Roma and Travellers


European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion
The European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion aims to establish national networks among mayors. These networks work as genuine discussion platforms where mayors can meet and exchange their points of view and good practices.
Declaration of local and regional elected representatives against anti-Gypsyism
In 2017, the Congress endorsed a Declaration against anti-Gypsyism, which gives mayors, as well as local and regional elected representatives from all 47 member states, the possibility of taking a stance against the discrimination of Roma.
Dosta! Congress Prize for municipalities
Every two years the Congress awards the Dosta! Congress Prize to three municipalities from Council of Europe member states that have put in place innovative and creative initiatives to efficiently integrate Roma in the long term within their borders.


- Gabriele Neff: “Roma and Travellers are being marginalised due to the pandemic. This must stop.”
- Message from Anders Knape, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day (27.01.2021)
- Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: taking action at all levels of governance to end discrimination
- John Warmisham: “Local governments must engage with Roma youth to include them in local public and political affairs”
- Local authorities have a duty of care for Roma communities vulnerable to the pandemic


Sedef Cankoçak
Secretary of the Current Affairs Committee
European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Inclusion of Roma and Travellers
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