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Autonomia supports civil initiatives in which people mobilize the available local resources to reach their goals. We partner with Roma and non-Roma civil organizations in our activities with marginalized people. Besides direct development work we organise training and research and facilitate the efficiency of government and European programs targeting the improvement of labour market conditions of Roma and the poor.

Founded in 1996. In Romaversitas we believe that creating our narrative and changing the current ones is essential for social change. Therefore, our vision is a strong Romani intelligentsia that is capable of asserting the communities’ interests in Hungary, creating narratives for Roma People. Our mission is providing assistance for young Roma to acquire academic degrees, strengthen their skills, shape their identity and empower them to build resilient communities.

We are deeply convinced that as a long-term investment, education of Romani youth brings sustainable and real social change.

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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.

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.

Jaw Dikh is the associate member of ERGO Network. The goal of the Jaw Dikh Foundation is to support artistic, creative, scientific, educational and cultural activities, as well as to promote and disseminate culture and art.

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.

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.

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.