Social media: Fb: Phiren Amenca; IG: @phirenamenca

Contacts: herfortmarietta@gmail.com; anna.daroczi@phirenamenca.eu; marina.csikos@phirenamenca.eu; nasko@phirenamenca.eu;
Profile of the organisation: We are a network of Roma and non-Roma volunteers and voluntary service organizations creating opportunities for non-formal education, dialogue and engagement, in order to challenge stereotypes and racism. Main activities: volunteering, non-formal education, advocacy.
Outreach: International: 300-500 -Roma and non-Roma young people/year

Volunteering activities: We are hosting Roma and non-Roma volunteers in our Budapest office, and sending internationally. We also coordinate and support other organisations' voluntary service activities. Primarily ESC (in the process of getting LEAD Quality Label) and civil service.

Mobility programs: We organize international youth exchanges in different topics related to non-discrimination; mobilities of youth workers working with Roma youth to build their capacities. We have 2-4 such events each year, always in a different country with different partners.

Non-formal education: We oranize 2-5 non-formal educational activities per year in topics related to human rights, minorities and non-discrimination, such as Roma culture, history and Holocaust memory; gender and LGBTQ+ people's equality, religious freedom and antigypsyism.

Advocacy: Our advocacy efforts on the international level target European Roma policies and youth policies in the name of "double mainstreaming": securing Roma youth issues and representation in both areas. We advocate mainly towards EU institutions and the Council of Europe. We are members of the European Youth Forum. We are active in empowering Roma youth groups for national level advocacy in 6 countries.

Funding: European Solidarity Corps, Erasmus+, European Youth Foundation (Council of Europe), Visegrad Fund, European Commission (CERV), EVZ, and other smaller funds.

Cooperation: We are looking to partner with organizations active in anti racist youth work, volunteering, non-formal education, Roma Holocaust memorialization, and policy advocacy. We are happy to support organizations in setting up and managing volunteering programs.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: 
https://www.facebook.com/areteyouth
https://www.instagram.com/areteyouth/

https://twitter.com/areteyouth
Contacts (per topic): info@areteyouth.org

Profile of the organisation: Arete Youth Foundation (AYF) was founded in 2010 and for 12 years now its mission has been to empower and support Bulgarian Roma youth to achieve personal, educational and career success. We build sustainable social networks that encourage educational pursuits, promote mentorship and instill a culture of community engagement and voluntary service. We envision a Roma community of engaged citizens and positive role models who are the next generation of professionals, leaders and advocates for the equal stand of the Roma community in Bulgaria. 

Outreach: We work with Roma youth on a national level. Annualy, approx. 350 youth benefit from our services and activities. Thus far, AYF reached out to more than 4000 Roma youth from different communities throughout 

the country. 

Volunteering activities: The Arete Youth Volunteer Network (AYVN) is one of the largest and fastest growing networks of 

Roma volunteers. Its major goal is to engage the Roma youth in service learning. Through volunteer activities, AYVN’s members have practical opportunities to experience for themselves the problems and prospects of civic engagement. AYVN members are more than 400 active 

volunteers and 12 local volunteer chapters who plan and implement volunteer events that benefit the Roma community. Annually, the AYVN is organizing a fundraising concert. The purpose of it is to raise funds for scholarships for high school graduates and university students.  

Mobility programs: Several years ago, the Foundation has participated in two youth exchange programs funded by Erasmus+ Program.

Non-formal education: At the core of our programs is the non -formal education. Annually, within one of our core programs Forward Together, AYF supports two National Leadership Camps for Roma youth, one training for camps leaders, one National Roma girls` camp, various trainings on volunteering, mentorship, project managements and design, STEM trainings. All camps focus on the importance of attaining higher education, overcoming the social inequality 

and discrimination, Roma identity and pride, youth empowerment and leadership, community work and social skills. 
The other major program Educational and Information Hub provides educational information and support for young 

Roma who are interested in attending a university. These includes academic and Peer to Peer mentorship programs, university visits, information campaigns and etc.  

Advocacy: In 2020 Arete Youth Foundation has established a Roma student union also called ‘The Youth Council’ which aims to become the voice of the Roma youth in Bulgaria. The council’s purpose is to give the opportunity to its members become advocates and leaders of the Roma community. The same year we have launched a Leadership academy’s that aims to enhance the knowledge of Roma youth about the civic and political processes in the country and to help them become more confident and in tune with their cultural and historical backgrounds and to strengthen their role as agents of community and social change at the local and national level.

Funding: Our major donor is the Trust for Social Achievement Foundation- Bulgaria. We have received funding from the EEA and Norway Grants, the American Embassy in Bulgaria, The American-Bulgarian Society, other smaller funds and individual donations.

Cooperation:  We are looking to partner with organizations active in youth work with a focus on volunteering, non-formal education, Roma history and culture preservation and anti-racist youth work, Roma youth empowerment and advocacy.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting? - Same as above in section Cooperation

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/araart.cz

Contacts (per topic): info@araart.cz
Profile of the organisation: ARA ART deals with artistic creation and organizing cultural events with a social dimension and overlap. Apart from general cultural and social activities, a unique topic of ARA ART is the Roma LGBT+ minority and the issue of multiple discrimination.

Outreach: International - 200-400 young Roma people/year

Volunteering activities: Our organization was built on the principles of volunteerism. We provide volunteering support in our office in Prague and also organize volunteering activities for partner organizations mainly in Europe.

Mobility programs: We organize workshops and meetings for mostly young LGBT+ Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 3-4 times a year we organize the ARA ART Leadership program for young leaders of non-profit organizations.

Non-formal education: We provide these trainings approx. 40-50 per year. We do not organize all trainings ourselves, but organizations, institutions or individuals order our trainings. 
1) Cultural and historical background of the Roma
2) Speakers of Romani or Romani ethnolect of Czech in the Czech language environment
3) Cultural specifics - tradition, present, influence of socio-economic factors
4) Social exclusion and poverty - Socio-economic background in a Roma family at risk of social exclusion
5) Specifics of the Roma LGBT+ minority
6) Community work in the context of socially excluded localities
7) Domestic and gender-based violence among people from the Roma minority
Other:
- strategic development of organizations, creation of fundraising strategy
-leadership, personal development - facilitation -experiential pedagogy and teambuilding
- Experiential pedagogy
- Self-experience programmes
- Workshops on the basics of acting and stage performance for non-professionals (Theatre of the Oppressed methodology and others)
- Community Empowerment

Advocacy: Within the framework of civil advocacy, we pushed concrete measures and activities for people from the Roma LGBT+ community into the national strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation of the Roma until 2030. We actively participate in the creation of the Government's strategy for equality and the removal of barriers to the dignified life of LGBTI+ people in the Czech Republic. We collect examples of good practice, we implement public campaigns and we prepared and published an Analytical Study on the Status of the LGBT+ Roma Minority as the first comprehensive report that describes the situation of people from this minority from the point of view of multiple discrimination in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

Funding: European Commission-CERV, National resources , Norwegian funds, International Foundation, Bader Philanthropies Inc. and other smaller funds

Cooperation: We are looking for partners who are involved in organizing events within the framework of important Roma days (International Roma Day, International Day of the Roma Language, International Day of the Roma Holocaust). Organizations interested in the topic of multiple discrimination and the Roma LGBT+ minority.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/aumensa
https://twitter.com/SRomaniyhdistys?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://www.instagram.com/aumensa/?hl=fi

Contacts
Satu Florin
satu.sry@gmail.com
The Finnish Roma Association in Facebook: 1482 followers

The Finnish Roma Association in Twitter: 244 followers

The youth work (Au mensa) in Facebook: 946 followers

The youth work (Au mensa) in Instagram: 285 followers

Profile of the organisation: Created by and for the Roma, the Finnish Roma Association (est. 1967) promotes Roma human rights, increases Roma people’s active participation in the democratic processes and builds their leadership. 

The main areas of the association’s work include fighting discrimination, and promotion of Roma culture, and the Romani language. It has specific projects that focus on the democratic participation of the Roma youth, care and the support for the elderly Roma, and Roma women’s health literacy, 

Moreover, the association contributes to the work of the National and Regional Advisory Boards on Romani Affairs and takes part in the various working groups in the ministries and public bodies.

 

Outreach: The work of Finnish Roma Association covers all levels from grassroots to local, regional, and national. There are an estimated 10,000 Roma living in Finland, scattered all around the country with long distances, and the association serves them basically by phone and various digital platforms, but all camps and trainings are available nationwide. The majority of Roma population however lives in Southern Finland, notably in the capital city Helsinki and in the surrounding metropolitan area, and most of the association’s face-to-face activities take place there. 

As to international level, the association has recently joined European networks such as European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) and Permanent Anti-racism CSOs Forum. In 2022, it started its first international projects together with European Roma CSOs, funded from the Erasmus+ Programme. 

 

As the Roma population in Finland is small, the number of Roma youth (18-29 years old) is approximately 1400. The most important form of youth work organised by the association is youth camps, which are participated by dozens of young Roma every year. Through social media, the association reaches up to half of Finland's Roma youth.

 

Volunteering activities: The Finnish Roma Association sends every year Roma youth to European events and trainings through its European partners, including such activities as Dikh he na bister and So keres, Europa? The costs are usually covered by the hosting organisations. 

Similarly in Finland, the association sends Roma youth to trainings, such as Ambassador of Peace training organised by Finnish peace organisations. The costs are covered by the Finnish Roma Association. 

The Finnish Roma Association hosts the Finnish Roma Youth Network which is an unregistered league of active Roma youth who are interested in promoting Roma rights on a voluntary basis. 

Mobility programs: Mobility programs are implemented through Erasmus+ Programme, from which the association applies funding annually. It is interested in all kinds of activities: youth exchanges, mobility of youth workers, youth participation activities, small-scale partnerships and cooperation partnerships. So far it has experience on youth participation activities and small-scale partnerships.

Currently, the association has an ongoing small-scale-partnership with the Serbian Roma CSO. Along with the project, 10 Finnish Roma youth travelled to Serbia and 10 Serbian Roma youth to Finland. The participants have prepared a digital photo exhibition that reflects their Roma identity and will be published in the end of the year. 

Non-formal education: The Finnish Roma Association provides continuously training for the Roma people, especially for the Roma youth, as well as for Roma women in their active ages. The skills and capacities of Roma youth for social participation have been strengthened by training on human rights, equality, intersectionality, identity, Roma policy, anti-discrimination, and others. 

Furthermore, an internship program has been established at the Association to improve the working life readiness and further employment opportunities of the Roma youth. The training for Roma women includes health literacy and digital skills. 

Furthermore, the association provides training for the professionals who work with the Roma people, such as decision makers, civil servants, service providers, teachers, and students. The topics include cultural awareness, culturally sensitive approach, equality, service-enhancing special practices, and good practices.

The non-formal education has been funded by the Finnish ministries and Erasmus+ Programme. 

Advocacy: The guiding principle of the Finnish Roma Association has been that Roma people and Roma organisations must be consulted with regard to any policies on Roma. 

The policy advocacy has been the major area of the Finnish Roma association since its establishment. In practice, the association has raised awareness on Roma issues in keen collaboration with public bodies, notably ministries and local governments, non-discrimination ombudsman and the parliamentary ombudsman, as well as through media. The association provides many kinds of grassroot-level support for Roma people in applying benefits, and making complaints in discrimination cases, for example.

The Finnish Roma Association is the national coordinator in Finland for the Roma Civil Monitor (RCM) 2021-2025 initiative, implemented by a consortium led by the Democracy Institute of the Central European University (DI/CEU), under a service contract with the European Commission’s Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (DG Just). The country report (2022) is available at https://romacivilmonitoring.eu/countries/finland/

The association was also the Finnish national coordinator for the Roma Civil Monitor (RCM) 2017-2020 pilot project.

Funding: The Finnish Roma Association relies solely on project funding. The major funding comes from the Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations (projects on elderly Roma, and Roma women’s health), among which 15 % of total budget can be used for administrative expenses. 

In 2022, project funding is also received from the Erasmus+ Programme, as well as Finnish public sources, such as The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Finnish Heritage Agency and the Finnish National Agency for Education. 

Cooperation: The Finnish Roma Association is open for any new collaboration with Roma and non-Roma CSOs from the European countries and even beyond, basically in the fields of youth work and non-formal education. It is interested, but not limited, in topics such as antigypsyism, equity and inclusion, active citizenship, participatory and creative methods, culture and creativity, cultural heritage, Romani language, dialogue between young people and policy makers, minorities, sustainable development, digital transformation.

 

More specifically, the Finnish Roma Association is interested in such fundings as Erasmus+ KA220-YOUTH as a partner (not applicant yet) to learn how to manage large cooperation partnerships. The association has already successfully applied and implemented several small-scale partnership Erasmus+ Projects and is eager to learn more. In 2021, it participated the consortium aiming at winning CERV project, but unfortunately the application was not successful.  

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?See below. 

Social media: FB Amaro Drom e.V.

Contacts (per topic):
Merdjan Jakupov - executive director
merdjan.jakupov@amarodrom.de

Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Amaro Drom” is an intercultural self-organization of young Roma and non-Roma which was established in 2006. Our main focus is the socio-cultural youth work, the strengthening of self-initiative, mobilization, networking and self-esteem of young Roma and their politicial and societal participation.

Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Local, regional, national, international
800-1000

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

National volunteer services - Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Yes - exchanges and mobilities of youth workers 2-3 in the year
Creativity, breaking barriers between roma and
Erasmus + and Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)
3 - digitalizing youth work, active citizenship, Roma genocide
Erasmus + ,
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal Centre for Political Education, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?
Roma youth, Roma, Antigypsism,Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, National Integration officer

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)
Regular structural fund by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Erasmus +, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Federal Centre for Political Education

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?
Ukraine 

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic): Zita Batori-Tartsi
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)

The Foundation was created in 2003 with the aim to have a locally registered organization in Uzhhorod for TOUCH Project which works in frame of Uzhhorod-Corvallis Sister Cities Association and supports Uzhhorod Roma, orphans, disabled children and youth.

Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

The Foundation is a local organization , have sponsors  mostly from U.S.A.

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

We were hosting and sending organization but our accreditation  expired few years ago.
We hosted many foreign volunteers and about eight of them for a year since we are partners with Phiren Amenca.

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

No.

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

We used all opportunities on benefit of our volunteers to be trained: we had lectures, regular weekly meetings, each year training in Hungary during a decade and two students' exchange with Darmstadt University, Germany.

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

On local level we lobby rights of our Roma, orphans and disabled children and youth.

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Our activities (mostly significant reconstructions of the buildings where our clients study and live) were founded by Corvallis Sister City Association. We had also several local small grants supported by Carpathian Foundation and had two EU Grants in partnership with two Hungarian civil organizations, AlterEgo Association and Human-Net Organization from Nyiregyháza.

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

We are looking for hosting and sending volunteers to the organizations with which we are working.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?
We are interested in strong partnership on benefit of our vulnerable children and youth. 

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/Diverse-Youth-Network-376651192800442

Contacts (per topic):
g.habel@diverseyouthnetwork.eu
pemel@diverseyouthnetwork.eu
d.korandi@diverseyouthnetwork.eu
o.krisztian@diverseyouthnetwork.eu
rigo.balint@diverseyouthnetwork.eu
Profile of the organisation: The Diverse Youth Network strives to build connections between people and communities to articulate diversity and versatility, inspiring joint initiatives and cooperation. The DYN is made up of individuals from various groups which are committed to promoting core values to generate an increase in levels of resources, synergies and capacity. We promise to:
- stand up against inequality, stigmatization and all means of discrimination
- contribute to empowerment by strengthening active citizenship and community participation
- maintain an open mind while being determined to shift general attitudes and shape public opinions to promote equality
- prioritize communities’ cultures and traditions which create their values
- be committed to preserving and strengthening individual and community identity

Outreach: Local and international level. The number of young people really depends on the nature of the events.

Volunteering activities: Hosting only, Erasmus+ internship.

Mobility programs: Erasmus+ internship only.

Non-formal education: We do workshops in these topics: human right, antigypsyism, Roma LGBTQI, LGBTQI, feminism, youth activities, national minority rights, intersectionality and multiple discrimination.

Advocacy: Only lobbying, we do it for ourselves.

Funding: EU-level funding, state funding, local funding and fundraising.

Cooperation:  We look for partners in general and also look for partners who can help us organise our III. Human Rights Festival in Pécs in 2023.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?
Our recent projects are roma language projects and holocaust projects in which it would be very nice to find partners here.

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/VolontariatoDiaconiaValdese
https://www.instagram.com/volocsd/
https://www.tiktok.com/@getvolo?_t=8Wgref3YW8M&_r=1

Contacts: volontariato@diaconiavaldese.org; serviziocivile@diaconiavaldese.org
Profile of the organisation: The Diaconia Valdese is a national no-profit organisation within the Waldensian Church in Italy. Waldensians and Methodists are Christians who belong to the family of reformed churches. Diaconia Valdese operate like a non-confessional organisation: nobody is asked to belong to the Waldensian Church in order to work or benefit from the services of the organisation. The Diaconia Valdese has a mission summarized in its motto: "Serving with the people". It focuses its work on the people in situation of difficulties or pain. 

Outreach: For decades the Diaconia Valdese has managed at a national level several services addressed to people coming from difficult backgrounds: diurnal and residential services and special projects for minors, youngsters, families, seniors, persons with disabilities and specific dementia (Alzheimer and others), social farms, refugees and asylum seekers. Moreover, several guesthouses economically contribute to the social services.

Volunteering activities: The volunteering office of the Diaconia Valdese manages every year about 50-70 intenational long-term volunteers (ESC + French and German Civil Service) as hosting organization and 10 volunteers as sending organization. Moreover, Diaconia Valdese host every years about 50 italian Civil service volunteers. Other volunteering activities are peformed.

Mobility programs: We partecipate every year to 1-3 youth exchange projets. But we have some difficoults to be financed in this field by our NA.

Non-formal education: We organize many seminars for our volunteers every year and we collaborate in volunteering, youth exchange, Erasmus+ projects regarding non-formal education.

Advocacy: Diaconia Valdese, referring to the evangelical principle of love for one's neighbour, places the rights and dignity of human beings at the centre of its work and accompanies them on paths of emancipation, of liberation from suffering and injustice, proposing the courage of change, openness to the new and the desire to experiment. Diaconia Valdese work in partneship with many national and international organizations that share the same values and working in many social fiels.

Funding: Diaconia Valdese tries to access to national and international public funding. In particolur, in the youth fields, we use ESC and Erasmus+ porgrams, Italian Civile Sercive programs, private funding. Moreover Diaconia Valdese applies to receive the "Otto per mille" funds (Public funds given to the churches in Italy). Some "profit activities" of the Diaconia Valdese (e.g. hotels and hostels) are use to finance the social non profit activities.

Cooperation: We are looking for partners interested to be hosting but, above all, sending organizations within ESC and Erasmum+ programs. We are also interested in other collaborations regarding youth projetcs.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: (link)

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences)
Outreach: (local, regional, national and/or international level; number of young people involved approximately)

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? (hosting placements for volunteers/partners or participants for trainings/supporters in advocacy/cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics, etc.)

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/rromassn.org

Contacts (per topic): info@rromassn.org
Profile of the organisation: RROMA as a Roma youth organization is motivated to work with young Roma through non-formal education, in order to provide them with more opportunities for inclusion, upgrading and strengthening their capacities. Young people to promote their culture and identity, multiculturalism and active citizenship as leaders of their communities. We believe in those people, we believe in their capacity to discover real needs and problems, we believe that they can bring real change to all communities! We believe in young people... now, today, tomorrow, always!

Outreach: national and international lvl.

Volunteering activities: We plan to obtain IVS accreditation. Currently we're working on recruiting volunteers.

Mobility programs: We have plenty of youth exchanges, workshops, campaigns. Mostly on topics including Antigypsyism, Roma genocide, Hate speech, Discrimination, Advocacy on behalf of the Roma community.


Non-formal education: We host and attend a lot of seminars and trainings. For example in November RROMA in Hungary will facilitate a training course on Advocacy and Campaigns and in December in Berlin, Germany, RROMA will facilitate a training course on the topic of the Roma Genocide.

Advocacy: We do advocacy and lobbying in the field on youth policies, antigypsyism, active citizenship, advocating towards national and EU decision-makers for anti-discrimination policies that take into account the online sphere as well as antigypsyism as a bias motivation for hate speech and hate crime. 

Funding: Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, Norway Grant, Visegrad Fund........

Cooperation: Partners aiming for the same goal/topics to advocate and to organize projects and youth exchanges together. Also to exchange mutual good practices regarding our successful implementation.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/youngroma.sk 

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: 

• non-governmental organization with a tradition (20+ years of operation) in working with socially excluded groups, with an emphasis on the Roma community and the disadvantaged population

• during our existence we have implemented more than 60 projects where we informally trained more than 1660 people and created more than 400 jobs

• We currently have 15 employees and 8 volunteers

What we do:

• In line with application practice, we promote changes in the areas of human rights, education and employment

• we focus on non-formal education, social economy and community work

What we strive for:

• higher quality of life

• Equal opportunities for all

In the program lines we focus on solving current topics:

• Promoting a conceptual, creative and innovative solution in eliminating generational poverty

• Implementation of the concept of "multifunctional character" - a multi-purpose device under one roof:

◦ social enterprises

◦ training center

◦ community & field social work (TSP)

◦ volunteer & career counceling center

Professionals and professionals working in the field of social counseling, TSP and educational activities within the community center have valuable know-how resulting from

many years of daily work with young people aged 13-25 from the surrounding poor communities.

Based on our innovative concept of "multifunctional character", which we apply, a sustainable form of solution is created to improve the quality of life in the localities that are affected.

poverty (associated with the long-overlooked need for a systemic solution for socially excluded groups). The multifunctional nature of the work emphasizes the most vulnerable part

population: excluded Roma communities and the disadvantaged, using:

• principles of the social economy

• comprehensive creation of better conditions for community life and decent work

• expanding the range of employment opportunities for our clients and members of vulnerable groups

The overall goal of our organization is to implement projects and programs of social inclusion and at the same time support the development of active labor market policies and the improvement of living conditions of vulnerable minorities, with particular focus on Roma. 

In 2022, AYR has became "Opportunity Center Valaska", making the widened nature of its activities official. 

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs:
Opportunity Center has built an accomodation and conference spaces, able to host 30+ people for mobility exchanges and offline workshop trainings

Non-formal education:
Running Erasmus+ programs together with national scale trainings for Roma youth

Advocacy:
Center advocates for real-time implementation of social economy legislation, optimising the chances of social enterprising, which provide job opportunities for MRC and difficult-to-employ target groups

Funding:
EC funding, NFM funding

Cooperation: 
Mainly, we would like to connect with ORGs which follow the comprehensive approach in their work - combining the services provided for their clients and target groups

Social media: https://twitter.com/fagic1?lang=ca https://www.instagram.com/instafagic/
https://www.facebook.com/fagic

Contacts: General information: info@fagic.org; European Area and Youth: Annabel Carballo-Mesa - a.carballo@fagic.org
Profile of the organisation: The Federación de Asociaciones Gitanas de Cataluña – FAGiC (Federation of Roma Associations in Catalonia) was created in 1991, nowadays it gathers 96 Roma associations from all over Catalonia. FAGiC is the most representative Roma organisation in the region, which purpose is to defend and promote the rights and culture of the Roma people in Catalonia.
Outreach: focused at local and regional level, but with outreach at national and international with the active participation of 50 - 60 Roma youngsters and organising activities for more than 100 Roma youngsters per year.

Volunteering activities: hosting and sending through ESC.

Mobility programs: Youth exchanges and mobility of youth workers on different topics at least 3 per year and funded by Erasmus+ Programme.

Non-formal education: FAGiC is implementing at least 4 trainings targeting Roma youngsters in order to find a job. FAGiC is also organising the Roma Political School in Spain funded by the Council of Europe targeting Roma youngsters. FAGiC organises monthly workshops and seminars about Roma history, antigypsyism and Human Rights Education. FAGiC receives European funding, but it also receives local and regional funding.

Advocacy: Advocacy on including the needs and interests of Roma youth in the local, regional and national Youth Plans; advocacy in having access to local and national youth participation and advocacy on antigypsyism.

Funding: ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV/Council of Europe, Municipality of Barcelona, Governement of Catalonia.

Cooperation: partners with common goals and promoting the active participation of Roma youth.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting? Projects on fighting antigypsyism and Roma history; projects of Roma youth empowerment and political participation;

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/romucentrs

Contacts (per topic):
Profile of the organisation: (2-4 sentences) Roma Culture Center was founded on January 2, 2007 in Riga to introduce a wider part of society to the Romani art heritage, Romani culture and traditions, to promote the unification of Romani youth and civic participation in the development of society.
The activity of the RCC was actualized thanks to the initiatives of the European Union and following the priorities set by the EU in the framework of the state strategies for Roma integration until 2020.  RCC successfully implemented several local and international projects.  For example, two Roma history remembrance projects have been successfully implemented as part of the European Union program "Europe for Citizens" (2014-2020) within the support activity "European History Remembrance", as well as the International Romani Culture Festival has been successfully organised and conducted for 8 years in a row since 2015.
Outreach:  national and international level; number of young people involved approximately - 50

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.) Legal advising, cooperation with the Latvian Red Cross organisation in the distribution of humanitarian aid for Romani People

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities? (how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.) No

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)
Seminars on Romani History, Culture and Art,

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international? RCC has accumulated experience in defending the interests of Roma, maintaining a regular dialogue with politicians and various ministries.  The association is part of the advisory council for the implementation of the Roma integration policy of the Ministry of Culture.  Addressing the issues of preservation of Roma culture, education, employment and socioeconomic inclusion, as well as to plan appropriate support measures.

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)
State budget, local funds

Cooperation: What types of partners are you looking for and for what types of projects? cooperating partners for accessing grants/learning from others' practical experiences in specific topics

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/vsirvc

Contacts : T. Ševčenkos g. 16B, Vilnius. Svetlana Novopolskaja (director), email: sn713@hotmail.com
Profile of the organisation: Vilnius Roma Community Centre was founded in July 2001.
The aim of the Centre is to help Roma community to integrate into Lithuanian society. RCC organises its activities by solving particular tasks:
-To change standpoint of the members of Roma community within the process of integration into the society;
-To help Roma people to evaluate the problematic situation of themselves, showing the ways of solving social and financial problems;
-To organise permanent occupation and upbringing of children and teenagers, using RCC possibilities and space, to form and stimulate motivation of Roma children, teenagers, their parents, families to education, self-education, self-upbringing;
-To preserve and foster Roma culture and traditions, keep Roma community as ethnic group from assimilation and marginalisation.
Outreach: wide range of activities in local, regional and national level; representing Lithuanian Roma community at international level.

Volunteering activities: hosting/sending/local/international, in what numbers, what types of activities, from what type of funding (ESC/Civil Service, etc.)

Mobility programs: Youth in Action (since 2003), Erasmus+.

Non-formal education: Vocational studies and trainings for local Roma community, Literacy trainings, Children Day Centre, Romani language and culture studies, Research of antigypsism issues.

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

Funding: What types of fundings do you usually access to implement your projects and to cover your organisational costs? (ESC/Erasmus+/European Commission-CERV, NEAR, etc. /Council of Europe, etc.)

Cooperation:  Roma Community Centre is a member of Lithuanian Human Rights Coalition, legal member of European Network Against Racism, European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network.
We're always looking for new partnerships and cooperation opportunities.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?

Social media: https://www.instagram.com/yngo.arca/, https://www.facebook.com/YNGO.ARCA

Contacts: YNGO.ARCA@gmail.com 

Profile of the organisation: Roma non-governmental youth organisation that has been working in the public sector of Ukraine since 2018, focusing its efforts on developing the Roma youth movement, supporting and preserving Roma history and culture, and building intercultural dialogue in Ukraine.

Outreach: national and international level; сurrently, our team consists of 23 young people - this is the board and core of the organization, young experts, human rights monitors and volunteers.

Volunteering activities: we currently host 9 national level volunteers who join our media initiatives as well as offline events. Considering the situation in Ukraine, we currently offer only the remote format of volunteering

type of funding: for now we do not have separate funding for the volunteer direction, for this we use either internal resources or funds from institutional grants that we receive for the development of the organization.

Mobility programs: Do you implement youth exchanges, mobilites of youth workers, or other types of youth mobilities?
we provide the possibility of online/remote internship on the basis of our organization in the following directions
- preserving the historical/cultural heritage of the Roma;
- information and media work;
- monitoring and online countermeasures against anti-Gypsyism;
- youth/community work.

Non-formal education: Do you implement trainings or seminars? ((how often, what topics, from what types of funding, etc.)
https://yngo-arca.com/en/projects-en/

Advocacy: Do you have advocacy or lobby-related activities? If so, in what policy fields,  topics, towards what institutions, etc. Are these activites national or international?

we advocated for the interests and inclusion of Roma youth issues in national programs for the development of the youth sector, as well as in the development of a national strategy for the integration of the Roma community into Ukrainian society.

Currently, we are working on the development of the concept of advocacy and lobbying of the interests of Roma who have become forced refugees, as well as the support and restoration of the Roma public sector in post-war Ukraine.

Funding: Council of Europe, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, House of Europe, EYF, EVZ Foundation, Renaissance Foundation, REF etc.

Cooperation: we are looking for partners for:
 - hosting placements for volunteers
- participants for Networking and coalition-building event planned in Berlin (early December, 2022)
- supporters in advocacy of the situation of Roma in Ukraine and of refugees from Ukraine across Europe;
- cooperating partners for accessing grants;
- learning about others' experiences of accessing stable financing for NGO operation.

What projects would you like to find partners for at this Networking meeting?
We are interested in partnerships for the planning and implementation of projects with
- networking, support and creation of opportunities for Roma youth of Ukraine in EU countries,
- media direction (you can familiarize yourself with our media initiative via the link https://yngo-arca.com/en/infoplatform-djanes-en/ , https://yngo-arca.com/en/blog-en/)