It is presented at the annual plenary session of the Xarxa BCN Antirumors held on June 26.
The organisation presents a proposal focused on meaningful participation, impact evaluation and transforming public narratives, in the context of the 15th anniversary of the municipal strategy.
On 26 June, the Palau Alòs Youth Centre became a meeting point to reflect on the present and future of the BCN Anti-Rumour Network. In a session marked by shared experiences and critical thinking, Imma Anegas González and María Aguilera Martín, representing La Fragua Projects, played a key role by presenting their proposal for the development of the new 2027–2031 action plan.
An important step at a key moment: fifteen years after the strategy began, in a context where hate speech is intensifying and taking on new forms.
A proposal to bring anti-racism into real policies
Far from being a purely theoretical document, La Fragua Projects’ proposal is designed as a practical tool for the Network and the city. The goal is clear: to strengthen the Network’s role as a key actor within public policies to combat racism.
As presented, the new plan is an opportunity to consolidate the Network’s capacity to influence, improve its monitoring mechanisms and ensure that its actions have a real impact on people’s lives.
To achieve this, the proposal is built on three key ideas. First, co-creation with organisations, recognising that participation cannot be symbolic but must shape decision-making. Second, a culture of evaluation, capable of measuring not only activities, but real changes in perceptions, narratives and social relations. And finally, operability: turning strategies into concrete and viable actions.
As highlighted during the presentation itself, this is a plan “built with organisations” and designed to be adapted along the way, with a clear objective: to generate impact in everyday life.
A participatory process with a critical perspective
The methodological approach presented by La Fragua Projects structures the plan into several phases: analysis of previous work, consultation with organisations, definition of priorities and final validation.
A central element is the design of more useful and accessible participatory spaces, aimed at enabling genuine involvement from organisations, especially those that have traditionally been underrepresented.
In addition, the plan incorporates an intersectional and intercultural approach, alongside a critical perspective that challenges the structures that sustain inequalities.
A day combining reflection and lived experience
The presentation of the plan was part of at the annual plenary session, where the results of the Network’s participation study were also shared and spaces for dialogue about its future were opened.
Interventions such as that of Richard Sánchez, who stated that “what used to be rumours are now hate speech”, placed the debate within the urgency of the current context.
The interview with Yousra Touri El Mansouri and the screening of the short film “Serem el que sempre hem desitjat” brought in lived experiences, while voices such as Doris Boira Bueso highlighted the importance of creating real spaces for dialogue to confront racism.
A new cycle for the Network
The proposal presented by La Fragua Projects opens a new chapter for the BCN Anti-Rumour Network. A chapter that is not only about planning, but about the ability to transform realities.
As became clear during the session, the key is not only to design a strong plan, but to build it alongside those who sustain the work on the ground and ensure that this effort translates into concrete change: fewer hate narratives, more spaces for dialogue and a more just city for everyone.
Source: La Fragua Projects Photos: La Fragua Projects
This initiative, organised by the Romanó Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs, held one of its online sessions on 22 October
Our colleague at La Fragua Projects, Iñaki Vázquez Arencón, was the speaker at one of the sessions of the 2025 edition of the project ‘Intervention Strategies for the Disadvantaged Rroma Community’. His presentation was entitled ‘Experiences and reflections from a perspective of critical activism and rigorous professional practice’. The online training session took place on 22 October 2025 and lasted just over two hours.
In his presentation, Iñaki outlined key findings regarding the current situation of the Rroma population in Spain, the threats identified, the barriers they face, and the challenges confronting both public authorities and Roma and pro-Roma civil society organisations.
This project by the Romanó Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs is supported by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda as part of its call for proposals to support social projects using funds from the 0.7% levy.
This second edition features a series of presentations that are of great interest both to members of Rroma and pro-Rroma organisations, and to managers and/or specialists from public bodies working with the Roma community.
The participation of those enrolled in the project’s training activities is particularly significant. Following Iñaki’s presentation, a question-and-answer session took place, leading to an interesting debate on the need to implement a robust set of anti-discrimination projects and measures, alongside a strong commitment to participation, complementing the now-established initiatives for social inclusion and the fight against poverty, all with the aim of ensuring that social investment has a genuine impact on the Rroma community.
The training programme entitled ‘Preventing and Combating Xenophobia and Racism’ took place online in the form of a round-table discussion with activists and representatives of victims of discrimination, with the aim of understanding their experiences, the progress made, and their proposals and suggestions for improvements to public authorities, in order to prevent and reverse situations of discrimination and intolerance
La Fragua Projects’ contribution focused on the need to implement anti-discrimination projects that address the effects of intersectional discrimination experienced by a large proportion of the Romani community. To this end, we briefly outlined five of the projects currently being carried out by our organisation in various parts of Spain.
Furthermore, Iñaki outlined key aspects of the current situation facing the Roma community, highlighting the challenges, threats and barriers, as well as the achievements made. These points sparked an interesting debate among the course participants, which in turn enabled us at La Fragua Projects to explain our reasoning in greater depth.
In addition to Iñaki, the panel included anti-racism activists Lucía Asué Mbomio Rubio, a journalist, television presenter, writer, activist and advocate for gender equality and equity; and Antonio Liu Yang, a writer, director of the Institute of Applied Eastern Wisdom and an intercultural facilitator specialising in relations between China and Spain. Both gave brilliant presentations drawing on their personal and professional experience, which were undoubtedly of great interest to the students in attendance.
Source: La Fragua Projects Main image: INAP Images from the presentation: La Fragua Projects
This report has been drawn up by the RCM coalition in Spain; however, following changes within the coalition, the Khetane Platform (PK) is no longer coordinating the project, a role now taken on by the National Association for Roma Presence (ANPG). Furthermore, in addition to the two organisations mentioned, the coalition has included the Federation of Roma Associations of Catalonia (FAGIC) and the participation of individual professionals, including Iñaki Vázquez Arencón, founding partner of La Fragua Projects and former project coordinator both during this same period (2021–2025) as well as the previous one (2017–2020).
The published report focuses on highlighting the progress made, as well as the shortcomings observed in the implementation of the Roma Strategy in Spain, and sets out recommendations for both government departments and other social actors working in this field.
This is a document of considerable importance, and its authors encourage its widest possible circulation and discussion of its main conclusions and recommendations.
On the 23rd and 24th, around a hundred people gathered to discuss digitalisation among future generations of the Rroma People
The Gaz Kaló Federation, in partnership with the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), the Centre for Research and Community Action (CESPYD), the YILÓ Association of Seville and the Romani social economy enterprise “La Fragua Projects” (LFP), organised this forum to analyse the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation for Roma people within the framework of public policies and the National Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of the Roma People 2021–2030. The event was attended by prominent activists and influencers from the Roma community, coming from different autonomous communities, alongside representatives from social organisations, academia and public administrations.
On the first day, the methodology was presented by the Centre for Research and Community Action (CESPYD) in collaboration with the Public University of Navarre (UPNA), and working groups were organised across five areas: health, education, employment, housing and discrimination, to address the consequences of digitalisation over the coming decade, using the photovoice method, featuring a range of diverse voices that contributed to this process, promoting participatory processes and community action in the design of public policies, to build and envision a digital (and analogue) future free from discrimination and full of opportunities for the Roma community and for all citizens.
The event featured a roundtable discussion with Roma representatives, followed by a highly insightful debate, in which Samuel Escudero, a MásMadrid member of the Madrid Regional Assembly; Paco Vargas, a PSC councillor in San Adrián de Besós; and Pedro Aguilera, Commissioner for Citizen Participation at Barcelona City Council, took part. Among those in attendance were representatives from the Department of Social Rights of the Government of Navarre and the Parliament of Navarre; Javier Arza and Maite Esporrín, councillors for Pamplona City Council; Zaloa Basabe, Marina Curiel, Eloy del Pozo and Miguel Matellanes; and the Ombudsman of Navarre, Patxi Vera.
Also present during the event was EspacioKrea Educational Radio: the Gazteak+Sociales project run by the Navarre-based association Nuevo Futuro, in which the youngest participants took part by conducting interviews: Palmi, an activist with the Kera association in Irún; Sheyla, a young woman from Larraga who is studying for a Higher National Diploma in Pamplona; Alex, a young Roma man trained in social and healthcare support; and Natalia, a school outreach worker in the Carcastillo area.
The event concluded with a commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Romani people on the Iberian Peninsula and the 25th anniversary of the Gaz Kaló Federation. We received greetings from Diego Luis Fernández, director of the Institute of Romani Culture, and Carmen Santiago, vice-president of the State Council of the Romani People, as well as a live link from India with the “Ethnosfere” project, which aims to document the origins of the Romani people through audiovisual means, connecting them with the Romani community of Navarre. A moving tribute was held, including a minute’s silence for the Romani victims of the Nazi genocide, and the event concluded with a tribute to all the older Romani people who took the first steps to claim their rights, organise themselves within the Romani associative movement, and champion Romani youth.
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