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Thrace Roma Associations Consortium To Be Founded 07/07/2010
Last week, in a meeting held in the offices of the Edirne Roma Association Federation, it has been decided that a Thrace Roma Associations Consortium will be formed.
President of the Lalapasa Roma Association, Mustafa Taşdeviren is expected to serve as the president of the Thrace Roma Associations Consortium, whose founding meeting took place in June 28-29. The consortium, whose vice presidents are reported to be Lüleburgaz Rom-Der President Mustafa Gölce and Rom-Der President İbrahım Sünbül, will have EDROM President Erdinç Çekiç as secretary general.
Roma in Edirne had taken the first step towards forming an association in 2004, by founding the association called Edirne Association for Researching and Developing the Gypsy Culture and Solidarity and Support (EDÇİNKAY). The mission of the association was to enable the Roma living in Edirne to organize and to campaign against the existing prejudices against gypsies in the community. EDÇİNKAY has decided to continue to work towards this mission under the name of EDROM (Edirne Roma Association), after a name change it underwent in 2006.
In February of 2006, 11 Roma associations, by gathering under one umbrella, founded the Roma Associations Federation (ROMDEF). The federation, which was founded with the aim of providing a united means of movement for Roma associations enabling them to produce strong policies, consists of Lüleburgaz Roma Association, Tekirdağ Muratlı Roma Association, Tekirdağ Malkara Roma Association, İzmir Contemporary Roma Association, Mersin Roma Association, Adana Roma Association, Keşan Roma Association, Ankara Roma Association, Bartın Roma Association, Lalapaşa Roma Association, Balıkesir İvrindi Roma Association, Kırklareli Roma Association, among others.
Thrace Roma Associations Consortium, which was founded by a team that gained experience through their work with EDROM and ROMDEF, is expected to accomplish many important tasks. The Consortium, whose founding procedures will soon be complete, is considered to be one of the most important examples of the recently popular process of unifying associations under one umbrella.
