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MSN group Roma in the UK

http://groups.msn.com/romaintheuk

Traveller Education Services

Oxfordshire Advisory Service For The Education Of Travellers	http://www.a-s-e-t.demon.co.uk/	Advisory Service for the Education of Travellers
Cardiff Traveller Education Service	http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/trav-ed/2003-April/001165.html
Hampshire Traveller Education Service	http://www.hants.gov.uk/TC/edews/travellerhome.html	The Traveller Education Service is located within the Inclusion Branch of the Education Department. It has been set up to meet the educational needs of Traveller children in Hampshire.
Slough Traveller Education Service	http://www.slough.gov.uk/services/872.asp	Information regarding the Traveller Education Plan as well as frequently asked questions
West Midlands Consortium Education Service for Travelling Children	http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/ wcc-edu-welfare-travelling-children	The West Midlands Consortium Education Service for Travelling Children has peripatetic Advisory/Support Teachers and provides welfare and administrative services, as well as teaching aids and materials, for West Midlands schools. The aim is to promote continuity in the education for Travelling Children
Devon Consortium Traveller Education Service	http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/learning/pupil_support/ travellers_education.htm	The aim of this service is to ensure that Gypsy and Traveller young people and their families have unhindered access to universal services
Council of Europe/ Open Society Institute Roma Internship Scheme	http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/romatravellers/Traineeship/default_en.asp http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_resources/jobs /11_Traineeship_opportunities/	Successful interns can learn about the Council's structures, activities and international co-operation procedures, including the implementation of the European Convention of Human Rights. They can also attend sittings of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and other meetings.

Irish

Exchange House Travellers Service

http://www.exchangehouse.ie/

This service provides Family Support, Youth Services, Money Advice and Education programs to the Travelling Community in Dublin, Ireland

Traveller Visibility Group

http://groups.msn.com/TravellerVisibilityGroup/
_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us

Traveller-led Cork based organisation

Irish Traveller Movement

http://www.itmtrav.com/

Partnership between Travellers and settled people committed to seeking full equality for Travellers in Irish society.

Pavee Point Travellers Centre

http://www.paveepoint.ie/pav_home_a.html

Partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working together to improve the lives of Irish Travellers through working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights.

European

Union Romani

http://www.unionromani.org/

Non-profit, non-governmental organisation which is concerned with defending the gypsy community. It carries out its activities throughout Spain and also works together with the INTERNATIONAL UNION ROMANI, on activities designed to gain recognition of the culture of the gypsy people, as an asset within the global culture.

School Success For Roma Children

http://www.osi.hu/epsu/conf/961211.html

Romanian project aiming to discuss issues around the development of programming to promote School Success for Roma Children.

Challenging Segregation - Jason Orton

http://www.osi.hu/exhibition/orton/jom.htm

Exhibition about a Hungarian educational program which directly challenges the widespread prejudice that Roma children are educationally inferior and need to be segregated from non-Roma children in the school system.

TRUST: The Essential Prerequisite Between Roma And Educational Institutions

http://www.osi.hu/exhibition/Trust1.htm

From RPP Reporter, May 1998, “The Essential Prerequisite between Roma and Educational Institutions.”

The Roma Education Resource Book

http://www.osi.hu/iep/minorities/ResBook1/ResBook.htm

A paper outlining a critical discussion of education for Romani children. This discussion shows the exposure of the historical, political, cultural and social processes, which influence the access Romani children have to equitable education.

European Roma Rights Center

http://errc.org/

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma.

Rom News Society

http://www.romnews.com/

Hamburg-based online newsletter.

Romani World

http://www.romaniworld.com/

Multimedia site that is Part of the Real News editorial group reporting on European Roma.

Council Of Europe - Roma and Travellers Internship

http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/romatravellers/Traineeship/default_en.asp

http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_resources/jobs/
11_Traineeship_opportunities/

Successful interns can learn about the Council's structures, activities and international co-operation procedures, including the implementation of the European Convention of Human Rights. They can also attend sittings of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and other meetings.

European Committee On Romani Emancipation

http://www.eu-romani.org/

The European Committee on Romani Emancipation (ECRE) provides representation on behalf of European citizens wishing to promote common rights of equity of treatment, protection and improvement in the conditions of the Roma People in Europe.

Enar: Useful Information relating to Gypsies
Travellers in the European Context

http://www.enar-eu.org/en/

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