NATIONAL DELIBERATIVE POLL "POLICIES TOWARD THE ROMA IN BULGARIA" UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN GEORGI PIRINSKI

14-15 APRIL, SOFIA

A National Deliberative Poll "Policies Toward the Roma in Bulgaria" under the patronage of National Assembly Chairman Georgi Pirinski will take place in Sofia, on 14 and 15 April 2007. The forum is organized by the Centre for Liberal Strategies, the Bulgarian National Television, Alpha Research Marketing and Social Research Agency, Open Society Institute - Sofia and Links NGO.

The National Deliberative Poll will be opened on 14 April , at 9.00 a.m., at Hall 6 of the National Palace of Culture. National Assembly Chairman Georgi Pirinski will address the event.

The main issues that will be discussed at the forum are: “How to Deal with the Roma Ghettoes,” “Penal Policy,” and “How to Solve the Problem with the Education of the Roma.” A final panel will deal with “The Solutions of the Politicians" where ministers, MPs and representatives of the local authorities will answer questions on all issues of the debate.

Deliberative polling events have been conducted in the US, Great Britain, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Ireland, and China. The first National Deliberative Poll on crime was organized in Bulgaria in 2002 by the Centre for Liberal Strategies.