Introducing ERGO
The European Roma Grassroots Organisation (ERGO) is a network of Roma and non-Roma organisations, focused on the empowerment and grassroots mobilisation of Roma. We promote active citizenship as a means of enabling Roma to find a respected place in society. In order to develop a strong Roma grassroots movement, ERGO supports activism and leadership among the Roma at all levels of society. We create opportunities for Roma to have their voices heard.
For more detailed information on the ERGO strategy on active citizenship, please take a look here.
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News 1
Turkey: Erdogan meets with Roma representatives in March 2010
The state Minister Faruk Çelik announced yesterday that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with representatives of the Roma community living in Turkey on March 14 to announce new measures vis-à-vis this community in the hopes of improving their living standards in addition to countering the discrimination they face....more
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News 2
LIFE AS AN OUTSIDER
Among the most hated people in Europe, Roma are treated as second-class citizens at home and abroad. Nikolaj Nielsen spent time with members of a Roma family in Brussels and on a trip back to Bulgaria.
Anderlecht, October 2009
Emiliya doesn’t want people to know that she is Roma. She wants people to know that she speaks four languages... the article ( The Bulletin)
