ERGO Network
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Strong and independent grassroots organisations are key for Roma to become equal societal stakeholders. Funded by the European Union. Views here are our own.
📝 REGISTER NOW!
Join us on 20 November in Brussels and online for our annual Policy Conference!
We will look at #Roma access to quality, inclusive #education & the implementation of the EU + national Roma frameworks.
👁️🗨️ Agenda & registration: ergonetwork.org/2025/10/annu...
#ERGOConference2025
Join us on 20 November in Brussels and online for our annual Policy Conference!
We will look at #Roma access to quality, inclusive #education & the implementation of the EU + national Roma frameworks.
👁️🗨️ Agenda & registration: ergonetwork.org/2025/10/annu...
#ERGOConference2025
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📝 REGISTER NOW!
Join us on 20 November in Brussels and online for our annual Policy Conference!
We will look at #Roma access to quality, inclusive #education & the implementation of the EU + national Roma frameworks.
👁️🗨️ Agenda & registration: ergonetwork.org/2025/10/annu...
#ERGOConference2025
Join us on 20 November in Brussels and online for our annual Policy Conference!
We will look at #Roma access to quality, inclusive #education & the implementation of the EU + national Roma frameworks.
👁️🗨️ Agenda & registration: ergonetwork.org/2025/10/annu...
#ERGOConference2025
📢 On the International Day for the Eradication of #Poverty we launch our contribution to the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Roma poverty is not an individual failure but the result of systemic antigypsyism & economic injustice. The EU must act decisively!
👁️ Read more here: tinyurl.com/ERGOPoverty
Roma poverty is not an individual failure but the result of systemic antigypsyism & economic injustice. The EU must act decisively!
👁️ Read more here: tinyurl.com/ERGOPoverty
October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
📢 On the International Day for the Eradication of #Poverty we launch our contribution to the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Roma poverty is not an individual failure but the result of systemic antigypsyism & economic injustice. The EU must act decisively!
👁️ Read more here: tinyurl.com/ERGOPoverty
Roma poverty is not an individual failure but the result of systemic antigypsyism & economic injustice. The EU must act decisively!
👁️ Read more here: tinyurl.com/ERGOPoverty
On 4 June, the European Commission published the Spring Package, comprising the 27 Country Reports, 27 Country-Specific Recommendations, and the accompanying Communication, in the framework of the 2025 #EuropeanSemester.
👁🗨Read our analysis of what it means for #Roma: ergonetwork.org/wp-content/u...
👁🗨Read our analysis of what it means for #Roma: ergonetwork.org/wp-content/u...
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On 4 June, the European Commission published the Spring Package, comprising the 27 Country Reports, 27 Country-Specific Recommendations, and the accompanying Communication, in the framework of the 2025 #EuropeanSemester.
👁🗨Read our analysis of what it means for #Roma: ergonetwork.org/wp-content/u...
👁🗨Read our analysis of what it means for #Roma: ergonetwork.org/wp-content/u...
🙌Welcome Cheyenne!
🎉The ERGO Network Secretariat team is growing! A new European Solidarity Corps volunteer, Cheyenne Wijts from Netherlands, joined us in Brussels.
Here is more about Cheyenne in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/09/welc...
#internship #teamwork
🎉The ERGO Network Secretariat team is growing! A new European Solidarity Corps volunteer, Cheyenne Wijts from Netherlands, joined us in Brussels.
Here is more about Cheyenne in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/09/welc...
#internship #teamwork
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🙌Welcome Cheyenne!
🎉The ERGO Network Secretariat team is growing! A new European Solidarity Corps volunteer, Cheyenne Wijts from Netherlands, joined us in Brussels.
Here is more about Cheyenne in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/09/welc...
#internship #teamwork
🎉The ERGO Network Secretariat team is growing! A new European Solidarity Corps volunteer, Cheyenne Wijts from Netherlands, joined us in Brussels.
Here is more about Cheyenne in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/09/welc...
#internship #teamwork
This petition reflects the daily realities of Roma and many others facing exclusion. Their voices must be heard.
📨 Together with partners, we delivered this call to the European Commission:
❌ Don’t withdraw the Anti-Discrimination Directive
📨 Together with partners, we delivered this call to the European Commission:
❌ Don’t withdraw the Anti-Discrimination Directive
September 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This petition reflects the daily realities of Roma and many others facing exclusion. Their voices must be heard.
📨 Together with partners, we delivered this call to the European Commission:
❌ Don’t withdraw the Anti-Discrimination Directive
📨 Together with partners, we delivered this call to the European Commission:
❌ Don’t withdraw the Anti-Discrimination Directive
In Europe’s digital era, having a device and internet connection isn’t enough. Digital citizenship means being recognised, represented, and safe online.
Mustafa Jakupov’s latest article reveals how Roma communities are still left out of digital space
Read more - ergonetwork.org/2025/08/are-...
Mustafa Jakupov’s latest article reveals how Roma communities are still left out of digital space
Read more - ergonetwork.org/2025/08/are-...
August 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
In Europe’s digital era, having a device and internet connection isn’t enough. Digital citizenship means being recognised, represented, and safe online.
Mustafa Jakupov’s latest article reveals how Roma communities are still left out of digital space
Read more - ergonetwork.org/2025/08/are-...
Mustafa Jakupov’s latest article reveals how Roma communities are still left out of digital space
Read more - ergonetwork.org/2025/08/are-...
Welcome Anne-Françoise!
We’re happy to welcome Anne-Françoise Massotte to the ERGO Network Secretariat as our new Finance Manager.

Read about Anne-Françoise, in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/07/welc...
We’re happy to welcome Anne-Françoise Massotte to the ERGO Network Secretariat as our new Finance Manager.

Read about Anne-Françoise, in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/07/welc...
August 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Welcome Anne-Françoise!
We’re happy to welcome Anne-Françoise Massotte to the ERGO Network Secretariat as our new Finance Manager.

Read about Anne-Françoise, in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/07/welc...
We’re happy to welcome Anne-Françoise Massotte to the ERGO Network Secretariat as our new Finance Manager.

Read about Anne-Françoise, in her own words: ergonetwork.org/2025/07/welc...
🎉 ROVA Applications Closed — Thank You!
Yesterday was the deadline for our ROVA calls for proposals and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who applied.
📬 We received 327 proposals
🌍 From Roma and pro-Roma CSOs in 21 EU Member States
🟣 75 projects will be selected for funding
Yesterday was the deadline for our ROVA calls for proposals and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who applied.
📬 We received 327 proposals
🌍 From Roma and pro-Roma CSOs in 21 EU Member States
🟣 75 projects will be selected for funding
August 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎉 ROVA Applications Closed — Thank You!
Yesterday was the deadline for our ROVA calls for proposals and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who applied.
📬 We received 327 proposals
🌍 From Roma and pro-Roma CSOs in 21 EU Member States
🟣 75 projects will be selected for funding
Yesterday was the deadline for our ROVA calls for proposals and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who applied.
📬 We received 327 proposals
🌍 From Roma and pro-Roma CSOs in 21 EU Member States
🟣 75 projects will be selected for funding
This history isn’t over. Antigypsyism didn’t end in 1945.
It’s still here in our schools, in our streets, in our systems.
We remember to resist. We honour the dead by fighting for the living. We are turning memory into justice.
We remember to resist. We honour the dead by fighting for the living. We are turning memory into justice.
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This history isn’t over. Antigypsyism didn’t end in 1945.
It’s still here in our schools, in our streets, in our systems.
We remember to resist. We honour the dead by fighting for the living. We are turning memory into justice.
We remember to resist. We honour the dead by fighting for the living. We are turning memory into justice.
2 August is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
On this night in 1944, 2,897 Roma children, women, men were murdered in Auschwitz.
They were meant to be forgotten. But we remember.
On this night in 1944, 2,897 Roma children, women, men were murdered in Auschwitz.
They were meant to be forgotten. But we remember.
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
2 August is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
On this night in 1944, 2,897 Roma children, women, men were murdered in Auschwitz.
They were meant to be forgotten. But we remember.
On this night in 1944, 2,897 Roma children, women, men were murdered in Auschwitz.
They were meant to be forgotten. But we remember.
CALL FOR NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2025 (CET)
🌍 Countries: Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Read more: ergonetwork.org/2025/08/ergo...
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2025 (CET)
🌍 Countries: Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Read more: ergonetwork.org/2025/08/ergo...
August 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
CALL FOR NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2025 (CET)
🌍 Countries: Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Read more: ergonetwork.org/2025/08/ergo...
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2025 (CET)
🌍 Countries: Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Read more: ergonetwork.org/2025/08/ergo...
Whether you're fighting antigypsyism, empowering youth, or defending housing rights — your work counts. And it should be funded.
💶 Only 1 week left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
💶 Only 1 week left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Whether you're fighting antigypsyism, empowering youth, or defending housing rights — your work counts. And it should be funded.
💶 Only 1 week left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
💶 Only 1 week left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
When decisions that shape our lives are made without us, it’s easy to feel powerless and unheard.
🎉 BUT today, we celebrate Petre-Florin Manole 🎉 Recently, he has been appointed as Romania’s new Minister of Labour — a huge moment for Roma political inclusion.
🎉 BUT today, we celebrate Petre-Florin Manole 🎉 Recently, he has been appointed as Romania’s new Minister of Labour — a huge moment for Roma political inclusion.
July 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
When decisions that shape our lives are made without us, it’s easy to feel powerless and unheard.
🎉 BUT today, we celebrate Petre-Florin Manole 🎉 Recently, he has been appointed as Romania’s new Minister of Labour — a huge moment for Roma political inclusion.
🎉 BUT today, we celebrate Petre-Florin Manole 🎉 Recently, he has been appointed as Romania’s new Minister of Labour — a huge moment for Roma political inclusion.
Over the past weeks we shared daily Snapshots from our series #Roma and the European Pillar of #SocialRights to raise awareness of Roma concerns in the run-up to the Second #SocialPillar Action Plan. Missed one? Want to read them all? Click ergonetwork.org/2025/07/roma...
#SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
#SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Over the past weeks we shared daily Snapshots from our series #Roma and the European Pillar of #SocialRights to raise awareness of Roma concerns in the run-up to the Second #SocialPillar Action Plan. Missed one? Want to read them all? Click ergonetwork.org/2025/07/roma...
#SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
#SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out the final Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! The Roma face major barriers to essential services due to poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of documents, #antigypsyism, and increased privatisation of public services. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Check out the final Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! The Roma face major barriers to essential services due to poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of documents, #antigypsyism, and increased privatisation of public services. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Many Roma live in homelessness, or in substandard housing in segregated settlements, while #antigypsyism, poverty, and forced evictions prevent access to decent living. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Many Roma live in homelessness, or in substandard housing in segregated settlements, while #antigypsyism, poverty, and forced evictions prevent access to decent living. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Whether you're fighting antigypsyism, empowering youth, or defending housing rights — your work counts. And it should be funded.
💶 Only 2 weeks left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
💶 Only 2 weeks left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
July 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Whether you're fighting antigypsyism, empowering youth, or defending housing rights — your work counts. And it should be funded.
💶 Only 2 weeks left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
💶 Only 2 weeks left to apply for ROVA grants:
🟣 Up to €20,000 for Roma inclusion work across Europe
🟣 Up to €30,000 for NGOs in 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Poverty, #antigypsyism, and exclusion from services lead to systemic health inequalities, impacting Roma life expectancy, disabilities, and reproductive and mental health. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Poverty, #antigypsyism, and exclusion from services lead to systemic health inequalities, impacting Roma life expectancy, disabilities, and reproductive and mental health. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Older #Roma face stark health and income inequalities, on the backdrop of minimal pension entitlements, limited access to healthcare, and intersectional discrimination. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Older #Roma face stark health and income inequalities, on the backdrop of minimal pension entitlements, limited access to healthcare, and intersectional discrimination. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Access to adequate income support is a key prerequisite for combatting Roma poverty (80%+), but take-up is impeded by stigma, complex requirements, and low benefit levels. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Access to adequate income support is a key prerequisite for combatting Roma poverty (80%+), but take-up is impeded by stigma, complex requirements, and low benefit levels. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! 1 in 3 Roma children faces poverty and #antigypsyism, undermining their development from the earliest years, and impeding their access to education, healthcare, housing. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! 1 in 3 Roma children faces poverty and #antigypsyism, undermining their development from the earliest years, and impeding their access to education, healthcare, housing. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Too many Roma in precarious jobs, but too few in trade unions, which means that their specific concerns (ethnic pay gap, #antigypsyism) are overlooked in social dialogue. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Too many Roma in precarious jobs, but too few in trade unions, which means that their specific concerns (ethnic pay gap, #antigypsyism) are overlooked in social dialogue. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! No poor jobs for poor people! Roma workers deserve quality and sustainble employment, good pay and working conditions, access to training, and non-discrimination at work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR
July 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! No poor jobs for poor people! Roma workers deserve quality and sustainble employment, good pay and working conditions, access to training, and non-discrimination at work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR