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The association is the first Roma organization in Croatia, established in 1993. It carries out projects that enhance the quality of Roma life in the fields of education, housing and employment. In all our activities we try to include both Roma and majority population. We publish the magazine Romano čaćipe (Roma truth) in which we are cherishing Roma culture and language and write about challenges that Roma face in their everyday life.

Pavee Point is committed to the realisation of human rights for Irish Travellers and Roma living in Ireland. The organisation is a partnership of Travellers, Roma and others working together to address the needs of Travellers and Roma who experience exclusion, marginalisation and discrimination. Pavee Point has extensive experience in developing innovative and culturally appropriate responses to the needs of Travellers and Roma based on a community development approach and an intercultural model.

Opre Roma is a non-profit organization that supports Roma
in the state of extreme segregation and discrimination, to protect their rights
and promote their well-being.

The ‘Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians’ supports its communities through direct intervention, technical support and advice in the areas of employment,
housing, education and human/civil rights. VoRAE is operational since 2011.

The NGO is located in Gracanica, 7 km east of capital
Pristina. VoRAE is a grass-root local NGO, with more than 18 full time staff members in the Office and more than 60 staff and associates on pay-roll.

RCC aims to change the view of the Roma community on integration to the society. We support Roma to evaluate their situation and solve social and financial problems;  to organise permanent employment and education of children and teenagers, to motivate Roma children, teenagers and their families for education, self-education, self-upbringing, to preserve and foster Roma traditions and prevent the Roma community from assimilation and marginalisation.

The Regional Roma Educational Youth Association concentrates on youth empowerment and mobilization through creativity, trainings and campaigns. Our vision for our youth is for them to become promoters of positive values and active agents in social happenings. Our mission is focused on the promotion of opportunities for personal development and integration, as well as promoting active citizenship and self-inclusion in the creation of youth policies of young Roma.

The NGO „Young Roma” aims to improve the situation of Roma in Montenegro and their full integration into society. Our vision is that Roma men and women are equal, educated and active citizens of Montenegro.

We work with the community and monitoring the implementation of national and local action plans in the field of social inclusion and integration of Roma, by encouraging active participation, advocacy, promotion and mediation in the exercise of minority rights.

We are a think-tank founded in 2008 in Romania. We act towards solving social inclusion issues of Roma and other ethnic minorities and dream about a world where these issues no longer need an answer. We believe in the kindness of people and know that the solution to all our concerns lie in every community’s readiness of embracing this kindness. We are ready and we are prepared to help others get ready through sustainable educational programs that fight prejudice and negative attitudes.

The aim of the association is to reduce economical, social and educational disparities in society. It organises different activities for young people, as they are an important factor of change in our society.  Currently the association conducts youth activities locally, regionally nationally and internationally through seminars, trainings and volunteering opportunities. Our activities also include elements of formal education through stategic development to stop school dropouts of Roma youth.

The association “Centre of Resources for Social Inclusion CRIS” has been established in 2011 by  5 young educated Roma people who wanted to increase Roma participation in society life in all its forms and to promote social inclusion. The activities of the association address the members of Roma communities belonging to less fortunate social environments, regardless of age, gender or socio-economic status, as well as Roma NGOs and NGOs for Roma.

Our main activity is aimed at enhancing community development of the Roma minority through an inclusive approach. This approach is based on mutually active co-operation between minority and majority populations. The most important area is education and the improvement of the social status of disadvantaged groups. We uses research methods through which we acquire relevant data as support tools in public discourse.

We work with the community and monitoring the implementation of national and local action plans in the field of social inclusion and integration of Roma, by encouraging active participation, advocacy, promotion and mediation in the exercise of minority rights.

Our main activity is aimed at enhancing community development of the Roma minority through an inclusive approach. This approach is based on mutually active co-operation between minority and majority populations. The most important area is education and the improvement of the social status of disadvantaged groups. We uses research methods through which we acquire relevant data as support tools in public discourse.

The Federación de Asociaciones Gitanas de Cataluña – FAGiC (Federation of Roma Associations in Catalonia) was created in 1991, nowadays it gathers 96 Roma associations from all over Catalonia. FAGiC is the most representative Roma organisation in the region, which purpose is to defend and promote the rights and culture of the Roma people in Catalonia.

Kaskosan is a web 2.0 platform aimed at bringing together Roma people from around the globe as well as disseminating information about the culture of the Roma people worldwide. Users may contribute or browse online audio-visual content; participate in competitions; upload their own photos; and virtually, but also physically, meet with other Roma people.

We are a gypsy-led group and believe in capacity- building of Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities. Our aims are to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with Gypsy and Traveller groups who are socially excluded and to assist them to integrate into society, in particular by providing a network that encourages and enables members of the Gypsy and Traveller community to participate more effectively with the wider community.

Since 2004, the Roma Women Fund CHIRICLI trained more than 20 Roma leaders, helped to establish and coordinate seven NGOs dedicated to Roma and Roma-related issues and helped them to develop programs on health, pre-school education, human rights as well as organize conferences, educational workshops, trainings, press-conferences, round-table discussions, festivals, publications in media etc., to raise Roma issues on national and regional level, to  make their work more visible and to change the situation of the Roma communities for better. The organization was the first in Ukraine to raise the question of Roma women.