28/02/2025
FSG
The visit took place on 26 February at the national headquarters of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) to mark the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Roma in the Iberian Peninsula.
During the visit, he was accompanied by Sara Giménez, FSG’s Director General, Antonio Soto, Vice-President of the FSG and Isidro Rodríguez, Deputy Director General. The minister was able to learn about the different lines of work of the FSG and the actions planned to mark these 600 years.
Ernest Urtasun, the Spanish Minister of Culture, visited the national headquarters of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano in Madrid on Wednesday 26th February to learn about the work of our organisation and the various activities planned to celebrate 600 years of the Roma’s presence on the Iberian Peninsula.
During the meeting, Urtasun was able to find out more about the specific activities planned to mark this anniversary, as well as some of the policy proposals that our general director, Sara Giménez, has shared with him, such as promoting the organisation of a State act, led by the Government and involving the participation of the highest State institutions and also the associative movement.
At the meeting, the minister was presented with the proposals of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano for the future Cultural Rights Plan, including ensuring that the Roma are a priority group within the framework of the Plan, that they are expressly mentioned as the largest minority in our country, as well as the incorporation of the history and culture of the Roma into the curriculum content.
The minister also visited the travelling exhibition ‘600 years of shared history’, which reflects some of the historical moments of the Roma in Spain, such as their arrival in different parts of the peninsula at the beginning of the 15th century, or the Great Round-up of the Roma in 1749, as well as their symbols, values and cultural contributions, designed expressly for this sixth centenary.
In addition, the minister was able to greet the entire FSG management team, as the visit coincided with the meeting of the Broad Management Group, thus getting to know the extent of the FSG's work, both at the state and regional level.
After the meeting, the minister conveyed to Sara Giménez, FSG's general director, his willingness to actively collaborate in the cultural promotion and the rights of the Roma.
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