The European Roma Rights Centre is seeking submissions for an issue of its journal, Roma Rights, about the structures, practices, challenges and prospects for funding activities that address the problems faced by Roma individuals and communities.
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is looking for original articles and other submissions (book reviews, interviews with key figures and conference reports) from a broad range of disciplines addressing the topic: Funding Roma Rights: Structures, Practices, Challenges and Prospects.
Developing and implementing effective programmes and projects to address the problems that Romani individuals and communities face, in most cases, requires financial resources. The variety of available funds to promote Roma rights and inclusion, the utilisation of these funds, the mechanisms employed for their allocation and the (in)accessibility of resources is a matter of debate among Roma civil society. The question of available funding for Romani organisations and the impact of such on their autonomy is also of growing concern.
In this issue of Roma Rights, the ERRC seeks submissions relevant to the field of Roma rights which reflect on and seek to provide answers to questions like:
- What funds have been available to support human rights work benefitting Roma in the last 10 years? What trends can be seen?
- What is the relative importance of domestic versus non-domestic funding sources?
- Have EU funds been effectively deployed to address Roma rights?
- Have available funds been used efficiently or effectively? What impacts are visible?
- What evaluation has been conducted? What have been the results? What have been the challenges?
- How do governments fund Roma policy implementation? Is this effective?
- How are donor priorities set and how do these match the priorities of Roma?
- How has EU accession influenced funding in this field?
- What challenges exist to accessing funding based on the current funding mechanisms?
- Should alternative funding mechanisms be explored in the Roma rights movement?
- Can funding allocation be more effectively channelled, tracked and evaluated to bring better results faster?
Individual testimonies reflecting the experiences of Romani persons and organisations are particularly welcome. Authors are encouraged to address the theme from perspectives other than those suggested above. Articles offering critical insight into lessons learned in similar situations in different countries, as well as submissions reflecting the perspective of the grassroots Roma movement are also welcome.
Process
Full articles must be submitted to the ERRC by 1 September 2010. All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of ERRC staff who will make the final selection of articles for publication. Due to limited space, it may not be possible to publish all articles submitted.
Please send queries and submissions toCatherine Twigg: catherine.twigg@errc.org.
Submission Guidelines
- All submissions and accompanying materials must be written in British English.
- Submissions must follow the ERRC Style Sheet.
- Submissions must be in electronic form and accompanied by any relevant graphics or pictures.
- The length of submissions should not exceed 5,000 words for articles and 2,500 words for other items (e.g. book reviews or conference reports), inclusive of footnotes.
- Footnote referencing should be utilised. Submissions with bibliographical referencing will be sent back to authors.
- All contributions must be original, previously unpublished material.
The ERRC reserves the right to refuse publication of submissions at any point prior to the publication of the journal.
Background
The ERRC is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities to combat anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development and human rights training of Romani activists.
Roma Rightsis the ERRC’s flagship journal. Published since 1996, Roma Rights has provided a forum for critical discussion of some of the most important human rights concerns of Roma in Europe. The journal is widely distributed in Europe and highly respected as a resource in this field. Each issue of Roma Rights is dedicated to a specific theme. All issues of Roma Rights are available on the ERRC Website.
2010-06-02
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