Photo: Małgorzata Brus
E-drom.pl – the Roma Culture Portal will gain a new life thanks to support from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – Recovery Plan for Culture.
In 2025, the e-drom.pl portal – the most comprehensive online source of knowledge in Poland about the history, culture, and contemporary life of Roma communities – will undergo a major reconstruction and expansion. This project is implemented with co-funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) under the Recovery Plan for Culture and aims not only at a technical upgrade of the website, but also at strengthening its content and further development as a documentation, educational and social platform.
As part of the project, we will:
- rebuild the portal’s structure to improve navigation, clarity and accessibility,
- design a new information architecture and a more user-friendly interface,
- reorganize and update the existing thematic galleries,
- launch two new digital galleries, including the “Animated Dictionary of Roma Polite Phrases” based on drawings by Roma children and a digital portrait exhibition of contemporary Roma people curated by Delfin Łakatosz.
We will also expand the “Contemporary” Gallery to include new sections on migration, current policies, Roma institutions, community leaders and activists, and international collaborations by Fundacja Dom Kultury (e.g. Roma Leadership School, Summer Workshop Camp). This expanded section will feature podcasts, essays, articles, short videos and interviews with experts. One of the new resources will be the “Living Voices Library” – a series of interviews with Roma activists, conducted by Elżbieta Mirga and Monika Szewczyk.
E-drom.pl is a tool that enables Roma individuals to speak in their own voice. The portal supports self-representation and avoids external mediation, presenting first-person narratives, perspectives, and lived experiences.
The project will also strengthen the digital competencies of the foundation’s team, enhance collaboration with Roma artists and researchers, and expand the visibility and representation of Roma culture in both public and digital space.
The project “E-Drom 2025 – Reconstruction and Expansion of the Portal” is co-financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) – Recovery Plan for Culture.
