The project „Roma Integration 2020“ was officially launched in Brussels on 9 June 2016 at the high level event which brought together officials from Western Balkans and Turkey, next to the European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, founder of Open Society Foundation George Soros and Secretary General of Regional Cooperation Council Goran Svilanović. From the Republic of Serbia, this event was represented by Miodrag Poledica, State Secretary of Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and Duško Lopandić, Ambassador of Serbia to the EU.

The project „Roma Integration 2020“, as a joint initiative of the European Commission, Open Society Foundation and Regional Cooperation Council, aims at reducing socio-economic gap between Roma and non-Roma population in Western Balkans and Turkey. The initiative will build on the achievements and the spirit of the „Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015“.