Dear colleagues,

Following up on establishment of the Roma Education Fund, we are sending three documents for your information: 
 
(1) a job announcement for the position of Director of the Roma Education Fund, 
(2) a job announcement for the core staff of the Roma Education Fund, and 
(3) a list of criteria that will be used to select Roma representatives to participate on the Board of the Roma Education Fund.

Regarding the job announcements, we invite you to share them widely and encourage qualified individuals to express their interest for the Director position or for the staff positions.  Instructions for expressing interest are contained in the announcements.  
 
Using these expressions of interest, the Board of the Roma Education Fund will select a Director, we hope by end-January. 
Once selected, the Director will select his or her own staff using the expressions of interest that are received for the staff positions.

With regard to the criteria for selection of Roma board members, we encourage you to nominate Roma 
who meet these criteria.  Nominations should be sent via email to Roma@Worldbank.org.  
 
Nominations should include CVs or detailed biographical information, as well as references, if available.

We hope you have a happy holiday season and a merry 2005!

The World Bank Roma team.

Note from the editor: More information on the Roma Education Fund and the Roma Decade 
                                       can be found at: www.Worldbank.org/roma.