Nongovernmental organizations

ACEC - Association for culture, education and communication

Non-governmental organization realizing many projects, successful in national as well as international relations. It realizes projects oriented to the support of international cultural exchange, reinforcement and enhancement of communication, interpersonal relations, social area and education. http://www.acec.sk/

 

C. A. CHARTIKANO

The goal of the citizen association CHARTIKANO  is to support education, presentation activities aimed at knowledge and the preservation of multicultural society, the development and respect of cultural identity and the equality of ethnic, religious and social groups and communities living in Slovakia. http://chartikano.webnode.sk/

 

Gipsy tv - Roma internet TV

The project is realized by the European Media Centre from 2010. The goal is to bring the viewers, readers of our portal, the current information from the area of social politics, education, health care, human rights or discrimination. The main tool for achieving the goal is author production of audiovisual works. http://www.gipsytv.eu/gipsy-television.html?page_id=286

 

MECEM – Roma media center

The goal is to monitor the information on the Roma and to cooperate with the media in making the majority more sensitive in relation to the Roma community. The first idea was to build a certain center, to which the reporters from major media could turn at any given time. http://www.mecem.sk/

 

Milan Šimečka foundation - http://www.nadaciamilanasimecku.sk/index.php?id=5

 

RMORK - Council of non-governmental organizations of Roma communities

Covers more than 120 civil associations, which makes it one of the most powerful Roma platforms in Slovakia. RMORK develops partner cooperations with organizations operating in the third sector, with state administration institutions and self-administration. www.rmork.sk

 

ROCEPO - Roma education center Prešov

The goal of ROCEPO is to take into account the specific needs and conditions of the Roma national minority with an emphasis on effective education, information, documentation and counseling services, especially for the teachers at schools with ahigh number of Roma children and pupils. http://www.rocepo.sk/modules/ktosme/

 

Roma institute n. o.

The main goal of the Roma institute, n.o. is the creation, development, protection, recovery and presentation of spiritual and cultural values with the focus on enhancing the level and position of the Roma in the society and the protection of human rights and basic liberties. It realizes a broad spectrum of activities and services from mapping the Roma reality in Slovakia, the activities at the level of politics expertise in relation to the Roma, to the programmes of the enhancement of the Roma position and their incorporation into the society, with an emphasis on the development of the areas inhabited by the Roma and the enhancement of the coexistence of the Roma with the majority population. http://www.romainstitute.sk/

 

Institute of Roma studies of the Prešov University in Prešov

The goal of this institute is to secure and coordinate the scientific research (and not only in the Prešov University), orienting itself on the broad scale of multidiscipline scientific and expert topics related to the Roma ethnic group. Thematically, it is a research focused on the questions regarding anthropology, history, geography, language, culture, political science, social questions, etc. of this ethnic group. Territorially, it primarily focuses on the research of Roma in (east) Slovakia, however, in a broader (middle) European context. A part of the institute is the pedagogic activity, which focuses on the near future, on securing the education of the Roma and anthropologic subjects for accredited courses in the Prešov University. IRS continually performs field research in Roma communities all around Slovakia, which leads to the fact that it actively participates in their mapping. http://www.unipo.sk/pracoviska/urs

 

Young Roma association

The main goal of the Young Roma association is to unite the intellectual potential of the young Roma generation and offer direct assistance for social and work incorporation into the society. http://www.youngroma.sk/

 

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