Romalitico as an informal group and academic medium was founded in March 2013 by Roma students at the Central European University in Budapest. After three years of informal acting in the course of 2016, Romalitico was officially registered as a non-governmental and non-profit "Institute for Research and Analysis of Policies - Romalitico" registered under the Law on Associations and Foundations in the Republic of North Macedonia. Romalitico acts in three programs, Politics, Economics and Law and focuses on evidence-based research, advocacy for impact, monitoring and evaluation.