The Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) of the EEA and Norway Grants has contracted Blomeyer & Sanz to conduct the monitoring of its “Local Development and Poverty Reduction, Enhanced Roma Inclusion” Programme in Romania. The programme has a budget of EUR 82 million and it combines five different thematic areas aiming to: Enhance inclusion and empowerment of Roma; Enhance social inclusion of children and youth; Strengthen education system capacity to ensure inclusive and quality education, in line with the Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) Framework; Increase use of social services by disadvantaged groups; Increase knowledge of central and local government to enact good governance principles; Increase implementation of the recommendations by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued after 2015.