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European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ERGO Network wants to achieve equal opportunities for Roma in their societies and encourages them to take an active role in accomplishing respect for their rights as equal citizens. ERGO Network connects organisations that share the conviction that Roma can and should participate as active citizens in their own societies.”

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“To overcome the discrimination and stigmatization that are root obstacles to their equal participation in society, ERGO Network supports civic empowerment, mobilization of Roma at grassroots level and leadership at all levels of society. Our approach creates opportunities for Roma to shape the policies that affect them, which can make a crucial contribution to more successful outcomes of inclusion policies. For ERGO Network and its members to combat the exclusion of Roma is a responsibility that needs to be shared by Roma and non-Roma. ERGO Network therefore promotes active citizenship, which implies participation, self-organisation, common responsibility an (...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats754%
Greens/EFA323%
Renew Europe215%
European People's Party18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
5
2025
4
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Evin Incir
4 meetings · S&D
Alice Kuhnke
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Hristo Petrov
2 meetings · Renew
Nikos Papandreou
1 meeting · S&D

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Jun 2026Marco TarquinioRoma week 2027, Agora program
25 Feb 2026Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034
25 Feb 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU - civil society
17 Jun 2025Hristo PetrovEU Anti-Poverty Strategy
24 Apr 2025Evin IncirDiscussion on collaboration on Roma rights, anti-discrimination and anti-racism
10 Apr 2025Evin IncirPanel discussion on intersectional discrimination and racism
8 Apr 2025Nicolae ȘtefănuțăHosting of the Roma Week event
18 Nov 2024Ana Catarina MendesExchange of views on the Rule of Law Report 2024
14 Nov 2024Hristo PetrovIntroductory Meeting & Roma Week discussion
5 Nov 2024Evin IncirRoma rights and anti-discrimination
2 Oct 2024Nikos PapandreouIntroductory meeting
2 Oct 2024Evin IncirRoma rights and anti-discrimination
17 May 2022Alice KuhnkeCombatting Intersectional Discrimination Faced by Roma women

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