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The
Roma Education Initiative was run by the Open Society
Institute -
Budapest's Education Support Program (ESP) in cooperation with Children and
Youth Programs, Open
Society Institute - New York. The Roma Education Initiative
was a three-year effort to help increase national programming,
and mobilize National Agendas, technical cooperation and
resources for improving the quality of educational opportunities
for Roma children. It worked on both the network and national
levels and consists of two main components - technical
support and grant giving. The initiative was launched
in 2002. Participation of national foundations was optional.
The
REI was located within the
Education Support Program - ESP, which is a part of
the Open
Society Institute - OSI. REI's work was overseen by
the Roma Education
Working Committee.
OSI
is committed to working in partnership with governmental
and non-governmental organizations in promoting equal
access to quality education for all Roma children.
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