Lobby organisation
Fundación Secretariado Gitano
NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Spain · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Fundación Secretariado Gitano appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“We are an intercultural social non-profit organisation which has been working for 40 years on the promotion and equal opportunities of Roma in Spain and Europe. We want to be an engine of change driving full citizenship for Roma, reducing inequalities and promoting their social advancement, defending their rights and boosting their social participation.”
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“To this end, we deliver projects and services to reduce social inequalities and defend the rights of Roma, mainly in the fields of employment, education, health and housing. We also aim to promote more active policies for the social inclusion of Roma, to fight discrimination and to achieve equal opportunities in Spain and across Europe. FSG is a registered foundation in Spain, with 90 local offices across the country (in 15 Spanish regions), and an intercultural team of 1303 employees (as of 31/12/25) and 523 persons undertaking volunteering over the past year (as of 31/12/25), which implemented around 702 programmes in 2025.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 10 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Marit Maij | Spanish NGOs on European Social Fund + |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Alicia Homs Ginel | State of Play of the MFF 2028-34 and reinforcement of ESF+ |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Iratxe García Pérez | NGOs and the ESF+ in the new MFF |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Hristo Petrov | Youth Guarantee |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Estrella Galán | Meeting with Fundación ONCE, Cáritas España, Fundación Secreatariado Gitano, and the Red Cross |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez | Fondos de cohesión, vivienda y economía social y solidaria |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Vicent Marzà Ibáñez | Roma community and housing |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Borja Giménez Larraz | HOUS Draft Report |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Javier Zarzalejos | Reunión Fundación Secretariado Gitano |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Estrella Galán | Meeting with Rafael Saavedra Rodríguez, international department of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano |
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