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  Background Despite the Council of Europe’s decades-long engagement with Romani issues, the educational inclusion of Romani children and adolescents continues to present major challenges. Successive recommendations from the Committee of Ministers are clear about the political principles and social values that should shape policy, and equally clear about the outcomes that policy implementation should...

On 21 March 2022, the Commission organised the European Anti-Racism Summit 2022 with the support of the ARDI Intergroup of the European Parliament and Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI/CoE) with the involvement of civil society, equality bodies and grassroots organisations. This year, the meaningful participation of youth in the fight against racism was also highlighted within the context of the European Year of Youth 2022.

On January 26, 2022, the Barvalipe Academy of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) held its seventh meeting. This is the first meeting of the complete Barvalipe Academy with the members who were newly nominated by the Board and appointed by the General Assembly, following internal elections conducted in each of the...

  TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE EXHIBITION 10.12.2021   On view in the National Theater Belgrade: Location: Francuska 3, Beograd 11000, Serbia   Curators: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director  Nataliia Tomenko, ERIAC Intern [EN] According to the artist Robert Gabris, “Tajsa is the connection between yesterday and tomorrow, present energy between you and me, power,...

  The Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize was launched in 2019 by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).   Embodying the ERIAC founding principles, the Tajsa Prize honors a Roma individual who – by drawing from Roma cultural heritage – enriches the Roma arts and culture scene as well as shapes and...

The Tajsa Prize embodies the founding principles of ERIAC and the spirit of Roma history and cultural heritage while looking onwards, shaping and re-inventing forms of Roma cultural expressions for the next generations. The Prize aims to honor outstanding Roma individuals who are leading voices of the Roma cultural movement today. It seeks to encourage...