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István Forgács

Istvan Forgács is a prominent Roma Hungarian expert on the subject of Roma inclusion in Hungary and Central Europe. After graduating in Budapest, he studied at Columbia University and has managed and advised Roma inclusion programmes for decades, including at the Open Society Foundation and the Council of Europe. He has also worked with various Hungarian government agencies and NGOs as a Roma advancement policy advisor.
‘The current labour situation in Central and Eastern Europe is the real chance of the Roma right now. To be the working ones, the last ones, the valuable ones, the