Towards a European Route of Roma Cultural Heritage | Common Methodology for Promoting Roma Cultural Heritage in Europe
European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is proud to announce the release of ‘Towards a European Route of Roma Cultural Heritage. Common Methodology for Promoting Roma Cultural Heritage in Europe’. Based on the experience of the ROMHERITAGE project, this document is a practical guideline for building national itineraries of Roma culture.
Developing national itineraries of Roma culture – as a stepping stone towards an ever-growing European route of Roma cultural heritage – are both needed and timely. By literally placing Roma on the map, we highlight Roma’s belonging to national, and European, socio-cultural landscapes.
The long-term aim is to motivate other stakeholders — especially Roma cultural organizations – to develop their own local, regional or national itineraries and in this way contribute to the preservation and promotion of Roma tangible and intangible heritage. Over time, this will enable us to create a Europe-wide route of Roma culture which, as the Roma, transcend borders, national, religious and linguistic divides.
The common methodology will ensure that similar principles will be respected while developing national itineraries. It will also guarantee that the subsequent routes will follow the criteria established by the Council of Europe, allowing the Roma routes to eventually become recognized and certified as one of the European Cultural Routes.
The complete version of the document is available HERE.
About European Itineraries of Roma Cultural Heritage (ROMHERITAGE)
The project European Itineraries of Roma Cultural Heritage (ROMHERITAGE for short), financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission wasimplemented between 2023 and 2024 by a consortium of 4 partners: AsociaciénNacional Presencia Gitana (Spain), ERIAC (European Roma Institute of Arts andCulture), EPEKA (Slovenia) and Associazione Thém Romano (Italy), as well as associateentities such as Instituto Cervantes (Spain).
The ROMHERITAGE Project aimed to establish itineraries of Roma Cultural Heritagein Spain, Italy and Slovenia. The tangible and intangible transnational culturalheritage of Roma people is present in the entire EU, so this project is a small-scalepilot experience (3 member states plus a European network) that served as a firststep for the establishment of a growing number of national itineraries.
The Roma cultural heritage itineraries focused on giving visibility to the most significant Romacultural manifestations, and linking neighborhoods, sites, museums anddocumentation, research, cultural and educational centers, which promote theknowledge and recognition of the Roma cultural heritage.
To disseminate the project’s activities and achievements, a website was set up where detailed information is available: https: //romheritage.eu/
Here, you can access the routes in Italy, Slovenia and Spain: https://romheritage.eu/?page_id=224
Information about all activities and events is available here:
https: //romheritage.eu/?page_id=247