In the new National Roma Program, a number of new measures are being proposed, some of which specifically aim at improving the access of Roma women to education and employment, with others intended to contribute in improving their position in general. Special attention to minority women has been given in the National Strategy for Gender Equality for the period 2011-2015 as well One of the goals of the Strategy is to eliminate the discrimination faced by Roma women in the areas of employment, education, participation in public life and decision making, health care and obtaining the right to citizenship. The Croatian Employment Service is responsible for carrying out policies aimed at improving opportunities in the labour market for vulnerable groups. Among current activities, the Employment Service is implementing the project called "Women in the labour market" in cooperation with other partners. The project, which is financed under the 'IPA programme, focuses on increasing the employability of disadvantaged groups of women and assisting their access to the labour market. It is aimed at unemployed women over 40, long-term unemployed women, inactive women, unemployed women from counties with the highest unemployment rates, and unemployed women belonging to national minorities, and Roma minority in particular. Another project, called "Supporting equality in Croatian labour market" and financed under the PROGRESS programme has been implemented by the Croatian Employment Service, the Government Office for Human Rights and other partners in 2009 and 2010. This Project specifically addresses race and ethnicity, disability, age, religion and sexual orientation. The main project objective is to ensure better implementation of the national and EU legislation aimed at combating discrimination. Moreover, the Government Office for Gender Equality has established in 2009 a Working Group for enhancing the collection of statistical data on the position of Roma women in local community, particularly with regards to their education, employment, health care and participation in public and political life. The members of the Working Group are government officials from relevant institutions, among others a representative of the Government Office for National Minorities, Roma women representatives and independent experts. The working group aims at eliminating discrimination of Roma women and has drafted guidelines for enhancing the collection of statistical data on the position of Roma women. To conclude, the Croatian Government will continue to invest great efforts in improving the position of women belonging to national minorities, particularly in areas that need special attention such as access to education and employment and will continue to support projects and initiatives that are Thank you.