Who we are
ternYpe – International Roma Youth Network is a youth-led European Roma network and movement bringing together Roma young people, individual members and youth organisations from across Europe. With our Secretariat in Brussels, we create spaces where Roma youth can connect, learn, organise and take part in decisions affecting their lives and communities. Our work brings together education, remembrance, advocacy, youth participation and movement building, while remaining rooted in Roma identity and community realities.
We believe Roma youth should be present wherever decisions about our communities and our future are being made. Through our members, Working Groups, projects and partnerships, we connect local experiences with national and European processes.
ternYpe was established in 2010 as a European youth platform connecting Roma young people and youth organisations across Europe. It grew from a shared need to build stronger connections between Roma youth, create opportunities for learning and participation, and challenge antigypsyism.
Remembrance has been part of ternYpe’s work from the beginning. Through Dikh He Na Bister, young people from across Europe have come together every year to learn about the Roma Genocide, meet survivors, preserve memory and reflect on their responsibility in the present.
Over the years, our work has expanded to include advocacy, leadership development, policy participation, research, education and support for Roma youth organisations. Today, ternYpe is an international non-profit organisation established in Belgium, with organisational and individual members, an elected Board, a Secretariat and youth-led Working Groups. The network has developed, but the purpose remains the same: to build a strong and united Roma youth movement across Europe.
ternYpe envisions a Europe where Roma youth are visible, confident, influential and recognised leaders, shaping policies that affect their lives while remaining rooted in Roma identity, history and community realities.
ternYpe builds a united Roma youth movement to shape inclusive policies, strengthen democratic participation and advance social justice across Europe.
Empowerment of Roma youth — we create opportunities for Roma young people to develop their skills, confidence and leadership, and to take an active role in their organisations, communities and society.
Being the voice of the community — our work begins with the experiences, priorities and knowledge of Roma youth and communities, brought into the spaces where decisions are made.
Justice — we stand against antigypsyism, racism, discrimination and exclusion.
Active participation — young people should have a meaningful role in decisions affecting their lives.
Self-determination — Roma youth should be able to define their own priorities, tell their own stories and shape their own future.
Allyship — building a fairer Europe requires cooperation with those who respect Roma leadership and share responsibility for change.
Our Strategic Vision 2026–2030 sets the direction for ternYpe’s development and contribution to the Roma youth movement over the coming years. By 2030, ternYpe aims to be a professional, movement-driven and youth-led Roma organisation — connecting the everyday realities of Roma young people with national and European decision-makers, preparing new generations of Roma leaders, turning knowledge and lived experience into meaningful advocacy, and preserving Roma identity, history and memory.
Create more opportunities for Roma young people to participate in civil society and develop leadership, strengthening our membership and partnerships.
Strengthen the visibility and recognition of Roma youth voices in Europe through communication, education, remembrance and public action.
Keep our European work rooted in the lived experiences of Roma young people, connecting history and remembrance with present-day rights and justice.
Support greater Roma youth representation in European institutions through research, policy work, advocacy and direct dialogue.
Keep developing ternYpe as a stable, professional and resilient youth-led network — governance, communication, institutional memory and sustainability.
Board members will appear here once added in the admin panel.
ternYpe’s Working Groups bring together members who want to contribute their knowledge, experience and time to specific areas of our work. They turn our Strategic Vision 2026–2030 into concrete activities, campaigns, partnerships and policy actions — each working closely with the Board, operational team and secretariat.
Working groups will appear here once added in the admin panel.
ternYpe’s statutes and safeguarding policy set out how the network is run and how we protect our members. These documents are shared with members and partners on request — they are kept internal rather than published openly on this page.
No governance documents published yet — contact info@ternype.org to request them.