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The Dosta! campaign is inviting schools from Ukraine and Moldova to participate in a competition called “Music against stereotypes” : set your mind in motion and make a creative song (music & lyrics) breaking down stereotypes and prejudices against Roma.

The School Music competition aims to promote successful songs, by giving visibility to the work of the selected participants through the Dosta! campaign website.

A jury composed of Council of Europe/European Commission and Roma experts in the field will select the best songs. Contributions will be judged according to their creativity and originality, as well as their capacity to convey the Dosta! campaign messages.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all schools in Moldova and Ukraine.

Awards

The jury will award the two best songs. The winners will be invited to a Festival “Youth and Art against prejudices” to take place before the summer.

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.

Prize for Municipalities - Call for participation

The competition for the Dosta!-Congress Prize for Municipalities is now open. 
This second edition follows last year’s successful launch by the Dosta! campaign and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities as part of their ongoing work to strengthen the role of local authorities in the field of Roma and minority rights’ protection.
 

The Dosta!-Congress Prize is awarded to three municipalities from Council of Europe member States whose creative and innovative initiatives most effectively ensure diversity in community life and the active democratic participation of the Roma. 
 

The top three projects will receive the Dosta!-Congress of Local and Regional Authorities award during a ceremony in Strasbourg on the occasion of the Congress’ 16th Plenary Session at the headquarters of the Council of Europe.

Deadline for sending applications: 12 November 2008

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.

The Anthem by Esma Redzepova .

Esma Redzepova, the so-called « Queen of the Gypsies » is one of the amazing artists co-operating with the Dosta! campaign to promote a better understanding of Roma culture and the recognition of Roma as European citizens. Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2003, Esma was also the first Yugoslav artist to perform in the Olympia Stadium in Paris. Proud of her origins, Esma started singing when she was 13. Her marriage with a « gadjo » (a non-Roma), Stevo Teodosievski, was a scandal before becoming a symbol of a dialogue between the Roma community and society.
 

The Anthem by Kal

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

The CD features five leading groups from the galaxy of Roma music – including Shqiperiagroup from Albania, Kal and R. Point from Serbia, the Alsatian guitarist and interpreter of manouche jazz Yorgui Loeffler, and Esma Redzepova, one of the most famous Roma singers. 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.
 
Esma Redzepova has performed at the CD launch at 12pm (in the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Chamber) during an award ceremony to honour the best local initiatives for the integration of Roma people, the “Dosta! Congress Prize for Municipalities”. The award is given by the Council of Europe Congress, which is holding a session from 19-21 November 2007 in Strasbourg.

"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”.