RomaRights combats antigypsyism across Europe through an innovative combination of artificial intelligence, community empowerment, and advocacy. The project develops the RomaRights AI assistant, a multilingual digital tool that enables Roma individuals and organisations to report discrimination incidents, automatically generate complaint forms adapted to national legal frameworks, and connect with equality bodies and CSOs for follow-up support. The assistant integrates key functions such as rights information, incident reporting, referral mechanisms, interactive mapping, and access to educational resources.

The consortium brings together organisations from Germany, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain, and Slovakia, combining technological expertise with long-standing community engagement. The project directly involves Roma communities through:

5 national focus groups (10 participants each) to identify needs and shape the tool’s design,

5 public panels (30 participants each) to promote dialogue among Roma communities, CSOs, and policymakers,

5 national training workshops (20 participants each) to strengthen digital and advocacy capacities.

As part of its sustainability plan, the project will identify and engage at least 50 civil society organisations working on Roma rights across Europe. Each will sign a memorandum of cooperation granting them free access to the RomaRights AI tool and training materials, ensuring its integration into their daily work and long-term use beyond the project’s duration. RomaRights also establishes an EU-aligned monitoring framework to consolidate anonymised data and generate evidence-based outputs, including the Roma Discrimination Monitoring Report and 10 policy recommendations for national and European institutions. All materials and the AI tool will be released as open-source resources, ensuring transparency, accessibility, and replication.

The primary target group of the RomaRights project are Roma individuals and communities affected by discrimination, as well as Roma and pro-Roma civil society organisations (CSOs) working to protect their rights. The project directly supports these actors by providing access to the RomaRights AI assistant. During the project’s lifetime, RomaRights will engage at least 100 Roma people and at least 50 new CSOs across partner countries.

Secondary target groups

● General public – RomaRights raises awareness among the wider public through national public panels (WP2) and communication campaigns (WP5) that present real experiences of discrimination and promote understanding of Roma culture, equality, and rights.

● Media – Media outlets and journalists act as multipliers in shaping attitudes toward Roma communities. The project engages them through press outreach, coverage of public panels, and storytelling campaigns that counter stereotypes and promote fact-based reporting on Roma issues.

● Decision-makers (local, national, EU levels) – RomaRights involves decision-makers through evidence-based policy recommendations and the Roma Discrimination Monitoring Report (WP6). These outputs are grounded in real-time data collected via the AI tool and fieldwork, ensuring that institutional responses reflect lived Roma experiences and support structural change.

Leader of the project:

• Amaro Drom e.V. (Germany)

Partners:

• Nevo Parudimos Association (Romania)
• AppWorks Ltd. (Serbia)
• Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo Danilo Dolci (Italy)
• Pilcrow (Spain)
• Roma advocacy and research centre (Slovakia)

Donor: European Commission