ROMA EDUCATION FUND Invest l Educate l Engage ROMA EDUCATION FUND Roma Early Childhood Inclusion+ Republic of Bulgaria Report Roma Early Childhood Inclusion+ Report on Roma Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Care, Health, and Social Care Republic of Bulgaria September 2020 AUTHORS Consultants Gancho Iliev Deyan Kolev Lyuboslava Peneva Milena Ilieva Teodora Krumova Project research team Alexey Pamporov George Angelov Dimitar Dimitrov Dragomira Belcheva Ilko Jordanov Petya Brainova Ralitsa Dimitrova National and international editorial team Anita Jones Boyan Zahariev Jana Huttová Arthur Ivatts This RECI+ Report was prepared by Open Society Institute–Sofia Foundation. The presentation of material and country designations employed throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Sponsoring Agencies concerning the legal status or delimitation of frontiers or boundaries of any country, territory, city, or area. The opinion expressed in this publication are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Sponsoring Agencies. ISBN 978-954-2933-62-5 (paper) ISBN 978-954-2933-63-2 (pdf) For further information, please contact: Almaz Ismayilova I Open Society Foundations Early Childhood Program I
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