Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma. Volume I. Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia

The Roma are one of Europe's largest and most vulnerable minorities. Throughout Europe, Roma remain excluded from many aspects of society, denied their rights and entrenched in poverty. The "Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015" is an unprecedented international effort to combat discrimination and to close the gap in welfare and living conditions between Roma and non-Roma, in order to break the cycle of poverty and exclusion. The initiative is supported by the Open Society Institute (OSI) and the World Bank, and endorsed by nine Central and Eastern European countries. Education is one of the four main areas of the Decade, and the particular problems faced by Roma in accessing quality educational opportunities have been widely recognised.