Press Release: European Commission and Council of Europe step up work for Roma with mediators’ agreement

The Council of Europe and the European Commission today intensified their efforts to improve the place of the Roma minority within European society by agreeing joint action for training Roma Mediators.

A document for the first of two funding agreements was also signed, which will see the EU make one million Euros available to the Council of Europe for 2011 and 2012, allowing a total of 1000 mediators to be trained.