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Working with Roma to improve their own lives

There are ten to twelve million Roma and Travellers in Europe spread across practically all the Council of Europe's member countries. The Council of Europe's main objective is to encourage its members to take a comprehensive approach to Roma issues. This involves three main priorities - protecting minorities, combating racism, anti-gypsyism and intolerance and preventing social exclusion. One of the fundamental principles guiding this approach is participation of the communities concerned, through Roma and Travellers representatives and associations. Since 1995, the Committee of Experts on Roma and Travellers (MG-S-ROM) has been tasked with advising member states and encouraging international authorities to take action where needed. Its role complements that of the Secretary General's Co-ordinator of Activities concerning Roma, responsible for promoting co-operation with other relevant international organisations and developing working relations with Roma and Travellers issues organisations. For more information, please download the leaflet of the Roma and Travellers Division (PDF) or visit the News page.


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bullet Council of Europe Jurisprudence on Roma
Highlights
highlights

Recent Activities

bullet During the Meeting of anti-racists of Europe, organised by several Roma and Sinti NGOs and UNAR (Italian National Office for anti-discrimination), that took place in Bolzano from 2-6 June 2010, the CoE Dosta! campaign was presented to the audience coming from numerous European countries. The meeting is part of a wider range of activities organised by UNAR within the framework of Dosta! campaign in Italy.

bullet On 27-29 May 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Art for the World presented an avant-premiere of 5 short films from the long feature "Then and Now: Beyond Borders and Differences", among which the short movie "Chimeres absentes" by Ms Fanny Ardant, a patron of the CoE Dosta! campaign. The movie presents the problems of exclusion of Roma children from schools. The programme of the event is available here.

bullet The international specialist workshop organised within the Presidency of the Slovak Republic of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 entitled "Programmes supporting social inclusion of the disadvantaged population groups" took place in Bratislava on 17-18 May 2010. The speech of Ms Louiza Kyriakaki, a Chair of the MG-S-ROM is available here.

bullet European Roma and Travellers Forum
bullet Speech of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
bullet French Presidency of the European Union
bullet Meeting report
bullet Czech Presidency of the European Union
bullet Media training on the Roma minority and ethical reporting

Publications
 
Activities
bullet Calendar of activities
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4 bullet Roma and Travellers Calendar 2010

bullet MG-S-ROM
4 bullet Terms of Reference
4 bullet Last meeting report

bullet Joint Programmes
4 bullet Joint CoE/EC Programmes

bullet Combating anti-gypsyism
4 bullet Dosta! Roma Campaign
4 bullet Anti-discrimination Campaign
4 bullet European route of Roma culture

bullet Litigation
4 bullet ECHR
4 bullet ESC - Collective complaint mechanism

bullet Roma women and children
4 bullet Activities

bullet Internship
4 bullet CoE/OSI Internship for young Roma

Major Events
bullet Upcoming Events
  • Fanny Ardant speaks at the Summer session of PACE
    On 22 June 2010 in Strasbourg, Ms Fanny Ardant, the patron of the CoE Dosta! campaign, will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to discuss the situation of Roma in Europe. The press conference, together with the CoE Deputy Secretary General, Mrs. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, and Mr Cilevičs, a PACE reporteur on Roma will preeced Mrs Ardant's address in the Assembly, where a screening of the movie "Chimeres absentes" will be organised. Published June 20 10 | Read more
  • International conference on legal status of Roma and Sinti in Italy
    The Conference organised by the University of Milan and EC will take place in Milan on 16-18 June 2010 and will gather scolars, lawyers, Roma and International NGOs as well as international institutions. The CoE Dosta! campaign will be presented during the conference. Published June 6 10 | Read conference agenda
  • 3rd meeting of the EU platform for Roma inclusion
    The meeting organised within the Spanish Presidency to the EU will take place in Brussels on 17 June 2010 and will be elaborating a medium term roadmap for the Platform. During the meeting the programme of the Belgian Presidency and the Hungarian Presidency will be presented. Published June 6 10 | Read more


bullet Recent Events
  • Launch of Dosta! campaign in Italy
    On 7 June 2010 in Rome, Ms Fanny Ardant together with the CoE Deputy Secretary General, Mrs. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, and Mrs Simonetta Matone, Adviser to the Minister of Equal Opportunities, officialy launched the CoE Dosta! campaign in Italy. During the launch a screening of the movie "Chimeres absentes" was organised in the presence of the Roma actors acting in the movie. The press conference followed the launch. Published June 10 10 | Read more
  • Regional conference on Roma without IDs
    Regional conference on Providing access of Roma to personal identification documents was held on 14-15 June in Skopje. The photo exhibition of the project Barvale "Successful" by the author Dusko Miljanic on successful Roma personalities was presented in the Chifte Amam Gallery as a part of Dosta! campaign activities. Published June 16 10 | Read Conference agenda
Information

bullet Latest Documents
   The Report of the 28th MG-S-ROM Meeting which took place in Strasbourg, from 25-26 October 2009, is available here.


bullet Council of Europe / Open Society Institute Roma Internship Scheme
4The Council of Europe in cooperation with the Open Society Institute is pleased to offer three month internships to young Roma students/professionals at the
  Council of Europe (Strasbourg). Applications for the 2009 session are now open, click here for further details.


bullet Practical Information
4Useful information on Strasbourg, including an access map, hotel list and other usful tourist information, is avaliable here.

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