During 2004, Ministry of Education and Science actively participated in development of National Strategy for Solving a Permanent Status of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Montenegro. Development of special project has been planned that will compete for necessary resources that will be provided for the support to the “Decade of Integration of Roma 2005-2015” in the scope of established Roma “Education Fund”. At the beginning of 2007, the Ministry supported the program of scholarships for Roma pupils in secondary schools, as well as for Roma students in the University with financial resources amounting 14,000.00 EUR from the Fund for scholarships for Roma. However this very important program is over dependent upon foreign donations. Certain affirmative measures for the persons belonging to national minorities exist on the state University. Senate of Universities adopted the Recommendations and invited all the faculties to access affirmative actions when registering students, as far as possible. These measures have been used by the members of Albanian minority and of Roma ethnic community so far. Paragraph 1, Article 17 of the Law on Minorities Rights and Freedoms, defines the right for the minorities to have their educational and training establishments. In school year 2006/07 in Ulcinj the first gymnasium “Drita’ with teaching in Albanian language is established and has started working. The gymnasium “Drita’ got license from the Ministry of Education and Science and it conducts publicly valid educational curriculum adopted by the relevant General Education Council. Paragraph 2, article 17 of the Law on Minorities Rights and Freedoms defines financing of such an educational establishment as the obligation of its founder. Also, Article 32 of the Law on

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