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2016, 15 December
In the framework of the Joint European Commission and Council of Europe ROMACT Project, the Council of Europe is... more
2016, 6 December
Launched in 2016, ROMACT T.C.C. (ROMACT Transnational Cooperation Component) is a new component of the ROMACT Programme... more
2016, 26 October
In the premises of the Council of Europe (CoE) office in Brussels, Valeriu Nicolae, Special Representative of the... more

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According to estimates of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, approximately 784,041 Romani people revised in Bulgaria in 2020 representing 11.7% of the Bulgarian population. National Institute of Statistics mentions in a 2021 report that 58.8% of the Roma ethnic group (self-declared) are at risk of poverty.  
 
In Bulgaria, ROMACT implementation started in the beginning of  2014.

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