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Roma Genocide

Since 2010 ternYpe gathers every year young Europeans on August 2nd in Auschwitz to commemorate the Roma Genocide. In 2013 ternYpe plans an international youth conference with 300 young people. A preparatory meeting will take place on March 10-15, 2013 in Germany close to Mannheim/Heidelberg.

ternYpe Academy

During its General Assembly in Bulgaria in November 2012, ternYpe decided to establish a joint international training plan, which contributes to the work of the member organizations, to the annual priorities of ternYpe, to the development of the network identity, the capacity-building of young activists, youth leaders, trainers and facilitators.

Campaign

The ternYpe European Youth Campaign stands up for mutual respect and responsibility of ALL in ONE society. We stand up against extremism, antigypsyism, racism, stigmatization and discrimination in Europe. We show through our commitment and activism that intercultural dialogue and mutual respect between Roma and non-Roma are real and possible. Annual report 2011

News

Yag Bari from Spain was voted to be a new associate member organization of ternYpe! Congratulations!

"My story, my rights" new RomaReact Contest

ERGO Network and Amnesty International are calling for your contribution to the RomaReact interactive map for the contest “My story, my rights” with the aim of highlighting the voices of young Roma on the European map. Share your story with the world, make everyone see, through your own eyes, who the Roma are, and help us fight anti-Roma prejudice and discrimination. The contest is open on 12 March and will close on 30 April 2013. Join and win!!!!

For more information about the contest and how to apply read more on RomaReact http://www.romareact.org/news/view/1076

The contest is part of the launch of Amnesty International’s campaign “Human Rights Here. Roma Rights Now” which is aiming at getting the EU and governments to take stronger action to end anti-Roma discrimination and racism. The campaign was launched on 4 April 2013.

ternYpe calls for Europe action to end Antigypsyism and Racism against Roma

The week of March 16^th-24^th 2013 was declared as the European Week Against Racism. ternYpe International Roma Youth Network points out that racism still leads to a daily infringement of the rights of Roma in terms of their structural discrimination, segregation and persecution. It therefore calls for a stronger individual and political support of anti-racist actions and movements within the European civil society. Members of the Roma community suffer from discrimination, stigmatization and exclusion all over Europe: they are regularly the target of racist hate speech and attacks, harassment from police forces and the denial of their fundamental citizens' rights. Discrimination against them is prevalent in all parts of life which is of great concern for Roma youth living in this reality.

Roma Genocide, Holocaust Education and Antigypsyism in Youth Work

International partnership building seminar of ternYpe
March 10-15, 2013 in Bad Dürkheim/Heidelberg (Germany)

The partnership-building seminar organized by ternYpe International Roma Youth Network will bring together 50 Roma and non-Roma multipliers and youth activists to create a platform of exchange of experiences, practices and methods for young people and youth organizations how to address Holocaust, antigypsyism and human rights issues in grassroots, national and international actions, and how to strengthen the awareness and mobilization of young people for these issues. The four day lasting seminar on March 10th-15th, 2013 is designed to share experiences between the participating organizations, to increase the knowledge and awareness of participants on the Roma genocide, to reflect on the relevance and creation of a culture of commemoration among Roma and non-Roma youth, and in order to strengthen the coordinated efforts to build joint initiatives on grassroots level, as well as on international level towards the commemoration and to challenge antigypsyism and racism in Europe. The seminar will focus on developing follow-up actions such as a campaign, and on coordinating the preparation of the youth conference and commemoration of the Roma Genocide around August 2nd, as a day of commemoration of the Roma Genocide during World War II.

Project Details

• Dates: March 10-15, 2013 (including travel days, 4 program days)
• Place: Bad Dürkheim/Heidelberg, Germany
• Participants: About 50 participants from 30 Roma and non-Roma youth organizations

7th ternYpe Networking Meeting and General Assembly

From November 26-30th, ternYpe - International Roma Youth Network organized in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, the seminar "Strengthening the ternYpe youth movement for respect between Roma and non-Roma youth" to reflect, to share experiences, to discuss the internal development of the network, and to discuss the specific action plan which reflects the ternYpe strategy. 30 youth leaders, representing their organizations from 9 different ternYpe member countries came together to discuss about their engagement, achievements and challenges for the empowerment and mobilization of Roma youth, and new actions and cooperation on international level were developed. The plans of 2013 include the ternYpe Academy, a new grassroots campaign and a big youth conference and commemoration event in Krakow and Auschwitz around August 2nd.

Conference report: New teaching materials regarding the Roma Genocide

TernYpe participate in the conference "The Genocide of the Roma and Sinti: New Teaching Materials" that took place in Eisenstadt, Austria from 8 to 10 November 2012. New teaching materials on the Genocide of Roma and Sinti were presented at this conference which brought together 140 people, including many teachers and NGO representatives. Two introductory panels examined similarities and differences concerning the genocides of the Roma and Sinti and the Jews. The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, the Memorial de la Shoah (Paris) as well as the ITF have authorized an team of experts to create the teaching materials that were presented in workshops. An introduction to the persecution of the Burgenland Roma concluded with a visit to the memorial site of the former "gypsy camp" Lackenbach.

Although recognizing the efforts and the dedication in the development of the teaching materials, ternYpe remains highly critical about the current outcome and strongly believes that a conceptual revision and a further elaboration is necessary to make it a valuable, usable and adequate pedagogical tool.