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	Decade of Roma Inclusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion is an initiative of seven Central and Southeastern European countries to improve the socio-economic status and social inclusion of the Roma (gypsy) minority across the region.
		The initiative was launched in 2005, with the Decade of Roma Inclusion running from 2005 to 2015, and represents the first multinational project in Europe to actively enhance the lives of Roma.
		Seven countries are taking part in the Decade of Roma Inclusion: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Decade_of_Roma_Inclusion (192 words)

	Current and Upcomimig Activities - Voice of Roma
		The Roma who are threatened with deportation for the most part have no homes to go back to, no possibilities for employment or for their children to attend schools, and often have no family members living in Kosovo.
		Unfortunately, from the beginning, the Roma of Kosovo have been "out of the loop" on the "Decade of Roma Inclusion", because both UNMIK and the regional Albanian government of Kosovo have not indicated a willingness or interest in cooperating with the Serbian government; (Kosovo is still part of Serbia).
		Voice of Roma is working to represent the Roma of Kosovo, both those in Kosovo and those in the Diaspora, and to advocate for their inclusion and to coordinate lobbying efforts to convince the Kosovo government(s) (UNMIK and the local Albanian dominated government) to get involved - before it is too late.
	www.voiceofroma.com /activism/upcoming.shtml (2874 words)

	ISN Security Watch - 'Decade of Roma Inclusion' starts in Sofia
		The number of Roma in Eastern and Central Europe - somewhere between 8 million and 12 million - is larger than the populations of some of the region's countries.
		Those Roma who have not become too discouraged to seek work typically lack the education and skills to get desirable employment; and potential employers customarily discriminate against them when seeking to fill those positions for which they might be qualified.
		Roma were among the biggest losers in the transition from communism after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10706 (612 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Nations unite to help Roma people
		The project, dubbed the "Decade of Roma Inclusion", aims to tackle a range of educational and social disadvantages faced by Roma communities.
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion, sponsored by the World Bank, the UNDP and other organisations, is designed to tackle these problems through cross-border co-operation.
		The long timescale of the Decade of Roma Inclusion is itself proof that no one underestimates just how hard it will be to improve the living conditions of Europe's gypsies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/4228681.stm (810 words)

	Roma Realities and Possibilities - Nations and States - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In February, a "Decade of Roma Inclusion" (2005-2015) was launched by prime ministers from eight central and southeastern European countries, with support from numerous international groups.
		In Uzhgorod, the Roma live hard lives, often completely off the books because they lack official documents and are wary of the government in general.
		The Roma must organize and coordinate their efforts, proving to the rest of Ukraine that they are ready to participate fully in civil society.
	www.globalpolicy.org /nations/sovereign/sover/emerg/roma/2005/0802realities.htm (946 words)

	The Slovak Spectator - Slovakia's English Language Newspaper
		He is also wary of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, asserting that everyone involved in the social initiative - from the international organizations that initiated it to the young Roma leaders enlisted to help shape it - misunderstand the project.
		Ivan Veselý (IV): I think the Decade of Roma Inclusion is a misunderstood project, both by the Roma communities (including the so-called young Roma leaders who were part of the planning) as well as by the international institutions and governments behind it.
		Primarily, the lack of preparedness among the Roma themselves to support the goals set forth in the Decade was not taken into consideration.
	www.slovakspectator.sk /clanok-18670.html (1101 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion is intended to enable the amelioration of Roma’s social and economic position through focused assistance in education, employment, healthcare and housing.
		The Roma are the poorest and most numerous minority in Europe, their being approximately between 7 and 9 million.
		Among the major aims of the project are setting clear and measurable national tasks for improving the economic status and social inclusion of the Roma population, providing the information basis necessary for measuring the progress.
	www.ncedi.government.bg /en/DECADE-HUSM.htm (404 words)

	Europe: Discrimination against Roma - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The goal of the decade is to improve the social and economic status of Roma by focusing on assistance in education, employment, health and housing.
		In Hungary, ECRI assessed that the Roma minority continues to be "severely disadvantaged in most areas of life, particularly in the fields of health care, housing, employment and education".
		The Roma minority in Slovakia, according to ECRI "remains severely disadvantaged in most areas of life, particularly in the fields of housing, employment and education".
	news.amnesty.org /index/ENGEUR010012005 (1354 words)

	More than wanderers - People news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This was followed by a succession of further Roma arrivals in Bulgaria during the time of Ottoman rule, with some Roma arriving as part of the military and others as part of those who followed the military, in various capacities.
		Unusually for the Ottoman Empire, Roma were subject to special categorisation on the basis of their ethnicity, rather than being classified according to religion, as was the usual practice.
		This brought many Roma into a structured, formal economy, while bringing to an end much of the practicing of crafts and, to a large extent, nomadism, although the latter re-asserted itself to some degree after the iron hand of communism had rusted and finally disintegrated at the beginning of the 1990s.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/more-than-wanderers/id_10778/catid_30 (998 words)

	Decade of Roma Inclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion is an initiative adopted by eight countries in Central and Southeast Europe, and supported by the international community.
		The Decade grew out of a high-level conference “Roma in an Expanding Europe: Challenges for the Future,” hosted by the government of Hungary in June 2003.
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion was launched at a summit attended by prime ministers from Central and Southeast European countries, World Bank Group President James Wolfensohn, and OSI Chairman George Soros.
	www.soros.org /initiatives/roma/focus_areas/decade (348 words)

	Home - Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005 - 2015 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Publications "Chalenges of Roma decade" are based on TV series "what, where, how?" that was dedicated to international project "Decade of Roma inclusion 2005 - 2015".
		Roma woman, many times an inspiration to worldwide famous artists in their poems, always presented with fire and wind in her hair and legs and never without love and lust.
		First Roma radio from Serbia and Montenegro, without false modesty, is glad to announce that now it is present in every home of Roma music fans offering, besides music, latest news and information about Roma population, not only in Serbia, but worldwide.
	www.bahtalodrom.org.yu (503 words)

	Spolu International Foundation - Partners - Împreuna Romania
		This is based on a participative approach of Roma communities: a mode of action and a process in which the beneficiaries take responsibility for the development of activities and are actively involved in all the stages.
		CARR is a network of politically independent, Roma non-governmental organisations whose joint mission is to improve the condition of Roma in Romania.
		The essence of CARR is a vision of Roma within a European Romania, where democracy, human dignity and individual freedom are based on the rule of law, on institutional and legal guarantees of human and minority rights, as well as on respect for diversity.
	www.spolu.nl /m4e_impreuna.html (821 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Conference examines Roma plight
		The meeting, to launch the Decade of Roma Inclusion, is being hailed by supporters as a new approach.
		Roma groups highlighted the situation of their people still in Kosovo who they said were living on contaminated land.
		Most Roma were forced to give up their traditional travelling lifestyle and settle down during four decades of communist rule, says the BBC's central Europe editor, Nick Thorpe.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/europe/4228813.stm (517 words)

	Statement of Minister Filiz Husmenova on a meeting of the working group for preparation of “The Decade of the Roma ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In this context, improving the conditions of the Roma population is a major priority in the Bulgarian Government’s activity.
		During this forum Bulgaria flatly stood behind the initiative for the years from 2005 to 2015 to be declared a “Decade of Roma Inclusion” and supported the establishment of an International Roma Education Fund.
		What is needed is for the Roma children to be transferred from the schools in the Roma neighborhoods to integrated schools where they could study together with their coevals.
	www.ncedi.government.bg /en/statementHjusmenova.htm (971 words)

	The Prague Post Online
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion requires governments to set quantitative goals in the areas of education, employment, health and housing.
		Ivan Vesely, a well-known Roma advocate here, cast aspersions on Czech participation in the Soros project because he said the government did not consult Roma organizations on their participation in the preparation process for the Roma Decade Action Plan.
		"Roma people as a whole were mostly being forced into the role of observers during the preparatory process of their own decade," he wrote on the Web site of Dzeno, the Roma advocacy organization he heads.
	www.praguepost.com /P03/2005/Art/0210/news4.php (464 words)

	FOSI ROM - Roma program
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion grew out of the conference "Roma in an Expanding Europe: Challenges for the Future", hosted by the Government of Hungary in June 2003.
		The Decade is an open process and other countries, including EU member states, are welcome to join the initiative.
		It is the political commitment of the 8 Prime Ministers to accelerate reform and close the gap between Roma and non-Roma.
	www.osim.cg.yu /fosi_rom_en/english/roma_decade.htm (550 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		The idea for the program, called the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, emerged from a conference on the situation of the Roma in the expanding Europe held in Budapest in June 2003.
		In a way, the Decade of the Roma Inclusion is also the result of a growing political consciousness among the Roma themselves.
		The official launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion and the formation of the ERTF suggest that the Roma might one day be accepted as equal among equals in Europe.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/02/5-NOT/not-100205.asp?po=y (1123 words)

	JDW - Decade of Roma Inclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The goal of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2005–15, is to accelerate inclusion and improve economic and social status for Roma across the region.
		Roma People in an Expanding Europe—An op-ed article written with George Soros of the Open Society Institute, calls on countries to support the initiative.
		Roma Education Fund—Donors earlier met in Paris to pledge US$42 million for a Fund to expand educational opportunities for Roma communities.
	webqa.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTOFFICEPRESIDENT/EXTPASTPRESIDENTS/PRESIDENTEXTERNAL/0,,contentMDK:20333665~pagePK:139877~piPK:199692~theSitePK:227585,00.html (224 words)

	Decade of Roma Inclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the past ten years thousands of Roma have died needlessly due to malnutrition, high infant mortality and and lack of medical care.Hundreds have been murdered in racially motivated attacks and pogroms across Europe.
		While neo-facist groups continue to target vulnerable Roma, refugees are refused sanctuary in western Europe because it is claimed they are not victims of state-sponsored persecution.
		Fifty leading Roma activists in Bulgaria are threatening to boycott the Decade unless Roma are allowed to implement major projects themselves.
	www.squatter.org.uk /traveller2.html (574 words)

	[trav-ed] The Decade of Roma Inclusion
		Leaders from Central Europe are gathering in Sofia on February 2, 2005 to launch the Decade of Roma Inclusion?the most sweeping effort to improve the status of Roma, Europe's most vulnerable minority.
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion represents the first cooperative international effort to change the lives of Roma, many of whom live in devastating poverty in the heart of Europe.
		The Decade itself is an inclusive exercise and we welcome other countries, including EU member states, to join," said George Soros, Chairman of the Open Society Institute.
	lists.becta.org.uk /pipermail/trav-ed/2005-February/004937.html (446 words)

	Decade of Roma Inclusion hopes to bring real change to Europe's Roma minority - 11-02-2005 - Radio Prague
		Sponsored by the World Bank and the Open Society Institute, the Decade of Roma Inclusion hopes to tackle head on such problems as rampant discrimination, illiteracy and social exclusion.
		Claude Cahn, from the European Roma Rights Centre, says that while much progress has been made in the last decade, the general pace of change is far too slow.
		Increasing the speed of inclusion of Europe's large Roma minority is a key priority facing governments across the region.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/63362 (739 words)

	Romania - Decade for Roma Inclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion, an initiative adopted by eight European governments, and supported by the international community, represents the first cooperative international effort to change the lives of Roma in Europe.
		The Decade planning is guided by an International Steering Committee, made up of representatives of governments, Roma from each country, and international organizations, which established four priority areas for the Decade—education, employment, health, and housing.
		Funding Decade action plans also presumes the reallocation of existing resources in national budgets and aligning these plans with funding instruments of multinational, international, and bilateral donors.
	www.worldbank.org.ro /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/ROMANIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20322666~menuPK:287313~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:275154,00.html (371 words)

	[trav-ed] Roma inclusion decade: this may be of interest
		A second on Roma employment was held in May, and a third on health is planned for late June.
		It is the political commitment of the nine prime ministers to accelerate reform and close the gap between Roma and non-Roma.
		To find out more about the the Decade of Roma Inclusion, please contact dharding at sorosny.org # The Newspaper Marketing Agency: Opening Up Newspapers: www.nmauk.co.uk This e-mail and all attachments are confidential and may be privileged.
	lists.becta.org.uk /pipermail/trav-ed/2005-February/004950.html (856 words)

	Governments commit to prioritising social inclusion of Roma - European Public Health Alliance
		The Decade of Roma Inclusion, to start in 2005, will include targets to be agreed over next 12 months.
		There are an estimated 6 million Roma living in ECA and 7 to 9 million in Europe overall and their numbers are growing fast.
		The ’Decade of Roma Inclusion’ was launched on 2 February 2005 at a major press conference featuring the Prime Ministers of many Balkan and Eastern European countries.
	www.epha.org /a/580 (579 words)

	Comforty Media Concepts: The Inclusion Series
		This video is offers a presentation by Joel Hollands and insightful observations and commentary by noted inclusion specialists Dr. Marsha Forest and Jack Pearpoint, and by Darryl and Janet Thomas, Bryce’s parents.
		Inclusion High: was partially funded by the Chicago, Public Schools.
		They model and help schools make inclusion work well for all who are involved: students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community.
	www.inclusionseries.com (316 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In one recent incident in the United Kingdom, a sick and elderly woman was among a group of Traveller (Roma) families who were woken at 4 am and ordered to leave their homes in the Twin Oaks caravan park in Herefordshire.
		According to the International Roma Women’s Network (IRWN), an AP partner, the woman’s mobile home was demolished while she was still inside and her two wheelchairs were deliberately destroyed.
		Elsewhere in Europe, the pace of evictions is increasing in Lithuania and Albania, according to the Dzeno Roma news agency in Prague, another AP partner.
	www.advocacynet.org /pr_view/pr_34.html (719 words)

	noticias - Europe's Roma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Roma unemployment in Slovakia hit 87.5 percent in 2003.
		Times were hard for everybody, most governments felt; the Roma were not exactly popular with voters; and displaying big social problems might even set back their hopes of EU entry.
		Die Presse (Austria) also notes that the focus of the Roma initiative will be on education, jobs, health, and on improving the living situation of the Roma community.
	www.noticias.info /archivo/2005/200502/20050207/20050207_47380.shtm (373 words)

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