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  The second for 2008 session of the Council for Roma Integration within Ministry of Labour and Social Policy took place on November 13 in Bankia. It was chaired by Baki Hyuseinov, National Coordinator of the Decade of Roma Inclusion. Seventeen representatives of Roma NGOs took part in the session. The main topic discussed was about the actualization of the National Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion. All participants expressed opinion tha prompt actualization is necessary since most of the activities envisaged in the Action Plan are for 2005-2007. Many suggestions...

  Deyan Kolev (Center “Amalipe”) was elected by consensus for observer in the Monitoring Committee of Human Resources Development Operational Program (HRD OP). Radostin Manov (“Diverse and Equal” Association) was elected also by consensus for deputy observer. This happened during special meeting of Roma NGOs that had expressed interest to take part in the election procedure and had covered the formal criteria. The meeting took place on November 11 in Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP). In July MLSP (Managing Authority of HRD OP) announced...

Representatives of nongovernmental organizations working in the field of health integration of Roma met the Bulgarian Minister of Health Evgenij Zhelev MD. The meeting took place on November 5, 2008. It was organized following an open letter sent to teh Minister by the organizations at the beginning of October. Representatives of "World without Border" - Stara Zagora, Center Amalipe - Veliko Turnovo, Minority Health Problems Foundation - Sofia, Health and Social Development Foundation and Deyan Kolev as Deputy Chair of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic...

The National Association of Roma Working in the Public Administration renewed its activity. This happened during a meeting that took place on November 7 in Veliko Turnovo. District and municipal experts who occupy positions connected with Roma integration took part in the meeting. They discussed how to renew the work of Association for preserving the expert positions on Roma integration in the public administrative structure, how to establish an effective network of Roma civil servants and how to foster the process of Roma integration. New Board of Managers was...

The facts: Regional discussions about the main principles and statements of the Framework Program for Roma Integration were organized in the six regions of Bulgaria from October 6 and 11 as follow: October 6 – Stara Zagora, October 7 – Plovdiv, October 8 – Sofia, October 9 – Montana, October 10 – Veliko Turnovo and October 11 – Razgrad. They were organized by Ethnic and Demographic Issues Directorate after a request of Roma NGOs and the Deputy Chair of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues Deyan Kolev. The expenses...