What we do

  • Advocacy and awareness-raising: Lobbying for the political, social, and cultural rights and needs of Ukrainian Roma in Ukraine, Germany and Europe.
  • Strengthening Ukrainian Roma self-organisation, empowerment, participation in Germany: creating a civil society platform of Ukrainian Roma in Germany, advocacy and representation of Ukrainian Roma in Germany, capacity building; act as interlocutors for authorities in Germany and Europe.
  • Humanitarian aid, inclusion in recovery of Ukraine and advocacy for Roma equality in Ukraine: outreach to and joint projects with German and European structures that support reconstruction and humanitarian Ukraine, political advocacy in Ukraine, close cooperation with the Ukrainian Roma youth organization ARCA and other Roma organisations.
  • Recognition and promotion of culture, arts and history: cultural diplomacy, research, Roma representation in media, arts, culture and historical narratives, with specific attention on remembrance of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti.
  • Fight against antigypsyism: raising awareness on the need to combat antigypsyism; work on intervention, prevention and monitoring of antigypsyism in Ukraine and Germany; cooperation with the Monitoring and Information Office on Antigypsyism MIA.
  • Projects and programmes: proposing, developing and promoting or advising on mainstreaming and targeted programmes and projects in Germany and Ukraine for empowerment and inclusion of Roma with an intersectional approach.