In 2002 BFPA began working on the “Reproductive health and health education for the Roma minority in Central and East Europe” project. The initiative was held in regions with a compact Roma population in Moldova, Slovakia and Hungary – three of the countries with a relatively high percentage of Roma population (7% – 11%). The project ongoing ended in 2007 and was financed by the “Vision 2000” fund of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). The main goal of the project was to develop activities with a proven effectiveness in bulgaria – setting up specialized family planning centres, conducting educational trainings for various target groups (medical specialists, teachers, volunteers, roma population etc.), elaborating suitable educational materials, adapted to the needs of the target groups. During the projects BFPA established multitude of contacts with local organizations, with some of which also other smaller family planning and reproductive health projects were implemented.