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

The 2024 REDI summit in Skopje, North Macedonia, was less a conference than a working meeting between the people who finance Roma businesses and the people who run them.

Petrică Dulgheru framed the summit's purpose: it is not about listing the obstacles Roma entrepreneurs face, but about reframing them as opportunities that a functioning market should already be pricing.

Željko Jovanović put the argument in blunter terms — the Roma economy has grown to a size where it can no longer be treated as marginal.

Two days of sessions covered access to finance, green and digital transition, public procurement, and the practical mechanics of moving informal businesses into the formal economy.