Open Society Foundations said Tuesday that it will spin off its support for Europe's Roma communities into a new foundation and pledged €100 million, around $107 million, for that work.
The Roma Foundation for Europe, which will be independent of OSF, launches in January and will be based in Brussels, said the foundations.
Under Alex Soros' leadership, the foundations announced in July that it would significantly retool its structure and layoff 40% of its staff globally.
“We will also keep up — and dramatically increase — our efforts to secure equal treatment for Europe’s largest ethnic minority, the 12 million Roma (who mostly live in Eastern Europe),” Alex Soros wrote.
OSF will not have representatives on the board of the Roma Foundation for Europe, said Jovanovic, adding that the decision to start the foundation was made last year, independently of the restructuring.
Persons:
Zeljko Jovanovic, ” Jovanovic, Alex Soros, George Soros, Soros, ” Alex Soros, Jovanovic, Alex
Organizations:
Roma, Roma Foundation for Europe, OSF, OSF's, Office, Associated Press, European Union, European Commission, AP, “ POLITICO, Central European University, Roma Foundation for, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, Roma Entrepreneurship Development, Democracy, Roma Education Fund, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc
Locations:
Brussels, Roma, Europe, Berlin, “, Ukraine, Moldova, Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Roma Foundation for Europe