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Roma people are the largest minority group in Europe and suffer some of the worst forms of discrimination. In 2006 EUMAP launched a new monitoring exercise intended to assess the reasons why Roma children in Europe are too often denied the same access to education offered to children belonging to the majority populations. Moreover, the monitoring also looks at how to ensure that Roma children can receive high quality education.

The research, carried out by local teams of experts, covers the nine European countries committed to the "Decade of Roma Inclusion". It includes specific case studies in selected localities of these countries, as a way to address the lack of data, which is a significant constraint to monitoring in this field. In 2006 EUMAP organised round table meetings on this topic in Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia, which included all involved stakeholders government ministries, civil society representatives, teachers and parents.

More information on this monitoring research is available at:

 
http://www.eumap.org/topics/romaed.