Country resources
This page allows you to filter all the information contained in the country factsheet by themes and countries.
For instance, if you wish to have specific details about the recognition of the Roma Holocaust in any specific country, you can easily access this information by selecting the theme and the country.
Initiatives of the civil society
There are organisations which involve the general public in the culture and history of the Roma in Estonia: Northern Estonian Roma Association, Roma Cultural Centre of Tallinn, Western Estonian Roma Association, Southern Estonian Roma Association, Central Estonian Roma Association, Association “Gypsy Music Night Festival”, Narva Society for Roma Culture, Cultural Centre for Roma-Estonian Youth, and umbrella organisations such as the Council for Ethnic Minorities under the Ministry of Culture, Estonian Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages.
In 1999 the Development Centre for Estonian Roma in Pärnu was established for coordinating the activities of three local organisations – Northern Estonian, Central Estonian and Western Estonian organisations.
Activities in the last few decades:
- Conferences in Tallinn in 1992, 1995, 1998
- 2001–2004 – the project DROM EDU Estonia
- 2004 – Estonian Roma Education Committee founded at the MER
- December 2006 – International seminar “Estonian Roma and Education”
- Cross-border information exchange and cooperation with Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish partners
- Training project for Estonian Roma organised by the foreign mission of the Finnish Pentecostal Church