The project "Strengthening the protection of national minorities, including Roma and minority languages in Ukraine" in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the European Roma Institute of Arts and Culture (ERIAC), Roma civil society and the Institute of Pedagogy of NAPS of Ukraine conducts a number of activities in Ukraine.

The Romani language is an important element of Romani identity and self-identification, the culture of the Romani community living in Ukraine (which is about 400,000 Romani men and women, children). Ethnic Roma groups, having gone through different migration routes, speak different dialects, which have more or less fallen under the influence of the surrounding languages.

The Romani language is insufficiently codified, it is not a literary standardized language in Ukraine. Dialects have been significantly influenced by other languages, and the definition of a single Romani language is currently a difficult issue. Modern dialects of Roma people in Ukraine differ in terms of phonetic and grammatical innovations in comparison with speech. In its turn, within each of the large dialect zones, there are numerous dialects that differ mainly in vocabulary (sometimes morphemes), borrowed from the languages of the living environment.

The Romani language is protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which aims to "protect and develop historical regional and national minority languages in Europe". The Committee of Experts calls on all member states of the Council of Europe to strengthen the protection and development of the Romani language, as part of Europe's cultural heritage, in all areas, including education and cultural life. The development and preservation of the Romani language is an important element of the socio-political inclusion of the Roma community in Ukraine.

Over the last few decades in response to the needs identified in the member states, the Council of Europe has worked to develop a set of information resources that can be useful to local education authorities and to all European citizens.

The Factsheets on Romani Language is one of such resources, which can be found at the following link: https://rm.coe.int/roma-history-factsheets-eng/1680a2f2f8