National Networks for Roma Inclusion
The Alliance is promoting national networks for Roma inclusion among mayors and regional representatives. These networks should function as national discussion platforms for the sharing of best practice, strengthening local and regional capacities for action, identifying specific problems, proposing solutions and helping to ensure funding for Roma activities at the grassroots level.
Deputy Mayor of Uzhgorod Oleksandr BYLAK elected new Chairperson of the Ukrainian Alliance
The Ukrainian Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion has a new chair for the year 2019. Mr Oleksandr BYLAK, Deputy Mayor of the City of Uzhgorod, was selected Chairman of the Ukrainian Alliance during the 2nd official meeting of the Ukrainian Alliance on 26 February 2019 in Lviv. The City of Uzhgorod takes over the chairmanship from...
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John WARMISHAM in Albania: "Lack of nationality is at the heart of many of the problems that Roma face in Europe"
On 14 November 2018, Members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM) met in Tirana to discuss solutions in regard to the lack of identity documents and statelessness that many Roma face.
Congress spokesperson on Roma and Traveller issues, John WARMISHAM (UK, SOC), informed CAHROM of his recent visit to...
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John WARMISHAM in Albania: "A national network of Albanian mayors will identify solutions for a better inclusion of Roma"
John WARMISHAM (United Kingdom, SOC), Congress Spokesperson on Roma and Traveller issues, addressed Albanian mayors at the Seminar on Roma Inclusion at the local level, in Tirana, Albania, on 11 October 2018. Co-organised by the Congress and the City of Tirana, within the framework of the European...
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Creating an Albanian network for Roma Inclusion - First meeting on 11 October 2018 in Tirana
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is co-organising, in partnership with the city of Tirana, a seminar on Roma inclusion at the local level in Tirana, Albania, on 11 October 2018. In particular, participants will discuss the prospect of creating a national Albanian network of mayors for Roma...
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