Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion - Calendar https://www.roma-alliance.org/ Alliance RSS calendar https://www.roma-alliance.org/images/logo.png Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion - Calendar https://www.roma-alliance.org/ Dosta! 2019 Prizes awarded but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ceremony postponed to the Congress session to be held “in person” in October 2021 https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/304-dosta--2019-prizes-awarded-but--due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic--ceremony-postponed-to-the-congress-session-to-be-held--in-person--in-october-2021.html

As the Congress Session in March 2020 was cancelled and the following ones held online due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the three winner projects of the Dosta! Congress Prize for Municipalities will be awarded their prizes during a ceremony to be held in October 2021, during the 41st Plenary Session of the Congress, which will take place at the headquarters ...

]]>Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 Congress Spokesperson Mirand RIRA: https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/301-congress-spokesperson-mirand-rira--.html

"Roma are fully-fledged members of society and securing their rights is part of the responsibilities of public authorities," said Congress spokeswoman on Roma issues, Miranda RIRA (Albania, SOC), on the occasion of the Roma International Day, on 8 April 2019. "Even though they are the largest minority in Europe with more than 10 million Roma, they ...

]]>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 7th International Roma Women’s Conference: SAVE THE DATE! https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/290-7th-international-roma-women-s-conference--save-the-date-.html

7th International Roma Women’s Conference “Roma and Traveller Women’s Access to Justice and Rights” co-organised by the Government of Finland and the Council of Europe under the Finnish Presidency of its Committee of Ministers.

Date: 25-27 March 2019

Venue: Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanasaarenranta 5, Espoo ...

]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:00:00 Local action for Roma safety: 2nd Meeting of the Ukrainian Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/289-local-action-for-roma-safety--2nd-meeting-of-the-ukrainian-alliance-of-cities-and-regions-for-roma-inclusion.html

The Ukrainian Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion, the European Alliance’s local network of mayors in Ukraine, will meet on 26 February 2019 in Lviv for its second official meeting. The Ukrainian Alliance will, among others, address the violent attacks against Roma that happened in the past year.

In 2018, a series of attacks ...

]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 Creating an Albanian network for Roma Inclusion - First meeting on 11 October 2018 in Tirana https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/266-creating-an-albanian-network-for-roma-inclusion---first-meeting-on-11-october-2018-in-tirana.html

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 inclusion.

Launched ...

]]>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 Apply now for grants for transnational working visits under ROMACT https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/252-apply-now-for-grants-for-transnational-working-visits-under-romact.html

We have the pleasure to inform you that a new call for proposal for grants of the Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building component of the ROMACT programme (ROMACT TCC) was published today!

 

ROMACT TCC aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular non-nationals of Roma ethnicity. It ...

]]>Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 5th Dialogue with Roma and Traveller Civil Society - Call for Participants https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/247-5th-dialogue-with-roma-and-traveller-civil-society---call-for-participants.html

We are happy to announce an OPEN CALL for participation to the 5th Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society that will take place on 20-21 June 2018 in Strasbourg, France.

The 5th Dialogue meeting will concentrate on the issue of Roma and Traveller political participation with the aims of

a) prioritising and giving visibility ...

]]>Fri, 04 May 2018 00:00:00 Strengthening Roma Networks in Greece - Kick-off meeting to be held on 12 April 2018 in Athens https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/236-strengthening-roma-networks-in-greece---kick-off-meeting-to-be-held-on-12-april-2018-in-athens.htmlThe European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion is pleased to announce the holding of a meeting in Athens with the aim to strengthen Greek Roma networks on local and regional level. Carried out as a joint project together with the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) and the Roma and Travellers Team of ...

]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 Strengthening Roma Networks at the Local and Regional Level https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/235-strengthening-roma-networks-at-the-local-and-regional-level.htmlThe European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion is pleased to announce the holding of a meeting in Athens with the aim to strengthen Greek Roma networks on local and regional level. Carried out as a joint project together with the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) and the Roma and Travellers Team of ...

]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 National seminar on Roma inclusion at the local level in Lithuania https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/183-national-seminar-on-roma-inclusion-at-the-local-level-in-lithuania.html

We are pleased to announce our first national seminar on Roma inclusion on the local level in Lithuania on Thursday, 17 December 2015 in Trakai, 30km away from the capital Vilnius.

The seminar will bring together representatives of Alliance participants with other municipalities and regions, NGOs and national authorities to discuss the role ...

]]>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 Dosta! Congress Prize Ceremony https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/179-dosta--congress-prize-ceremony.html

During the 29th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the 5th Dosta! Congress Prize will be awarded to 3 municipalities or regions that show outstanding willingness to make Roma inclusion a reality.

More information is to follow. For information on earlier editions of the Dosta! Congress Prize, click ...

]]>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 National workshop of the Alliance in Paris https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/121-national-workshop-of-the-alliance-in-paris.html

The first workshop of French local authorities participating in the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion was held on Thursday 13th February 2014 at the Council of Europe Office in Paris. Participants were informed of the activities of the Alliance since it was launched in March 2013 and discussed its future action plan, ...

]]>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:00:00 Launch conference of ROMACT and ROMED2 in Milan, Italy https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/118-launch-conference-of-romact-and-romed2-in-milan--italy.html

On 18 January 2014, the ROMACT and the ROMED2 programmes was officially launched in Italy, during a conference held in Milan. This event was opened by Mrs Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms Cécile KYENGE, Italian Minister of integration, Ms Maria Cecilia GUERRA, Italian Vice-Minister of Labour and ...

]]>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 The city of Paris joins the European Alliance of Cities and Regions https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/114-the-city-of-paris-joins-the-european-alliance-of-cities-and-regions.html

‘’I welcome the decision by the city of Paris to join the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma inclusion, which has now 121 members.’’ stated Jean -Claude Frécon , Vice- President of the Congress on 18 December 2013, at the ceremony marking this event in the presence of Pierre Schapira and Claudine Bouygues, Deputy Mayors of ...

]]>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 International Seminar on the Role of Youth Policies in Supporting Roma Youth Participation https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/103-international-seminar-on-the-role-of-youth-policies-in-supporting-roma-youth-participation.html

A Seminar on the Role of Youth Policies in Supporting Roma Youth Participation took place at the European Youth Centre in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 21 November 2013. This seminar aimed at discussing, amongst other issues, the importance of involving the Roma youth in local and regional politics, the development of action plans as well as the ...

]]>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 National workshop of the Alliance in Madrid, Spain https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/101-national-workshop-of-the-alliance-in-madrid--spain.html

On the 8 November in Madrid, the Alliance organised a national workshop for its participating Spanish local authorities in order  to review their needs and priorities and favor an exchange of information and good practices on projects aiming Roma inclusion. This meeting gathered representatives from the City of Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruña, ...

]]>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 National Launching Meeting and 1st National Workshop ROMED2/ROMACT - Slovakia https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/92-national-launching-meeting-and-1st-national-workshop-romed2-romact---slovakia.html Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 1st National Workshop ROMED2/ROMACT - Bulgaria https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/91-1st-national-workshop-romed2-romact---bulgaria.html Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 Coalition Meeting (CoE, EU, OSF, UNDP, WB) - Vienna https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/89-coalition-meeting--coe--eu--osf--undp--wb----vienna.html Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 1st National Workshop ROMED2/ROMACT - Hungary https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/88-1st-national-workshop-romed2-romact---hungary.html Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 National Launching Meeting and 1st National Workshop ROMED2/ROMACT https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/83-national-launching-meeting-and-1st-national-workshop-romed2-romact.html Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 National Launching Meeting ROMED2/ROMACT https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/81-national-launching-meeting-romed2-romact.html Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 Call: International Conference on Roma Housing, 20 September https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/67-call--international-conference-on-roma-housing--20-september.html

The Romano Kher - Roma House Project, in collaboration with the Council of Europe’s Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion, would like to invite you to the International Conference on Roma Housing in Europe, that will take place in Murska Sobota, Slovenia, on 20th September 2013.

 

Many Roma continue to live under conditions ...

]]>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 Alliance Taskforce took part in largest Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/66-alliance-taskforce-took-part-in-largest-roma-genocide-remembrance-initiative.html

Auschwitz, 2 August 2013 – The world’s largest Roma Genocide Remembrance Event “Dik I na Bistar / look and don’t forget” took place on 2th August at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum. It was organized by the ternYpe International Roma Youth Network. More than 400 youths from over 20 countries participated at the youth commemoration ...

]]>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:00:00 Congress President calls on Europe’s local and regional authorities to commit to Roma integration https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/65-congress-president-calls-on-europe-s-local-and-regional-authorities-to-commit-to-roma-integration.html

“We are reminded, on 2 August, the day of remembrance for the hundreds of thousands of Roma massacred by the Nazis during the Second World War, of the need to build a Europe of peace and tolerance, involving all levels of governance”, in the words of Herwig van Staa, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council ...

]]>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:00 "Intensive exchange on Roma Education" during first Alliance-Event in Budapest https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/10--intensive-exchange-on-roma-education--during-first-alliance-event-in-budapest.html

On 17-18 December 2012, the Council of Europe's European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion, together with the joint Roma mediators programme ROMED, organised its first activity during its test phase – an international workshop on "Inclusive Education: Local Policies and Practices", which took place in Budapest, Hungary.

 

This ...

]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 Summary of the joint Alliance-Event on Housing in December 2012 https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/21-summary-of-the-joint-alliance-event-on-housing-in-december-2012.html

The Institute of Rehousing and Social Integration (IRIS), part of the Regional Transport, Infrastructure and Housing Government of the Autonomous Region of Madrid, in collaboration with the Council of Europe's European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion, convened an 'International Seminar on Public Policies of Housing for ...

]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 Implementation plans for European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion achieve international support at Strasbourg Meeting https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/37-implementation-plans-for-european-alliance-of-cities-and-regions-for-roma-inclusion-achieve-international-support-at-strasbourg-meeting.html

Representatives of European cities and regions, EU institutions, international Roma networks and NGOs gathered on 25 September at the Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg for a consultation meeting to discuss the role and action of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion. This meeting provided the participants with ...

]]>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 Launch conference of ROMACT and ROMED2 in Milan, Italy https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/116-launch-conference-of-romact-and-romed2-in-milan--italy.html Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 Announcement: Launch of the Alliance on 20th March in Strasbourg https://www.roma-alliance.org/en/page/9-announcement--launch-of-the-alliance-on-20th-march-in-strasbourg.html

A major priority of the Council of Europe, to improve the situation of Roma people, will move a step closer to being realised with the launch of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion during the 24th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

 

Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Gabriella ...

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