The Swiss government – represented by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) – recently incited representatives of Jenische, Rroma, Sinti, and generally travellers to kick off a task force on the preservation of minorities and their culture. While the plenary session effectively achieved some kind of parity and representation, the working group created to devise the policies and projects was overwhelmingly non minority. Only two representatives of Jenische Organisations were invited to participate.

• Jenische, Rroma, and Sinti thereafter left the session and issued a common statement requesting a parity of representation. This was finally acknowledged and will be discussed in more details in the new year.Tages Anzeiger. Fahrende dürfen nun doch mitreden. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/Fahrende-duerfen-nun-doch-mitreden/story/27227647