Slovene ethnographic museum is a partner in a Council of Europe project called The Roma route.

The Roma route
is a networking and communication project. Its objective is to reduce barriers between Roma and non-Roma by presenting Roma cultures as a part of the mainstream cultures of societies, and not as something on the margins, and by providing opportunities for direct encounters between Roma and non-Roma. The Roma route has two different strands: one deals with Roma history and memory and involves primarilly museums. An application is being prepared by the partners for EU funding for a series of activities in 2010. The other strand, which represents the more innovative aspect of the Route, concerns the organisation by Roma communities and settlements of educational and cultural activities for the public - as it is done in Kamenci in Slovenia. We would like this experience to inspire others so that a network of such places for encounter emerges across Europe. The "cultural route" label, associated with a 20-year old programme of the Council of Europe, is simply a way of introducing the concept as a journey across time and space.

Irena Guidikova, Council of Europe