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Together, we're building a better Europe 

With dedicated partners and a strong network, we develop solutions for a Europe that lives up to its potential.

The Roma Foundation for Europe works to build an ecosystem based on the talent, wisdom, strength, competence and resilience of the Roma as a collective counterforce to racism, economic deprivation, political exclusion and cultural subjugation. We aim to combine the potential of Roma communities, both as voters and as a workforce, with the voices of Roma advocates, supportive allies and influential friends.


Our ambition, however, extends beyond the Roma context. Europe’s Roma have a remarkable history of adaptability and entrepreneurship, despite enduring adversity ranging from medieval persecution to the Holocaust to contemporary violence. Because they have felt systemic problems earlier and more deeply than the non-Roma population, we see Roma as catalysts for solutions to wider challenges. We therefore work to develop solutions for Roma that can be scaled up and, in turn, help solve the immense challenges Europe faces with the economy, politics, racism, culture and identity—in other words, with money, power and values.

Our Team

Anita

Czinkóczi

Network Development Director

Mensur

Haliti

Vice President for Democracy and Network Development

Andy

Haupert

Communications Officer

Zeljko

Jovanovic

President

Edit

Köblös

Logistics and Events Manager

Neda

Korunovska

Vice President for Analytics and Results

Rahiela

Mustafovska

Project Manager

Kinga

Réthy

Executive Vice President

Eszter

Sipos

Network Development Officer

Sophia

Yamaguchi

Operations Manager

Advisors

Viktor

Dobos

Lead Finance and Budget Advisor

Lolita Hasani Grasmann

Institutional Communication and Cooperation Advisor

Thorsten

Schröder

Lead Communications Advisor

Network leadership

Petrica

Dulgheru

Executive Director, Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative

Timea

Junghaus

Executive Director, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture

Ciprian

Necula

Chair, Roma Education Fund

Board members

Sonja

Licht

Lord Simon

Woolley

history

Our history

The Roma Foundation for Europe is a new, Roma-led organization, but our work builds on more than three decades of support for Roma by the Open Society Foundations.

Creation of the Roma Participation Program (RPP). Ongoing efforts by the Open Society Foundations to combat discrimination against the Roma gain momentum with the opening of the Roma Participation Program in Budapest, Hungary. RPP begins work to fight segregation, counter stereotypes, and create opportunities for Europe's largest and most excluded ethnic minority.

Network

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Partners

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Donors

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