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Amalipe will participate in the Board of the Centre for Educational Integration of Children and Students from Ethnic Minorities (COIDUEM). The other NGO represented in the Board are CEGA Foundation and Association Etnotolerans - Shumen as well as the National Association of Municipalities. The Board members are ten, among them the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science Krassimir Valchev, representatives of key Directorates in Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour (responsible for Roma integration at present) and the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues.

This became clear after the Minister of Education Prof. Sergei Ignatov issued an order to form a new Board of the Centre. The first meeting of the Board of renewed Center will be held on April 28.

The Center for Educational Integration of Children and students from ethnic minorities was established by Decree of the Council of Ministers 4/11.01.2005, as a secondary distributor of budget. The Center started its real activity in 2007 and since then under competitive procedures COIDUEM approved dozens of projects aimed at educational integration of schools and municipalities. COIDUEM implements the Strategy for Educational Integration of Children and students from ethnic minorities. Currently executive director of the Center is Dr. Iosif Nounev.