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Initiatives of the civil society
Roma Active Albania NGO is a member of TernYpe – International Roma Youth network and one of the co-organisers of the project “Young Europeans Commemorating the Roma Genocide” which took place for the first time in Krakow (at Auschwitz Memorial) in August 2013. The aim of this initiative, that gathers young Roma and non-Roma from 15 European countries, is to strengthen the engagement and awareness of Roma and non-Roma youth and youth organisations on the Roma Genocide; to advocate for the recognition of the Roma Genocide and promote the remembrance on European level as well as to build a Human Rights Platform of European youth organisations to challenge stereotypes and anti-Gypsyism.
Another project that involved young Roma and non-Roma participants from Albania called Pravde Jakhenca (With Open Eyes) took place from 24thJuly to 4th August 2013 in Krakow/Żywiec in Poland. 60 young Roma and non-Roma from Albania, Germany, Macedonia and Poland came together in Zywiec, Poland, to learn more about the Roma Genocide during World War II and to fight anti-Gypsysm and racism in the present.
Rromani Baxt Albania - works to maintain the culture, art, traditions, and other spiritual values of the Roma community as well as seeks to integrate the Roma more cohesively within Albanian society;
Unioni i Rromëve të Shqipërisë "Amaro-Drom" / Union of the Albanian Roma “Amaro Drom”
The treatment of Roma in Kosovo is a major concern for most NGOs.