Member Organisations

The Finnish Roma Association works to improve the living conditions of Roma people across Finland. It focuses on better housing, fair employment, access to education, legal protection, and healthcare. By promoting dialogue between Roma and non-Roma communities, the organisation fosters mutual understanding and respect for Roma culture. 

The 1Hungary Foundation is a newly formalised but deeply rooted Roma-led network in Hungary, bringing together local centres focused on cultural and educational empowerment. Despite the political environment in Hungary, 1Hungary is committed to Roma representation, public visibility, and grassroots leadership. They organise cultural events, support local Roma history initiatives, and nurture the next generation of Roma leaders. Their efforts are amplified through partnerships with the Roma Press Centre and the Polgár Foundation.

Trajosko Drom is a Roma women’s organisation working for the inclusion and social development of Roma communities, with a strong focus on gender equality. Grounded in a human rights-based approach, the organisation actively challenges all forms of discrimination and promotes an egalitarian, diverse society where everyone can thrive.

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 has been operational since 2011. VoRAE is a grassroots local NGO, with more than 18 full-time staff members in the Office and more than 60 staff and associates on payroll.

Our vision is to promote a democratic and peaceful world where everyone is equal and respects human rights. Our Mission is to defend the universality of human rights, to oppose discrimination under all circumstances and everywhere, to strengthen economically, socially and culturally risky and disadvantaged communities, especially Roma (Roman, Dom, Lom and Abdal), to fight against prejudice and discrimination against these communities, to ensure that conflicts are resolved within the framework of dialogue and solidarity, to work towards creating, developing and preserving the conditions for a multicultural life, to establish, develop, protect and advance relations of solidarity within these communities and with the whole society to ensure that civil society has a say in decision-making processes, to build dialogue and cooperation between public institutions and civil society.