Information on Soros Foundations Network Programs
OSI Programs and OSI-Supported Programs
 

Council of Europe/OSI Internship Scheme
This scheme offers three-month internships at the Council of Europe to young Roma students and professionals.

  Network Media Program
One of the Network Media Program's focus areas is support for Roma media in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
  Network Women’s Program
The Network Women’s Program (NWP) works with the Soros foundations to promote the advancement of women's human rights, equality and empowerment as integral parts of the democratization process. The NWP is committed to the empowerment of Romani women.
  Public Administration Training Program for Elected Roma Leaders
The aim of this program is to provide training for locally elected Roma leaders who participate actively in local governance, local decision-making and the implementation of local policy-making practices.
  Roma Culture Initiative
The Roma Culture Initiative supports Roma high culture in Central and Eastern Europe: history, art, language, oral or written literature, cultural anthropology and musicology.
  Roma Education Initiative
The Roma Education Working Committee is calling for proposals from national Soros foundations for the Roma Education Initiative (REI), supported through the Education Support Program of OSI-Budapest.
  Roma Literary Awards (Press Release)
On April 8, 2003, OSI presented the Roma Literary Awards to honor Roma artistic achievement in literature.
 

Roma Memorial University Scholarship Program
OSI has announced a scholarship program for eligible Romani students at the university level. The funds for this memorial program derive from gold looted by the Nazis during World War II and held by the Allied powers since then.

  Roma Participation Program
The RPP works to help Roma help themselves in the struggle for greater integration into the societies of the countries in which they live. It aims to empower them to take part in the democratic process and to fight for an open society in which they are equal partners.
  Romaversitas (supported by the Higher Education Support Program)
Romaversitas is an educational program for Hungarian undergraduate students of Roma origin in Hungary and Macedonia.
 
Readings
  This list mainly includes articles from the Roma photo exhibition featuring works by Rolf Bauerdick and Jason Orton. Numerous other books and articles can be located through the pages listed below under Other Roma Sites and Bibliographies/Research Aids.
  The Struggle for the Control of Identity
by Ian Hancock
from the RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1998
  Macedonian Profile: DROM Kumanovo
by Sejdo Jasarov, Qualification Program Coordinator, RPP from the RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1999
  On Racisms Old and New
by Bernard Rorke, Program Manager, RPP from RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1999
  On the Margins: Roma and Public Services
Reports to the Open Society Institute by Ina Zoon (2001)
  Whose History? Revisionism and the Romani Holocaust
from the RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1999
  A Brief Romani Holocaust Chronology
by Ian Hancock
from the RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1998
  Report: Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Minority Protection
on the eumap.org website
  Roma in the Holocaust
on the Patrin website
  Roma (Gypsies) in Prewar Europe
on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website
  Trust
The essential prerequisite between Roma and educational institutions
by Mareile Krause, from the RPP Reporter, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1998
  Pedagogical Activities in the School of Nyírtelek
by Mrs. József Krajnyák and Péter Lázár
Information about the principles and methods of the Kedvesház Kollégium and the Nyírtelek School. Kedvesház is featured in the “Challenging Segregation” section of the Roma photo exhibition.
  Roma in Czech Schools Before and After 1989
by David Canek, 1998-99 OSI Policy Fellow from
Open Society Innovators, Vol. 1, No. 1
  Roma Education Resource Book (1999)
prepared by the Institute for Educational Policy
  School Success for Roma Children
Interim Report of the Step by Step Special Schools Initiative (2002)
 
Bibliographies/Research Aids
  Articles Listed by Country
on the Patrin website
  Core Collection Development Program - “Understanding Roma” (1999)
Network Library Program (NLP)
  eumap.org: Library: International Minority Rights
This site, maintained by OSI's EU Accession Monitoring Program, provides access to documents, news and original articles about minority rights in the states of Central and Eastern Europe which are candidates for European Union accession.
  Reference Information Paper 3: Roma (Gypsies)
Records of the Research Institute, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Information Resources Department, on the website of the Open Society Archives at CEU
  Roma and Forced Migration: Annotated Bibliography
This annotated bibliography, prepared by OSI’s Forced Migration Projects in 1998, assembles texts directly concerned with the forced migration of the Roma, as well as other books, articles, periodicals, and various collections which provide background information on the Roma and their socio-economic, political and legal experience.
  Roma Translation Project (1999)
OSI Center for Publishing Development (CPD)
  Sergio Franzese’s Roma Bibliography
on the O Vurdon website
 
Other Roma Sites
  European Roma Rights Center
The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) is an international public interest law organization which monitors the situation of Roma in Europe and provides legal assistance to victims of human rights violations.
  Open Directory Project Romani Pages
These pages provide links to resources in areas from arts to health to language to religion. The "Rights" page contain links to numerous articles (mainly from the late 1990s) and international documents related to Roma rights as well as to organizations working in the field.
  The Patrin Web Journal
This site contains articles on Romani history, culture and traditions, a directory of Romani organizations, news about the Roma, links to other Roma websites, a listing of articles by country and other resources.