Acknowledgements
The EU Accession Monitoring Program of the Open Society Institute would like to acknowledge the primary role of the following individuals in researching and drafting these monitoring reports. Final responsibility for the content of the reports rests with the Program.
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Bulgaria
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Krassimir Kanev
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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Czech Republic
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Eva Sobotka
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Independent Consultant
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Estonia
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Aleksei Semjonov
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Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
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Vadim Poleshchuk
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Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
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Andrei Arjupin
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Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
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Hungary
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Lilla Farkas
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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Andras Kadar
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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Marta Pardavi
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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Latvia
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Boris Koltchanov
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Baltic Insight
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Leonid Raihman
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Latvian Human Rights Committee
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Lithuania
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Agne Bajoriniene
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Lithuanian Center for Human Rights
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Poland
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Beata Klimkievicz
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Jagellonian University in Krakow
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Andrzej Mirga
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Chair of Romani Advisory Council, Project on Ethnic Relations
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Romania
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Monica Macovei
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Romanian Helsinki Committee
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Slovakia
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Ina Zoon
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Independent Consultant
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Slovenia
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Tatjana Peric
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European Roma Rights Center
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Darja Zavirsek
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University of Ljubljana
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Advisory Board Members: Minority Protection
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Theo van Boven
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University of Maastricht
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Nicolae Gheorghe
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OSCE/ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues
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Yonko Grozev
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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Monica Macovei
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Romanian Helsinki Committee
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Dimitrina Petrova
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European Roma Rights Center
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Boris Tsilevich
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Minelres Project Moderator
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We would also like to thank the following individuals for their invaluable contribution to the reports in the form of original research and/or review and critique of drafts:
Gabriel Andreescu, Tatjana Avsec, Tanja Benigar, Toma Birmontiene, Arie Bloed, Barbora Bukovska, Claude Cahn, Savelina Danova, Andi Dobrushi, Ondrej Gina, Morag Goodwin, Klara Hallik, Lauri Hannikainen, Jennifer Harris, Karel Holomek, Agnes Horvathova, Jan Hrubala, Columbus Igboanusi, Jeno Kaltenbach, Aksel Kirch, Vera Klopcic, Ferenc Koszeg, Agu Laius, Vylius Leonavicius, Neva Miklavcic Predan, Miroslav Mitrofanov, Florin Moisa, Nils Muiznieks, Eva Orsos, Danica Oslaj, Markus Pape, Peter Rado, Albert Julius Rostas, Rumyan Russinov, Cenek Ruzicka, Viktor Sekyt, Desislava Simeonova, Alenka Janko Spreizer, David Strupek, Jennifer Tanaka, Vita Terauda, Alan Trammell, Petr Uhl, Michal Vasecka, Raivo Vetik, Timothy Waters, Renate Weber, John Young, Jelka Zorn.
OSI held roundtable meetings in many candidate countries to invite expert critique and commentary on the draft reports from representatives of the governments, the Commission Delegations, and civil society. We are grateful to the many participants at those meetings who generously offered their time and expertise. Lists of the meeting participants are available from the EU Accession Monitoring Program (euaccession@osi.hu).
The EU Accession Monitoring Program
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Rachel Guglielmo
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Program Director
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Stephen Humphreys
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Program Coordinator: Minority Protection
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James A. Goldston
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Deputy Director, Open Society Institute
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Andrea Gurubi Watterson
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Program Assistant
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