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Roma Matrix Research. Universities of Salford and York, UK Presentation to the Roma MATRIX ‘Combatting Racism through Inclusion, Conference, Athens, Greece 27 th November 2013. Overview. Precursor to our research for MATRIX Importance of evidence grounded in everyday experiences - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Roma Matrix Research
Universities of Salford and York, UK
Presentation to the Roma MATRIX ‘Combatting Racism through Inclusion, Conference, Athens, Greece 27th November 2013
Overview
Precursor to our research for MATRIX
Importance of evidence grounded in everyday experiences
Aim and scope of the MATRIX research
Methodology and deliverables
Precursor to Roma MATRIX research
Roma SOURCE research ‘The Limits of Inclusion?’ Brown, P., Dwyer, P. and Scullion, L (2013).
• Aim: Access and consider the everyday, perceptions, experiences and expectations of both Roma and non Roma majority communities in 6 MS to explore issues of inclusion and integration
The Limits of Inclusion….
Method• 24 Focus groups with both Roma and
Non Roma people• 180 people, over six Member States.• 92 male, 88 female, 14 nationalities
Findings• Diverse encounters between
communities, entrenched poverty and social exclusion of many Roma, understood in very different ways by Roma and Non Roma respondents
The need for grounded social policy research
Brought to light how encounters are played out in everyday life
Need for empirically informed evidence
Experience in the UK highlights how findings can help develop change
Need to bridge between real experience and policy for change to take place
Roma MATRIX: a shift in focus towards policymakers and actors
Aims:1.To map and explore existing policies and practice for combating anti-Gypsyism and promoting social inclusion in the four main areas
2.To consider the effectiveness of existing policies and procedures in combating anti-Gypsyism
3.To investigate how existing policy and procedural frameworks are operationalised in practice on the ground
4.To explore how policies are experienced by Roma
Roma MATRIX: a shift in focus towards policymakers and actors
• Not repeating NRIS evaluation and reviews
• Generally experience of Roma inclusion and specific reference to four key areas:1. Reporting and redress mechanisms in respect of anti-
Gypsyism
2. Roma children leaving care
3. Employment
4. Cross-community relations and mediation
Methodology
EU Network of researchers established across 10 Member States• Production of country report • Enabling the fieldwork interviews
Fieldwork• 120 semi structured interviews (12 in each partner Member
State) • National and regional policy actors i.e. policymakers,
practitioners and Roma ‘experts by experience’ (e.g. Roma NGOs, informal community advocates)
Working with researchers from Roma communities in the UK • Additional ‘community led’ research projects by three Roma
mentees partnered with Black Health Agency
Country Capital Region/area
Bulgaria Sofia Motana
Czech Republic Prague Usti nad Labem
Greece Athens Athens and surrounding area
Hungary Budapest Batanyterenyei
Italy Rome Lazio
Poland Warsaw Wroclaw
Romania Bucharest Cluj
Slovakia Bratislava Sarisske Michalanay and Ostrovanay
Spain Madrid Madrid and surrounding area
United Kingdom London Manchester/Sheffield
Methodology• Case study approach
• Designed in partnership with EU network• National policy and experiences of implementation
• Selected by being illustrative of issues
Issues we will be exploring in the field
Identifying the key policies in relation to the four key areas
How policy compliance is monitored and recorded
How national and regional policy is implemented in the case study sites
How Roma experience policy
Best practice and barriers to effective implementation
Outputs
Draft country reports December 2013
Interim report March 2014
Final report March 2015
Research papers 2015
Thank you for listening!
The Team
Dr Philip Brown p.brown@salford.ac.uk
Prof. Peter Dwyer Peter.dwyer@york.ac.uk
Philip Martin p.martin5@salford.ac.uk
Dr Lisa Scullion l.scullion@salford.ac.uk
Hilary Turley h.c.turley@salford.ac.uk
Our Country Expert for Greece
Chrisoula Arcoudis University of Athens
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