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
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.