Awareness-raising campaign: “DOSTA!”

"Dosta", a Romani word meaning "enough", is an awareness-raising campaign which aims at bringing non-Roma closer to Roma citizens.

"Dosta" means that we want to stop prejudices and stereotypes not by denouncing them but by breaking them, showing who the Roma are. They are not perfect, of course, but "who is perfect?". What is sure is that Roma are European citizens: they form a group of 8-10 million people and can be found in almost all Council of Europe member states; in some Central and Eastern European countries, they represent over 5% of the population.

Being European citizens means that Roma have not only obligations but also rights and aspirations like everybody else, and their citizenship and human rights must be recognized on equal bases.

The Dosta campaign will take place in five Eastern European countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". It is clear that these five countries have different policies towards Roma, different cultural patterns and social norms, and different development levels of civil society. However, the messages "Dosta" wants to convey are the same for all European countries.

More information available at : www.dosta.org