ternYpe – International Roma Youth Network has published its Annual Report 2025, reflecting on a year marked by advocacy, remembrance, youth participation, and important internal developments for the network.
Throughout 2025, ternYpe continued working alongside Roma youth across Europe to strengthen participation, challenge antigypsyism, and create spaces where young Roma can organise, speak for themselves, and influence decisions affecting their lives. At the same time, the network invested in strengthening its own foundations through governance work, safeguarding processes, and reflection on the future direction of the organisation.
Marking 15 years since its establishment, 2025 also became a moment to reflect on the journey of the network, the values that continue to hold it together, and the responsibility of ensuring ternYpe remains relevant and grounded in the realities of Roma youth today.
Key highlights from 2025
Among the important moments highlighted in the report are:
- Participation in the Council of Europe work related to the implementation of the Recommendation on Roma Youth Participation in Strasbourg.
- Representation of Roma youth during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau at the Council of Europe.
- Presentation of the Roma Youth Pledge at the European Parliament during Roma Week 2025, bringing forward youth-led priorities on antigypsyism, education, participation, identity and culture.
- Advocacy interventions at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw on structural antigypsyism and Roma youth participation.
- Continued leadership of Dikh He Na Bister – Look & Don’t Forget, bringing together 150 Roma and non-Roma youth in Kraków around remembrance, dialogue, and human rights education.
- The launch of “Amen Sam Terne – We Are Young”, an exhibition celebrating Roma youth movements, identity, memory and activism.
- Capacity-building initiatives such as Roma Youth Together, Memory Ambassadors, and the Youth Ambassadors of the Decade against Antigypsyism study session.
The report also reflects on ternYpe’s media and publication work, including the release of the Roma Youth Participation Dictionary, developed as a practical and accessible tool connected to the Council of Europe Recommendation on Roma Youth Participation.
Looking ahead to 2026
Looking forward, ternYpe will continue working on the renewal of its strategic vision, strengthening organisational membership, improving coordination within the network, and further advancing Roma youth advocacy and remembrance work across Europe.
The organisation also reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that Roma youth perspectives remain visible in European and international spaces while continuing to challenge antigypsyism through collective action and solidarity.
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