European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Francesco Zoia Bolzonello Cabinet member | Follow up meeting on Roma week 2026 preparations | — |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Francesco Zoia Bolzonello Cabinet member | Follow up meeting on Roma week 2026 preparations | SRC |
| 04 Sept 2025 | Hadja Lahbib Commissioner | Meeting ahead of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion of 02 October | — |
| 04 Sept 2025 | Hadja Lahbib Commissioner | Meeting ahead of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion of 02 October | SRC |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Miron Podgorean Cabinet member | Roadmap towards an EU anti-poverty strategy | — |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Miron Podgorean Cabinet member | Roadmap towards an EU anti-poverty strategy | SRC |
| 26 Sept 2023 | Zuzana Dorazilova Cabinet member | Roma inclusion, implementation of the Roma strategy | — |
| 26 Sept 2023 | Zuzana Dorazilova Cabinet member | Roma inclusion, implementation of the Roma strategy | SRC |
| 06 Apr 2022 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine | SRC |
| 06 Apr 2022 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine | — |
| 10 Dec 2021 | Frans Timmermans Executive Vice-President | European Green Deal and racial justice issues in climate, energy, transport and environment policies | SRC |
| 10 Dec 2021 | Frans Timmermans Executive Vice-President | European Green Deal and racial justice issues in climate, energy, transport and environment policies | — |
| 19 Feb 2020 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | European Green Deal | — |
| 19 Feb 2020 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | European Green Deal | SRC |
| 28 Jan 2020 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Roma inclusion; holocaust remembrance day | — |
| 28 Jan 2020 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Roma inclusion; holocaust remembrance day | SRC |
| 18 Nov 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | — |
| 18 Nov 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | — |
| 23 Jul 2015 | Věra Jourová Commissioner | Roma issues | — |
| 23 Jul 2015 | Věra Jourová Commissioner | Roma issues | SRC |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | — |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | SRC |
| 26 May 2015 | Monika Ladmanova Cabinet member | Roma issues | SRC |
Mission & Goals
ERGO Network wants to achieve equal opportunities for Roma in their societies and encourages them to take an active role in accomplishing respect for their rights as equal citizens. ERGO Network connects organisations that share the conviction that Roma can and should participate as active citizens in their own societies. To overcome the discrimination and stigmatization that are root obstacles to their equal participation in society, ERGO Network supports civic empowerment, mobilization of Roma at grassroots level and leadership at all levels of society. Our approach creates opportunities for Roma to shape the policies that affect them, which can make a crucial contribution to more successful outcomes of inclusion policies. For ERGO Network and its members to combat the exclusion of Roma is a responsibility that needs to be shared by Roma and non-Roma. ERGO Network therefore promotes active citizenship, which implies participation, self-organisation, common responsibility an (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Policy areas: Roma, social policy, anti-discrimination, employment, enlargement, regional policy, ESIF, education, youth, Child Guarantee, European Semester, European Pillar of Social Rights, EU Roma Strategic Framework, hate speech, anti-racism
Communication Activities
Annual co-organisation of EU Roma Week in the European Parliament Organisation of and contribution to panel debates with MEPs, EC officials and civil society representatives (in 2025 e.g. on EU Roma Framework for Equality, Inclusion and Participation, Roma access to employment, Roma access to housing, hate speech, funding for Roma inclusion, Holocaust remembrance, combating antigypsyism) Latest publications: Research on Roma access to employment, responses to European Semester packages
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
ERGO is a member of the Social Platform, of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children and of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated based on Work and Descent.
Organisation Members
http://ergonetwork.org/about-us/membership/