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The youth sector of the Council of Europe has for a long time associated young Roma to its policy and work for intercultural dialogue and human rights education. In 1995 a ground-breaking training course for Roma youth leaders was held at the EYC in Strasbourg, in the framework of the “all different-all equal” European youth campaign. As a result of the “All Different – All Equal” European youth campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolerance, the Council of Europe supported the development of the Roma youth networks across Europe, of which the most visible has probably become the Forum of European Roma Young People (FERYP). In addition to denouncing situations of discrimination, Romaphobia and Antigypsyism, the youth policy of the Council of Europe supports the involvement of Roma young people in matters that concern them and, in this respect, sees the participation of young Roma as an essential dimension in the transformation of the status challenges faced by Roma communities across Europe. The Roma Youth Conference
The Roma Youth Action Plan
The Roma Youth Action Plan is a response of the Council of Europe to the challenges faced by Roma young people in Europe, particularly in relation to their empowerment, participation in policy decision-making processes and structures at European level and the realities of discrimination and particularly antigypysism that they are confronted with. The action plan includes activities of the Youth Department and of other sectors of the Council of Europe as well as activities by other partners – intergovernmental and non-governmental – cooperating with the Council of Europe and interested in securing a maximum of impact of their activities by avoiding double work and creating synergies between their activities. >> Read the Roma Youth Action Plan Other relevant resources and links
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