Event – Past

On Novemner 2-3, 2021, representatives of ERIAC joined the 12th meeting of the Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society (Concept note + Romani version).   The meeting took stock of recent developments in the teaching of Roma and Traveller history and Holocaust remembrance at school and in non-formal learning environments such as Youth work...

On September 25, 2021 the Delegation of the Council of Europe´s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture in Berlin to gain insight into ERIAC´s mission and programme work. The Delegation was formed by Ms Marie B. Hagsgård (in respect...

  The campaign, part of the wider ‘Proud Roma Free Europe’ initiative, aimed at encouraging Roma to declare their ethnic identity in national censuses across Europe in 2021 and 2022 In partnership with the Roma Initiatives Office (RIO) of the Open Society Foundations and the Roma-led civic initiative Opre Roma, the European Roma Institute for...

World Music Day is celebrated on June 21 every year, on the first day of summer. On this day, all musicians, both amateurs and professionals, celebrate music and represent all musical genres and a variety of musical practices. Free concerts are a common practice in 120 countries that mark this holiday. Concerts are organized in...

The Transnational Romani Resistance March video is out!   This year on May 16th 2021, we, the Roma community in Europe, came together in a transnational initiative – across borders, generations and genders – to mark the 77th anniversary of the Romani Uprising at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp.  Together, we held Romani Resistance marches and commemorative activities in around...

  Serbia Moves to Advance Roma Culture and Education; in an Effort Also Supported by the Open Society Foundations, the Council of Europe, and Germany   Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, inaugurated the first branch of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the new headquarters of the Roma Education Fund (REF).   ...

  “ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS”   Hosted by EUROPEAN ROMA INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE (ERIAC)   MAY 21, 2021 10.00 – 17.00 (CET)     On May 21, 2021, ERIAC had the pleasure to deliver an online course for the staff members of the European Commission....

The Caricature Competition has found its winners! To commemorate the uprising in the Auschwitz concentration camp on 16 May 1944, on Romani Resistance Day, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) announced an international competition for Roma visual artists, graphic designers, cartoonists, and talented individuals to submit their political drawings, cartoons and caricatures....

International Guest Artists 2021: L’uboš Kotlar and Norbert Oláh A cooperation between the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana, Florence Villa Romana is a site of contemporary artistic production and of international exchange. Founded in 1905 by artists and patrons, it continues to operate as a non-profit association. Every year,...

ERIAC held an extraordinary General Assembly organized on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the First World Roma Congress on Thursday, April 8th 2021.   Chair of the ERIAC Board, Željko Jovanović emphasized the importance of coming together and celebrating our International Roma Day, which means celebrating Romani courage and self-determination.   All ERIAC statutory bodies,...

  ABOUT WORLD ROMA CONGRESS ART On the 8th of April 2021 we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the groundbreaking 1st World Romany Congress which took place in London in 1971 and which has been a milestone of the International Romany Movement. Arts and Culture have been a strong inspiration for the political movement of...

  As part of the online meeting of the Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (ADI-ROM) of the Council of Europe, ERIAC hosted an online cultural programme including exclusive online opening of the “Family Archives” exhibition. The event took place on the occasion of the 3rd ADI-ROM meeting. The programme commenced with music...

  EUROPEAN ROMA INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND CULUTRE (ERIAC) STRATEGY 2021-2025[1]  ERIAC’S THEORY OF CHANGE[2]   In order to advance the unique mission as the transnational Roma organization established “to promote artistic and cultural creativity of Roma to a European audience, and thereby to increase the self-esteem of Roma in Europe and to tackle the...

  III. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN ROMA INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE (ERIAC) ONLINE   ERIAC held its III General Assembly organized on 14 December 2020.  Chair of the ERIAC Board, Zeljko Jovanović opened the assembly identifying difficulties that the year 2020 brought on the arts and culture world. It was asserted that...

On 10 December 2020, the International Human Rights Day, we opened the Diaspora Europe Festival via livestream at Volksbühne Berlin with the ceremony for the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights. The Roma components of the Diaspora Europe Festival were curated by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture as part of the Germany’s Chairmanship...

Strasbourg, 18.11.2020   On 18 November 2020, Germany took over the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from Greece during a video-conference meeting with representatives of the Organisation’s 47 member States.   Greece’s Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis gave an overview of his country’s achievements during its Presidency. The new...

Online symposium organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Romani Studies Program at Central European University (RSP CEU)   Wednesday November 25, 2020 15:30 – 17:30 CET       The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Romani pupils compelling various private and public bodies to reconsider their strategies promoting...

Open Call: Romani Language Teachers, Translators, Interpreters   ERIAC invites teachers, translators and interpreters for Romani language to apply!   ERIAC would like to bring together Roma teachers that have experience in teaching and developing teaching materials in Romani language, translators and interpreters for the Romani to facilitate communication, connection and cooperation at an international...