 National Agency for the Roma

The National Agency for the Roma ("Agenţia Naţională pentru Romi" or ANR in Romanian, "Themeski Ajenciya le Romengi" in Romani) is an agency of the Romanian government which seeks to improve the social and economic situation of Romania's Roma minority, which make up 2.5% of the population and are the country's most disadvantaged minority.A government agency for Roma affairs was first established in February 1997, under the name of "National Office for the Roma", which was subordinated a component of the Department for the Protection of National Minorities.