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130 Roma entrepreneurs complete REDI business training

The 2026 cohort closes with 130 entrepreneurs trained across Romania, North Macedonia and Serbia, and 90 businesses now digitalised and mentored.

• Entrepreneurs
• REDI Romania

Повик за практикантска работа за млади Роми

Објавува повик за ангажирање практиканти во компании, главната цел на практикантската работа е професионален развој на млади Роми кои ќе се стекнат со практично искуство и знаење за работата. Практикантите ќе бидат вклучени во…

Повик за соработка со компании за практикантска програма за млади Роми

Иницијатива за Економски Развој на Ромите (РЕДИ) објавува повик за соработка со компании, кои се заинтересирани да вклучат млади Роми во практикантска програма со времетраење од 3 месеци. Целта на програмата е да се поддржи професионалниот…

REDI Recycling grows its collector cooperative in Skopje

The Skopje-based social enterprise of Roma waste collectors expands formal contracts, protective equipment and monthly income guarantees.

• Stories
• North Macedonia

The broom maker from Clejani

Cristian Ștefan has been tying brooms since he was seventeen. In Clejani, a village in Giurgiu county, his craft is both a livelihood and an inheritance.

• Entrepreneurs
• Stories
• REDI Romania

REDI Economic Development secures a €2 million EIF loan to support Roma entrepreneurship

A €2 million facility from the European Investment Fund lets REDI extend financing to Roma-owned micro and small businesses at a materially larger scale.

• REDI Fund
• Finance

Call for Internship at REDI (Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative)

Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative – REDI Skopje is launching a call for interns! The program is designed for young Roma who wish to gain practical experience and develop professionally by working with the REDI (Roma…

Empowering Roma Entrepreneurs: A Look Back at the Inspiring REDI SUMMIT

On February 28th, 2024, Skopje, North Macedonia, became a hub for innovation and inclusion as the 2024 REDI Summit kicked off. This year’s theme, “Roma Inclusivity in Green & Digital – Innovation and Environmental Equity,” took center…

• REDI NGO NEWS

A gathering of powers — the REDI summit convened key figures for Roma inclusion

The 2024 REDI summit in Skopje brought together entrepreneurs, funders and policymakers under the theme of Roma inclusivity in the green and digital transitions.

• REDI summit
• Network

REDI publishes research on Roma community needs and institutional gaps

A research report produced with the Roma-Lom Foundation maps what Roma communities in Romania and Bulgaria need from employment institutions — and where those institutions fall short.

• Reports
• REDI Romania

Local Public Policy Document / Document de politică publică locală (ENG/RO)

Local Public Policy Document – Participatory Budgeting in Vrancea County – ENGLISH Local Public Policy Document – Participatory Budgeting in Vrancea by Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative – REDI on Scribd Document de politică…

• POCA
• REDI NGO NEWS
• REDI Romania

In just one week the #RomaWeek2023 will begin in the European Parliament. Are you ready?

For one week we cover a wide range of topics ranging from Holocaust memory and justice to youth trainings to funding opportunities. This year the Roma Week will also provide the space for a historical moment: the replica of Sigismund of…

• REDI NGO NEWS