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By Order R-193/02.08.2012 of the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov Interagency Working Group for Resource Provision of Roma Integration with EU funds is established. The group is chaired by the Minister on management of EU funds Tomislav Donchev. It involves the heads of the Managing Authorities and Intermediate Bodies of OP "Human Resources Dvelopment", OP "Regional Development" and Rural Areas Development Programme as well as representatives of organizations working on Roma integration. The latter were determined following the procedure of choice, held in May and include: Deyan Kolev (Amalipe) Gancho Iliev ("World Without Borders") Rumyan Sechkov (Foundation SEGA) Spaska Mikhailova (Association "New Road"), Dr. Stefan Panayotov (Foundation "Health of the Roma"), Prof. Ivailo Turnev (Foundation "Health problems of minorities") and Stella Kostova (Roma Academy of Culture and Education). Deputies are Dimitar Dimitrov, Teodora Koleva, Nikolay Kirilov, Julia Grigorova and Petya Ivanova.

The Interdepartmental Working Group has the obligation to plan resourced and integrated interventions to implement policies for Roma and the National Strategy for Roma Integration. It will also facilitate coordination of integrated interventions that involve two or more programs. The group will develop an opinion on the financial resources that is needed for the process of Roma integration in the period 2014 - 2020 г.

The creation of the Interagency Group on the political level to ensure Roma integration was proposed by Amalipe, "World Without Borders", The "New Road" Foundation "Roma - Lom" and Roma Academy of Culture and Education in October 2011 after series of regional conferences and meetings in connection with the preparation of the National Roma Strategy. Subsequently, this request was included in the Action Plan to the National Strategy for Roma Integration.