The Roma Rights programme aims to combat discrimination, promote equality of opportunity, and to support initiatives, which empower the Roma community to participate equally in civic and political life.

Working in partnership with Roma NGOs mainly from Central and Eastern Europe, European Dialogue facilitates an exchange of experience in community empowerment, NGO capacity building, and partnership building between local government and the NGO sector to combat social exclusion and discrimination against Roma.

Building upon the success of The Roma Rights and Access to Justice in Europe Programme (2001-2004), European Dialogue has developed a number of Roma rights projects in partnership with Roma NGOs. These projects address policing and criminal justice, education, and the implementation of anti-discrimination legislation.