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The idea of this website emerged at the beginning of 2001. Initially, it was envisaged to just present the report about the situation of Roma in human development terms in five of the countries of the region. Many people were skeptical about the need to produce another report.
UNDP/RBEC desperately desired to avoid adding to an already vast literature on the simple description of the Roma situation in the region. This is the reason why the report has been planned as being an initial starting point of a wider project. The broader and more ambitious objective is to encourage the debate and exchange of information on the issue, to publish quantitative data, to merge different organizations’ efforts where possible, such as the Decade of Roma Inclusion, and to bring about real change in human development opportunities for marginalized communities of which Roma are the most numerous.
That is the real objective of this knowledge site.
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