The Media Seminars were the first to be carried out by the European Commission bringing international and local journalists together with members of the Roma community across eight countries.

The eight seminars took place between February and June 2016 in Bucharest, Romania; Budapest, Hungary; Sofia, Bulgaria; Strasbourg, France; Brno, Czech Republic; Košice, Slovakia; Berlin, Germany and Rome, Italy.

Watch the short video here to find out what was achieved during the for Roma, with Roma media seminars.

Roma Ambassadors from all eight counties shared their stories with Journalists at the media seminars. The stories can be downloaded here.

Want to find out more?

• Follow the hashtag #forRomawithRoma on Twitter;
• Watch the interview with Lina Papamichalopoulou, Head of Roma coordination in the European Commission;
• See what blogger Marius Malinescu and journalist Silvia Vranceanu took away from the seminar in Bucharest;