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 | | The political elite is divided between the traditional, predominantly center-right, "historical" parties, the left and the center-left parties with a largely former communist background, the nationalist parties and the party representing the Hungarian minority. |
 | | Roma population in Romania is facing several problems: lack of education, increased poverty, unemployment, difficult access to social services, devaluation of the traditional Roma professions, increased criminality, prejudices and discrimination, lack of cohesion between different groups, lack of a "Roma elite" capable to represent the interests of the community at the society level, etc. |
 | | The OSF Romania mission in education for 1999 - 2001 is to promote decentralization and greater local autonomy and democracy; equal opportunity in education, learner centered education, greater involvement of community in the school life, human resources and institutional capacity building and development of different successful models that are replicable nationwide. |
| www.osi.hu /iep/ESB/catA_2000/romania.htm (12529 words) |
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