the hands of Her Majesty Queen Sofia, the
CivilianOrderoftheGoldenCrossforSocialSolidarity,anawardwhich
endorsestheworkthattheSecretariado Gitanohasbeingdoingfor
decades.
Pedro Puente Fernández / Chairman
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