Decade Trust Fund

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Decade Trust Fund

• Status Report
• Decade of Roma Inclusion
• XII. International Steering Committee Meeting
• Budapest, October 2, 2007

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Decade Trust Fund

• Administered by the World Bank
• World Bank will report to the Decade ISC at each
  meeting on the status of the DTF, including an
  update on ongoing and planned activities

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Decade Trust Fund Status

• Contributors so far Croatia, Czech Republic,
  Hungary, Slovak Republic, OSI, Bulgaria,
  Macedonia, Romania each made the initial
  contribution of EUR 20,000
• Total contributions to date - EUR 165,816
• Current administrative agreements extended new
  closing date is December 31, 2009
• Not signed agreement yet Montenegro, Serbia

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DTF Status Receipts and Disbursements
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Decade TF ActivitiesEmployment Workshop in Sofia

• First DTF-financed workshop, organized by the
  Bulgarian Presidency, to look at what countries
  are doing to promote Roma employment and share
  experience
• Workshop costs 8,237 Euro
• Participating countries - Bulgaria, Croatia,
  Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro,
  Romania
• Focused both on practical measures and policy
  design, looking also at experience from Western
  Europe
• Participation by expert officials, EC, OSI, UNDP,
  WB, but limited participation by civil society
• Contributed to peer learning and making
  professional contacts among experts
• Presentations online at www.romadecade.org

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Decade Trust Fund Next Steps

• Receive outstanding contributions Serbia,
  Montenegro
• Decide on the next rounds of contributions
  annual?
• Discuss next round of activities to be financed
  out of the DTF need to be more proactive
• Proposals for good experience to be shared with
  others
• gaps in knowledge

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Decade Trust FundResources

• Websites criteria, proposal format,
  application and approval process description
• www.romadecade.org
• www.worldbank.org/roma
• World Bank contacts
• Anush Bezhanyan (abezhanyan_at_worldbank.org, Tel
  1 202 473 7171)
• Christian Bodewig (cbodewig_at_worldbank.org Tel
  359-2 96 97 210)
• Tunde Buzetzky (tbuzetzky_at_worldbank.org Tel
  421-2-5752 6724)
• Karthika Radhakrishnan-Nair (knair_at_worldbank.org
  Tel [phone])