campaign

Media training on Roma minority and ethical reporting
Chisinau, Moldova, March 2009

Within the framework of the joint Council of Europe/European Commission Dosta! campaign to fight against stereotypes towards Roma, a media training is going to take place in Chisinau, Moldova.

The training will mainly target media professionals and will focus on communication and reporting, as well as on Roma cultural features and traditions in order to approach Roma issues, culture and traditions avoiding stereotyping information.

The training is also open to governmental officials in charge of Roma issues at National or municipal level, who wish to improve their capacity to address journalists and the majority population about the need for targeted actions for Roma.

Campaign for Eliminating Prejudice Against Roma Launched 
18/11/2008 - STA / Slovenia
 

A campaign aimed at bridging the gap between the Roma and the majority population was launched in Ljubljana on Monday. Parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar said on the occasion that he was convinced that the campaign would contribute to better understanding between cultures and eliminate many prejudices.

Gantar is proud that the campaign was first launched in Slovenia, he is however displeased that such a campaign is necessary, as living in harmony in a modern society like Slovenia should seem natural.

Head of the Government Office for Nationalities Stanko Baluh said that the campaign dubbed "Dosta! Enough! Go beyond Prejudice, discover the Roma!".

aimed at freeing people of prejudices and stereotypes and wants to show who Roma people actually are.

The Council of Europe is organising the 2nd edition of the film festival “The fortnight of Roma cinema” , on 11-25 June 2008, in Strasbourg, to celebrate the art, culture and contribution to European society of the Roma.

Internationally celebrated film maker Tony Gatlif (Gadjo Dilo, Latcho Drom, Swing, Transylvania, Exiles among others), will participate in a public forum on 16 June about the Roma, some 10 million European citizens found in almost all Council of Europe member states – and often the target of racist attack and public disdain.

The two-week festival will feature nine critically acclaimed films at the Odyssée cinema in Strasbourg. Council of Europe representatives and experts will be on hand for discussions after certain times.

The ambassador of Finland, whose country has donated much to help make the festival possible will participate.

"Music beyond prejudice: Romani variations on the European Anthem" is a new Dosta! campaign activity is at the same time a very symbolic one.

Esma Redzepova, Kal, Grupi Folklorik Rome nga Shquperia, R.Point and Yorgui Loeffler, participated in the production of the CD by recording their own arrangement of the European Anthem in Romani and Roma style.

The result is an eclectic and explosive mixture of Balkan sounds, jazz and traditional Roma music which is at the same time faithful to its origins whilst also being completely up to date.

The CD “Music beyond prejudice: Romani variations on the European Anthem”, will be presented to the public on 20 November, in Strasbourg,  by Esma Redzepova, the so-called “Queen of the Gypsies”.

 FERYP - the Forum of European Roma Young People is the organiser of the "All Different, all equal - Summer Camp and Roma Youth Festival, which took place on 20-26 August 2006, in Ohrid, “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.

This project took place within the framework of the European Youth Campaign “All different, all equal” and in co-operation with the “DOSTA!” Campaign, under the patronage of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.

The project is a follow-up of the study session in 2005 “Roma Youth – Situation and Perspectives 10 years after the RAXI Campaign” and the Conference “Romaphobia and Anti-Gypsyism – old phenomenon and new challenges in Europe” and of the study session “Campaigning for Roma Rights and Equality of Opportunities”.

The Dosta! campaign, in cooperation with the Urban Gypsy Beats band "Kal", will be present at the  “Ex-Yu Rocks” Festival, which will take place in Banja Luka on 27-28 July 2007. 

EX-YU Rocks is an international music festival which promotes since 12 years the values of peace and tolerance in former Yugoslavia region; this year Kal will be the testimonail of the Dosta! campaign by promoting the respect of  the rights of Roma citizens through their music.

For more information on the Festival visit: http://www.exyurocks.info/

For listening Kal's music: http://www.myspace.com/romakal

The festival in the press: http://www.exyurocks.info/images/Press/velike/10.gif

Download Kal's poster

Download the flyer of the Festival

Dosta! Campaign third Newsletter

Dosta! campaign's second Newsletter

 Dosta! campaign's  first newsletter

  Send out Dosta! e-cards and help us in fighting against prejudices towards Roma!

Build up your own Dosta! campaign!

In this section you will find some of the tools that have been created within the framework of the Dosta! campaign and that may help you to build up your own campaign for Roma.

Do not forget to use the Dosta! campaign TV spot, the video kit, the posters and leaflets!

How to campaign (PDF)

Campaign's toolkit (PDF)

Tool for fighting stereotypes (PDF)

 Dosta! campaign Toolkit (coming soon)

The Dosta! campaign radio spot is available in the following languages: 

 Albanian

 BiH official languages

 Romanian

 Serbian

Dosta! campaign Posters are available upon request for governments and NGOs in printed format (A3 or A4) in any of the Dosta! campaign languages. Any request should be sent to info@dosta.org, accompanied by the name and complete address of the adressee as well as by the quantity desired. You can also download them from this page and post it on your webpage by clicking on your language for displaying it in bigger format (then click right, and select "save as").

Posters in Ukrainian are now available.

The Dosta! campaign also invites you to produce new posters against anti-gypsyism. For more information, go to the announcement of the Poster Competition. And good luck!

Albanian  

BCS