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As part of the Government of Serbia’s commitment to address the significant health inequities between Roma and majority populations, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-government held a Roma health forum in Belgrade on 28–29 February 2012, and adopted a national declaration on Roma health. In Europe, there is an evidence of significant health inequities between Roma and majority populations. These inequities are largely socially determined, being driven by multifaceted social exclusion processes....

  Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance Amalipe, Veliko Tarnovo started its participation within the Key Roma Project, funded by the Life Long Learning Program of the European Commission, which is going to be implemented in 5 different countries. Start of the project was given with its kick-off meeting which was held in Sofia on February 27-28, 2012. Main goal of the project is to deal with a problem particularly often faced among the Roma women and mainly – their lack of integration into the labour market due to inadequate education.  In each of these...

  On the very day considered the transition to spring - March 1 - The National Assembly approved unanimously the National Roma Integration Strategy. A total of 104 Members of Parliament supported the document with general consensus - all voted ‘for’, no one ‘against’ or ‘abstention’. The Deputy Prime Minister and Chairperson of NCCEII Tsvetanov introduced the Strategy underlining that has been proposed to the Parliament for consideration as the government’s  intention is to introduce the integration of Roma as its long-term...

On 28.02. the French Ambassador HE Philippe Autié  Amalipe had a meeting with Center Amalipe as part of his visit to Veliko Tarnovo, associated with the exhibition "The archives of the planet" of photographs taken by the "operators" of the famous French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn a century ago . Within an hour and a half he discussed with  Amalipe team the situation of Roma in Bulgaria, the public attitudes regarding integration and the case of "Katunitsa", its causes and consequences. Teodora Krumova briefed the Ambassador about the activities...

  On 14 February the Ministry of Education announced and published on its website a draft law on pre-school and school education. It regulates public relations that guarantee the right to education, as well as, the structure, functions, organization, management and funding of the system of pre-school and school education. The draft law is the result of intensive discussions that followed the publication of the previous draft in April 2010 and the concept of a new law in March 2011. Roma organizations working in the education sector participated actively in the preparation...