Capacity Building Trainings ERIACNET4EU October 2025
In the frame of the ERIACNET4EU project, financed by the European Commission, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is excited to announce a new series of capacity-building trainings taking place during October 2025. These workshops and seminars are designed to provide valuable skills, encourage collaboration, and support the preservation and promotion of Roma culture.
Organizing Advocacy-Focused Film Screenings Workshop
Date: October 13, 2025
Time: 02:00 – 03:30 PM CET
Registration: https://forms.gle/w3amGY243fdkBjzDA
Objective: Learn how to use film as a tool for advocacy and community engagement. Gain practical guidance on planning screenings, finding funding, and engaging audiences, with resources from existing toolkits and romacinema.org.
Trainer: Sami Mustafa, independent documentary filmmaker, producer, and founder of the Rolling Film Festival and Romawood.
Practical AI Workshop: Tools, Risks & Opportunities
Date: October 14, 2025
Time: 03:30 – 05:00 PM CET
Registration: https://forms.gle/MhmofagMhaEcU4qB6
Objective: Understand biases and stereotypes in generative AI, while also discovering practical tools for writing, research, presentations, and creative work. Participants will leave with 2–3 workflows they can apply immediately.
Trainers:
- Benjamin Ignac, Romani activist and researcher, specializing in AI ethics, Roma rights, and digital inclusion.
- Luis Semprun, product engineering leader, expert in AI-driven transformation and workflow automation.
Ethical Research: Roma Knowledge Production Workshop
Date: October 15, 2025
Time: 05:00 – 06:30 PM CET
Registration: https://forms.gle/H7s7wGMDg9c1CCVA9
Objective: Explore decolonial, participatory, and reflexive research approaches. Learn tools for ethical collaboration with Roma communities and strategies for co-creation in Roma research.
Trainers:
- Dr. Dezso Mate, sociologist, researcher on intersectionality, antigypsyism, and Roma movements.
- Dr. Carol Silverman, cultural anthropologist and folklorist with decades of research on Balkan and Romani music and identity.
Heritage Documentation: Knowledge Transfer Workshop
Date: October 16, 2025
Time: 03:30 – 05:00 PM CET
Registration: https://forms.gle/AV6aZzt2VqXFKBLdA
Objective: Gain hands-on techniques for documenting and archiving Roma traditions. Explore intergenerational knowledge transfer, digital preservation tools, and lessons from the Fortunoff Archive for Roma cultural preservation.
Trainers:
- Stephen Naron, Director of the Fortunoff Archive, expert in documentation, digital access, and preservation.
- Dr. Maria Bogdan, media and cultural theorist specializing in Roma representation, cultural memory, and trauma.
Curating Roma Art and Representation: Towards an Ethical Practice
Date: October 20, 2025
Time: 03:30 – 05:00 PM CET
Registration: https://forms.gle/qPPL44fPHNNuCRyG8
Objective: Reflect on Roma presence in European art history and highlight the contributions of contemporary Roma artists. Provide practical guidelines for ethical curatorial practice and strategies for shifting representation from stereotype to agency.
Trainer: Timea Junghaus, is an art historian, curator, executive director at ERIAC and a leading voice of the Roma cultural movement. She curated Paradise Lost, the First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2007), and has led pioneering international projects centering Roma art, resistance, and authorship
These sessions aim to strengthen Roma cultural agency and provide participants with concrete skills and knowledge. We look forward to your participation in these workshops.
For more details about our capacity-building activities, click here: CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS 2025.