Relevant Facts
Active member of the Roma Academic Network, United Kingdom
Working with OSI – Roma Participation Programme for drafting a macro-study on Roma women from Romania
Selected by the Roma from Romania Federation as Member of the Roma from Romania Delegation at the World Bank Conference
"Roma in Expanding Europe. Chalenges for future" (Budapest 30 June – 1 July 2003)
Selected by the Ministry of Youth and Sports' as expert on Roma Youth, for the Commission for Roma, 2001
4 - 15 July 2005
Université Libre de Bruxelles in conjunction with European Commission Summer Course "European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum"
October 2003 – Sept. 2004
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom MSc in European Social Policy Dissertation: "European Union & Slovak policy responses to the Roma migration phenomenon" Main Subjects: European Social Policy, Policy making in the European Union, Socio- Economic Cohesion Policies in the EU, Social Exclusion and Underclass Debate, Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy.
October 1999 – July 2002
University of Bucharest, Romania – Faculty of Philology B.Sc. Degree Diploma, final result: 9, 75/10,00 (A level). Dissertation: "Roma in Romanian popular culture – a few considerations for an extended research" Main Subjects: Psihology, Pedagogy, Romani/Gypsy Language, Romani/ Gypsy Literature, History, Romani/ Gypsy Culture, Roma Folklore
September 1997 – June 1999
"Gheorghe Cristea" Romanian University for Arts and Science, Romania – Faculty of Law (unfinished studies due to financial reasons) Main Subjects: International Relation, Political Economy, Juridical Sociology, Civil Rights, Administrative Rights, Criminology, Management
May 2005 - 2006
International Policy Fellowhip 2005-2006 Awarded by the OSI - IPF Program affiliated with the Center for Policy Studies and Central European University
July 2003 - September 2004
Chevening scholar, British Embassy Bucharest, on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
September 2004 – ongoing
Media Diversity Institute, London Project coordinator – "Seeing Roma without prejudice" Two years project aiming to improve the image of Roma people into the mainstream media in Balkans. Contributing to the development of Roma media outlets and its professionalisation. Extensive travel and research in the project's target countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosova, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro.
January 2004 – ongoing
Minority Rights Group International, London Trainer in lobby and advocacy issues, consultant for South- Eastern Europe and Roma Programme Monitor of the National Plan for Roma in Croatia Drafting a priority plan for a future macro- study on Roma in SEE Commissioning micro-studies with MRG partners from Albania
Excellent knowledge of the Windows environment, Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, Power Point and Access). Familiar with the basics of HTML.
Romanian
Romani/ Gypsy Language
English: Fluent (IELTS 8's level form maximum 9)
French: Basic level
Italian: Basic level
Kalderash / Coppersmiths Roma Association "Than Romano" - Counsellor "Roma mothers against racism alliance – AMARE CHAVE/ OUR CHILDREN" association – Active member Magazine Interethnic Coexistence - Member in the editorial team Yearly scientific magazine of Romani studies– Than Romano - Member in the editorial team
Campaign for establishing and developing an intercultural education and Roma cultural heritage re-valuation network "Roma – Together for Europe"
Campaign for monitoring, preventing and combating social exclusion and racial discrimination against Roma (Law 48 / 2002)
Campaign for monitoring the implementation of the Romanian Government Strategy for the Roma Situation Improvement (H.G. 430/25.04.2001)
Campaign for overcoming stereotypes and racial prejudices about Roma in the media "In the Heart of Stereotype"
Campaign for the recognition of the Holocaust against Roma in Romania
European Commission Confernece on Education and media (Brussels, March 2005)
International Launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 (Sofia, February 2005)
Port talk at Goodenough University, Guest speaker (London, June 2004)
"Minority Rights and Development – The migration issue" (The Haag , May 2004)
"Roma in Central and Eastearn Europe" (Montenegro, August 2002)
Arabian Countries' NGOs Preparatory Conference for the World Conference against Racism (Cairo, 2001)
European NGO Antiracist Forum (Strasbourg, 2001)
European Conference against Racism (Strasbourg, 2001)
United Nations' Intersessional Open-Ended Working Groups for the World Conference against Racism (Geneva, 2000 - 2001)
United Nations' Second and Third Preparatory Committees for the World Conference against Racism (Geneva, 2000 - 2001)
CERD Thematic Open Session for the adoption of the Recommendation XXVII "Discrimination against Roma" (Geneva, 2000)
Eastern and Central European NGO Antiracist Forum Antiracist (Warsaw, 2000)
Minority Rights Conference for Young Roma Activists, (Austria / Oberwart, 1999)
Personal Data
Birth Date - 23 March 1979
Place - Bucharest, Romania
Currently living in London, UK
Has one son: Perhan Olmazu