DDCP-YD/TC Roma/4/2012
October 2012
Training Roma youth leaders and
activists for promoting human rights and
taking action against discrimination
In the framework of the
Roma Youth Action Plan
Improving the participation of Roma youth
in European policies on Roma and youth to
counter the effects of discrimination on
young Roma
Draft list of participants and project proposals
Albania
Name: Brisilda TACO
Organisation: Romano Kham
Project idea: awareness raising among Roma young people about
their rights and the discrimination they suffer in daily life (in the
media, in schools, hospitals, at home, at work, etc.); training and
campaigning activities to take action against discrimination
Name: Nersida ARAPI
Organisation: Roma Youth in Action
Project idea: campaign actions in Tirana aimed at raising awareness
about the discrimination young Roma suggest, and empowerment
actions for young Roma
Name: Hyseni DANJEL
Organisation: Disutni Albania
Project idea: training activities for young Roma students to fight
discrimination, particularly in education
Belgium
Name: Bekim BERISA
Project idea: initiating a Roma youth organisation in Ghent to fight
discrimination
Name: Armen BAHTIJAR
Organisation: ERIO - European Roma Information Office
Project idea: training activities for young Roma to increase their
access to education
Bulgaria
Name: Veselina VARGOVA
Organisation: Tolerance and mutual aid foundation
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Project idea: supporting young Roma to start a business and gain
economic autonomy
Croatia
Name: Biljana NELOVIC
Organisation: Youth Centre
Project idea: awareness raising about and monitoring of hate
speech against Roma people as a discriminatory practice in Croatia
Finland
Name: Anette ÃKERLUND
Organisation: Romano Missio
Project idea: engage young Roma in cultural activities as a way of
developing self-esteem and empowerment
France
Name: Ionut STAN
Organisation: Secours Catholique
Project idea: youth exchange between France and Romania to learn
about discrimination in the two countries and develop strategies
to combat these practices
Greece
Name: Eleni KARAFYLLIDOU
Organisation: United Societies of Balkans
Project idea: training young Roma to develop alternative
information about Roma communities through the use of new
media tools
Name: Theofano PAPAKONSTANTINOU
Organisation: K.E.K. Europrooptiki of Larisa
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Project idea: educational activities for young Roma people to have
access to health
Name: Ioanna PETRAKI
Organisation: Centre for Intercultural Studies of the University of
Athens
Project idea: supporting mediation processes for access of Roma
young people to health services
Name: Georgia TOITSIOU
Organisation: Second Chance Schools
Project idea: supporting networking among civil society and local
institutions for improving the access of Roma communities to
education
Hungary
Name: Veronica CZUTOR
Organisation: Független Egyesület
Project idea: awareness raising and training for teachers, parents
and young people to prevent school drop-outs and combat
segregation
Name: Peter WENDL
Organisation: Roma Civic Association (Roma Polgari Tomorules)
Project idea: developing educational programmes for young Roma
aged 14 to 25 to access the job market and education
Kosovo1
Name: Armend BEHLULI
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All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text
shall be understood in full compliance with the United Nations Security Council
Resolutions 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
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Organisation: Municipality of Gjakova
Project idea: human rights education activities in schools and in the
Roma communities to combat discrimination
Name : Dardan KRYEZIU
Organisation : Mus-e Kosova
Project idea : workshops with young people from Roma
communities and as well from other communities on human rights
and against discrimination, leading to the development of an
awareness-raising documentary
Lithuania
Name: Bozena KARVELIENE
Organisation: Roma Integration House
Project idea: awareness raising and training for young Roma
mothers regarding the importance of the access to education and
building trust between families and the school communities
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Name: Shaip ISENI
Organisation: Sumnal – Association for development of the Roma
community in the Republic of Macedonia
Project idea: intercultural activities involving young people from
different ethnic communities in the schools, with the aim to
prevent violence and create trust among young people
Name: Anife SABEDINOVSKA
Organisation: Roma Youth Centre
Project idea: supporting Roma youth trainers and multipliers in
human rights education on local and national level
The Netherlands
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Name: Andreea CARNU
Organisation: EYFA - European Youth for Action
Project idea: developing an online Toolkit on Exclusion: A primer
for young activists working on anti-racism, responding to rising
racist sentiment across Europe, focusing on racism against the
Roma minority in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary
Portugal
Name : Sofia Aurora REBELO SANTOS
Organisation : Mandacaru – Cooperativa de Intervenção Social e
Cultural
Project idea : establish an association of Roma and non-Roma
people in the city of Faro in order to empower Roma communities
Romania
Name: Lucia-Stefania DULEA
Organisation: European Platform for Youth Development
Project idea: organising sport competitions for young people in
order to fight stereotyping and prejudice
Name: Nicoleta SCRIPCARIU
Organisation: Romanian Centre for European Policies
Project idea: training for a group of Roma and non-Roma young
students and young members of civil society on achieving basic
human rights knowledge and enough information to permit them
to act when abuses are happening
Serbia
Name: Branislav JAVANOVIC
Organisation: Romska omladina danas
Project idea: 7 round tables between local and regional institutions
and Roma NGOs, young activities and representatives of Roma
community to discuss human and minority rights, particularly the
representation of Roma people in public institutions such as the
police, schools, health centres etc.
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Name: Marko TOMASEVIC
Organisation: Red Cross Serbia
Project idea: research on attitudes and values of Roma youth and
adolescents, and development of an educational module about
sexual behaviour and reproductive health
Spain
Name : Pedro CASERMEIRO
Organisation : Rromane Sikliovne, associació de joves estudiants
gitanos del Bon Pastor
Project idea : project to empower the youngest activists of the
organization (18-22 years old) to be active in the society
Name: Maria del Carmen FILIGRANA GARCIA
Organisation: University federation of Roma women AMURADI
Project idea: building networks and creating different movements
among young people in order for them to participate more in
society
Name: Sandra Maria HEREDIA FERNANDEZ
Organisation: FAKALI Federation Roma women university in Spain
Project idea: encourage collaboration and networking among civil
society organisations for dissemination and action against racism
against Roma people, for example activities in schools to eliminate
discrimination among children, playful activities in different events
to increase awareness of the identity of the Roma community and
campaigning on the Internet
Turkey
Name: Halil Ibrahim NURBEL
Organisation: ROMANKARA
Project idea: raising awareness among Roma youth about their
rights, to get a good understanding of human rights and
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discrimination and development of cooperation between the Roma
community, schools and local government
Name: Figen KELEMER
Organisation: TRY - Turkish Roma Youth Network
Project idea: activities against child labour in Roma communities
United Kingdom
Name: Frances DONNELLY
Organisation: Coventry Roma Project
Project idea: opening a Roma Community Centre in Coventry
including Youth Groups and Mothers and Toddlers groups as an
example to help support and deal with the poor health provision
for the Roma community
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