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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.

Bulgaria	Krassimir Kanev	Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Czech Republic	Eva Sobotka	Independent Consultant
Estonia	Aleksei Semjonov	Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
	Vadim Poleshchuk	Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
	Andrei Arjupin	Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
Hungary	Lilla Farkas	Hungarian Helsinki Committee
	Andras Kadar	Hungarian Helsinki Committee
	Marta Pardavi	Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Latvia	Boris Koltchanov	Baltic Insight
	Leonid Raihman	Latvian Human Rights Committee
Lithuania	Agne Bajoriniene	Lithuanian Center for Human Rights
Poland	Beata Klimkievicz	Jagellonian University in Krakow
	Andrzej Mirga	Chair of Romani Advisory Council, Project on Ethnic Relations
Romania	Monica Macovei	Romanian Helsinki Committee
Slovakia	Ina Zoon	Independent Consultant
Slovenia	Tatjana Peric	European Roma Rights Center
	Darja Zavirsek	University of Ljubljana

Advisory Board Members: Minority Protection

Theo van Boven	University of Maastricht
Nicolae Gheorghe	OSCE/ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues
Yonko Grozev	Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Monica Macovei	Romanian Helsinki Committee
Dimitrina Petrova	European Roma Rights Center
Boris Tsilevich	Minelres Project Moderator

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

Rachel Guglielmo	Program Director
Stephen Humphreys	Program Coordinator: Minority Protection
James A. Goldston	Deputy Director, Open Society Institute
Andrea Gurubi Watterson	Program Assistant

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