U julu 2003. u Budimpešti, vođe osam država srednje i sstočne Evrope dogovorili su da pokrenu ''Dekadu integracije Roma 2005-2015.'', projekat koji je inicirala Svjetska Banka i Institut otvorenog društva .
In July 2003, in Budapest, the leaders of eight Central and Eastern European states agreed to launch the "Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015", a project initiated by the World Bank and the Open Society Institute.