Records exist to be broken. Such a formulation can be said for the International Roma Union - IRU. According to all the parameters and the interest shown by the applicants who send their applications by e-mail to the IRU, the huge interest is visible.

Even more impressive is the fact that Roma and women send their applications equally to Roma women, and there is also great interest among the young population.

According to the ET Commission of the IRU, this interest is great because the IRU in the previous period (from 2016 when the IRU Congress was held in Skopje, where Zoran Dimov was elected president), made huge progress in its structural reforms and activities.

Since 2016, the IRU has renewed and restarted its neglected positions in international institutions such as the renewal of the ECOSOC status at the UN, and the opening of its own UN offices in New York, Vienna and Geneva, as well as open and transparent cooperation with European institutions - EP, EC, Council of Europe, etc.

At the same time, they work on creating plans, actions and strategies that they regularly send as proposals to relevant international institutions.

Hence, the IRU is a highly ranked International Roma Organization for International Factors.

That is why, in addition to the current membership of the IRU, which has 70 delegates from 50 countries, it is expected that in the next period that number will double by a dozen countries from all continents in the world.

At the same time, the ET Commission notes that in this way, in addition to the quantity, the IRU will gain greater quality in the membership for an even higher rating and a broader mandate of the organization itself and its membership.

Otherwise, applications for membership in Iru can be downloaded on the website of the IRU - https://iromaniunion.org/,  and also on the cover of the web portal of the Roma Times https://www.romatimes.news/index. php

Saturday, June 27, 2020 will be one of the most important dates in recent Roman history. The 11th IRU Congress is being held that day. In the morning, a solemn protocol is planned for the opening of the IRU Congress and addressing many guests who confirmed their participation through a video conference. For the first time, the functions of the future leadership of the IRU will be chosen through democratic electronic voting processes. The interest is huge for joining the IRU as well. A huge number of applications have been received and the admission of new members and delegates of the IRU is expected. Their number that will join the IRU is over 60 new members and delegates of the IRU from over 55 countries around the world

The International Romani Union - IRU, as the oldest and largest international Roma organization, has been formed from the  beginning on the basis of the IRU Statute and operates on the basis of respect for democracy, equality and transparency. That is the goal - a step on the road to building a broader mandate for current and future IRU members and delegates.

This increases the legitimacy, responsibility and political influence of the Roma representation.

Towards this goal, the IRU is active through via EGUALITY TEAM (ET), whose main task is to increase the number of IRU membership through active members, active delegates and also support and cooperation members.

That is why the IRU opens its doors wide for admission within the organizational structure of the IRU. This will increase the number of organizations for cooperation with the IRU, increased influence of the IRU and financial ground of the IRU.

With your membership in the IRU, you will also contribute to everything that the IRU stands for and that is - it protects the economis, social and cultural rights of Roma from overall the world from all negative phenomena in all forms of discrimination, hate speech, segregation, intolerance, violence and genocide.

The organization is based on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, international human rights instruments and fundamental rights guaranteed by national law. The organization promotes human rights in every way.

The IRU has its own status of ECOSOC at the United Nations (UN).

IRU has cooperation and communication with the authorities and decision makers, local NGOs and foundations, as well as with other organizations such as EC, EP, World Bank, UN, OSCE, World Churches, Pope, Council of Europe, IOM, OSCE, ODIHR and WHO, UNICEF, Save the Children, World Vision, Amnesty International, WeMove Europe, the European Network Against Poverty (EAPN), Medicines Suns Frontiers (MSF), Global Clinic, the FAO and the Red Cross.

In that way, this is a excellent opportunity to you, with the help of your intellectual capacity, activity, experience and knowledge,  to become a part of IRU.

Therefore, we would like to inform you that you can apply the membership of IRU in the following way:
Send your CV and completed application to the e-mail  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The IRU will handle all member applications.

Download the application here

With respect
EQUALITY TEAM (ET)

On June 25 and 26, 2020, as promised, the VOTE for EQUALITY TEAM web platform was promoted, where you can vote in four steps and cast your vote for the future positions in the IRU with a mandate of four years in the period 2020-2024.

On the platform created and protected by the IT company - Developed by Anton Soft and its owner Elvis Hajdar.

Candidates for each position stand on the platform separately with their CV and their photo.

This spreads democracy in the IRU and at the same time gives it a broader mandate because Roma around the world vote. That system is very simple and you can do it at the following link: https://iromaniunion.org/congress2020/voting/et/index.php?fbclid=IwAR0Jp3zXtzJnPNLOEDDNB-jweMEAiSRYWKNajIOFDsqMGUDCmZJqNijrWUQ

Voting is on June 25 and 26, 2020, and the votes will be counted by the EQUALITY TEAM verification commission.