Agenda

European Platform for Roma inclusion

Health and housing inequalities endured by Roma

8 – 9 October 2018Hotel Le PlazaBoulevard Adolphe Max 118-126, Brussels

Justiceand Consumers

A G E N D A

Monday 8th October 2018

17.30 - 18.30 Registration of participants

18.30 - 19.00 Opening Roma anthem

Welcoming remarks Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Rodrigo Ballester, Cabinet Member of Commissioner Navracsics, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Timea Junghaus, Executive Director, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Soraya Post, Member of the European Parliament

Interpretation in Romani language by Orhan Galjus

19.00 - 20.15 ARA Art theatre “And Again We Slept Pindral” (Storytelling walking us through the Roma history)

20.15 – 22.00 Standing buffet dinner accompanied by ARA Art’ musicians

Tuesday 9th October 2018

08.00 – 09.15 Registration

09.15 – 10.00 Opening

Chair Irena Moozová, Director, Equality, Directorate General of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission

Welcoming remarks by Tiina Astola, Director General of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission Marta Garcia Fidalgo, Senior Advisor on Roma inclusion policy, Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, European Commission Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Head of Equality and Citizen’s Rights Department, EU Fundamental Rights Agency

10.00 – 12.30 Workshops

Workshop focusing on health inequalities endured by Roma Facilitators

Mariana Sandu, Roma expert, Sastipen, Romania Dana Adriana Puia Morel, European Commission

Kick off speakers Marcela Adamová, Roma health fellow, European Public Health Alliance, Slovakia Maja Jovanović, Public Health Programme Coordinator, Open Society Foundations, Hungary Zoran Bikovski, Public Health Programme Coordinator, KHAM Delcevo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Rapporteur Marek Szilvasi, Health Law and Equality Division, Open Society Foundations

European Platform for Roma Inclusion Health and housing inequalities endured by Roma

Workshop focusing on housing inequalities endured by Roma Facilitators

Jamen Gabriela Hrabanová, Executive Director, European Roma Grassroots Organisations Networks Zachary Hester, European Commission

Kick off speakers Antonella Gandolfi, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy Freek Spinnewijn, Director, Feantsa, Belgium Shaqir Adriatic Hasantari, Director, Roma Active, Albania

Rapporteur Jelena Jovanović, Policy and Research Coordinator, European Roma Grassroots Organisations Networks

12.30 – 14.00 Buffet Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Rapporteurs’ interventions followed by the exchange dialogue with stakeholders

Moderator Szabolcs Schmidt, Head of Unit, Non-discrimination and Roma coordination, Directorate General of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission

Panellists Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Livia Járóka, Vice-President of the European Parliament Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe Daniel Radulescu, President of National Agency for Roma, Romania Nikolay Kirilov, Member of Roma Standing Conference, Bulgaria

15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 – 17.15 Continuation of the exchange dialogue with stakeholders

Moderator Marius Tudor, Roma health and Early Childhood Development Project Manager, European Public Health Alliance

Panellists Carsten Rasmussen, Head of Unit, Administrative Capacity Building and Programmes, Directorate General Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission Isabel de la Mata, Principal Advisor for Health and Crisis management, Health and Food Safety, European Commission Ivan Ivanov, Director, European Roma Information Office, Brussels Daniel La Parra Casado, Researcher on Roma health, University of Alicante, Spain Bieke Dobbelaere, Head of service for welfare and equal opportunities, Ghent, Belgium

17.15 Conclusions and Departure of participants

Government representativesMerita XhafajMinistry of Health and Social Protection, Albania

Susanne PfannerFederal Chancellery, Austria

Valentin UngerFederal Chancellery, Austria

Isabelle CouneFederal Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environmemt, Belgium

Isabelle MartijnInter-Ministerial Working Group on Roma Inclusion, State Secretary for Social Integration, Belgium

Irena Penc PuzicMinistry of Human Rights and Refugees, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stefka BonevaMinistry of Health, Bulgaria

Rositsa IvanovaNational Council for Cooperation for Ethnic and Integration Issues, Bulgaria

Ahavni TopakbachianNational Council for Cooperation for Ethnic and Integration Issues, Bulgaria

Aleksa ĐokićGovernment Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Croatia

Branko SočanacGovernment Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Croatia

Alen TahiriGovernment Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Croatia

Georgia AntoniouMinistry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Cyprus

Sotiris StratisMinistry of Health, Cyprus

Zdenek DoubravskyOffice of the Government, Czech Republic

Martin MartínekOffice of the Government, Czech Republic

Martina ŠtěpánkováCommissioner for Human Rights, Czech Republic

Nadja GlavasAgency for International Recruitment and Integration, Denmark

Mall SaulMinistry of Culture, Estonia

Sarita FrimanMinistry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

Manuel DemougeotInterministerial Delegation for Accomodation and Access to Housing, France

Alice MilardInterministerial Delegation for Accomodation and Access to Housing, France

Stefanie KahleyssFederal Ministry of the Interior, Germany

Antonia ZahnFederal Ministry of the Interior, Germany

Pelagia AnastasiadouSpecial Secretariat for Roma Social Inclusion, Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance & Social Solidarity, Greece

Eleni KallinikouSpecial Secretariat for Roma Social Inclusion, Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance & Social Solidarity, Greece

Fotios SkourasSpecial Secretariat for Roma Inclusion, Greece

Attila FülöpMinister of State for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion, Hungary

Horváth MelindaPermanent Representation of Hungary to the EU, Hungary

László UlicskaMinistry of Human Capacities, Hungary

Michael F. DuffyDepartment of Justice and Equality, Ireland

Roberto BortoneNational Office Against Racial Discriminations, Italy

Federica GrazianiNational Office Against Racial Discriminations, Italy

Habit HajrediniOffice for Good Governance, Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo

Deniss KretalovsMinistry of Culture, Latvia

Inga LiepinaMinistry of Health, Latvia

Rasa PaliukienėDepartment of National Minorities under the Governmenet of the Republic of Lithuania

Gražina SluškoDepartment of National Minorities under the Governmenet of the Republic of Lithuania

Malou KapgenMinistry of Family and Integration and the Great Region, Luxemburg

Aksel AhmedovskiMinister without portfolio, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Senada LamovskaCabinet of the Minister without portfolio, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Diane Vella MuscatMinistry for European Affairs and Equality, Malta

Mirela RamcilovicMinistry of Human and Minority Rights, Montenegro

Martijn KraaijMinistry of Social Affairs and Employment, the Netherlands

Francisco AzulHigh Commission For Migration, Portugal

Marisa HortaHigh Commission for Migration, Portugal

Mariana BuceanuNational Agency for Roma, Romania

Loredana ConstantinMinistry of European Funds, Romania

Iulian Paraschiv National Agency for Roma, Romania

Daniel RadulescuPresident of the National Agency for Roma, Romania

Angelica VlădescuMinistry of European Funds, Romania

Nenad IvanisevicMinistry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Serbia

Ludmila PlachaOffice of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities

Ábel RavaszGovernment Plenipotentiary for Roma communities, Slovakia

Michal SlachtaOffice of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities

Alen ČervMinistry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Tjaša HermanOffice of the Government for National Minorities, Slovenia

Maja MamlićGovernment Office for National Minorities, Slovenia

Sonia PostigoMinistry of Health, Consumer and Social Welfare, Spain

Anna Therese MannikoffCounty Administrative Board of Stockholm, Sweden

Annilie NybergMinistry of Culture, Sweden

L I S T O F P A R T I C I P A N T S

European Platform for Roma Inclusion Health and housing inequalities endured by Roma

Experts/NGOs representativesSabina AchterberghUnion of Travellers, Sinti and Roma, the Netherlands

Marcela AdamovaEuropean Public Health Alliance, Slovakia

Erol AdemovRROMA, Macedonia

Ahmed AhkimRoma and Travellers Mediation Center, Belgium

István AntalYoung Roma Intellectuals Society, Hungary

Christel AronssonSalvation Army, Sweden

Alin BanuInstitut for Development Policies, Romania

Benjamin BarãoADCMoura, Portugal

Vesa BatalliVoice of Roma, Ashkali & Egyptians, Kosovo

Jose Luiz BazanCommission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Andrej BelákP.J. Safarik University, Slovakia

M. Mincho BenovHabitat for Humanity, Bulgaria

Mariana Berbec RostasOpen Society Foundations, Austria

Bianca Bianca Faragau-TavaresEurocities

Zoran BikovskiKHAM, Delcevo, Macedonia

Helene Bogren Boverket, Sweden

Florin BotonoguPolicy Center for Roma and Minorites, Romania

Robert BuEcumenical Humanitarian Organization, Serbia

Beatriz Micaela Carrillo de los ReyesRoma State Council, Spain

Danijela CicvaricRomano Centro, Austria

Hornea CristinelRoma Health expert, Romania

Zalina DablaRoma Union, Estonia

Dana DidžusROMANU ČAČIPEN, Latvia

Bieke Dobbelaere Service for Welfare and Equal Opportunities of Ghent, Belgium

Márta Barcza Dobos Roma activist, Hungary

Veronica FayPavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, Ireland

Boglárka FedorkóRoma activist, Hungary

Julianna FedorkóRoma activist, Hungary

Roland FerkovicsRoma Education Fund, Hungary

Amana FerroEuropean Anti-Poverty Network

Manon FillonneauCollectif National Droits de l’Homme Romeurope, France

Orhan GaljusRadio Patrin & Patrin News Network, the Netherlands

Antonella GandolfiEmilia Romagna Region, Italy

Manuel Garcia RamirezUniversity of Seville, Spain

Géza Garzuly Roma activist, Hungary

Alexandra GestaPresident of the Institute for Housing and Urban Rehabilitation, Portugal

Anna HanfPhinove e.V., Germany

Adriatik HasantariRoma Active Albania

Zuzana HavírováRoma Advocacy and Research Center, Slovakia

Szilvia Emoke Hegyine PallaghyOpen Society Foundations, United Kingdom

Gilles HempelFondation pour l’Accès au Logement - Agence Immobilière Sociale, Luxemburg

Sandra Heredia Fernández,FAKALI Federation of organisation of Romani women, Spain

Irena HergottovaWalsall Council, United Kingdom

Marek Hojsik Central European University, Hungary

Jamen Gabriela HrabanovaEuropean Roma Grassroots Organization Network

Daniel HyseniRoma Active Albania

Merziha IdriziRoma Education Fund Budapest, Hungary

Georgi IvanovAmaro Foro e.V., Germany

Ivan IvanovEuropean Roma Information Office

Samir JahaNVO Mladi Romi, Montenegro

Áron Jánosik Roma activist, Hungary

Dragan JokovicCitizen’s Association for the promotion of education of Roma “Otaharin”, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Adrian JonesNational Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups, United Kingdom

Aleksandar JovanovicVojvodian Roma Center for Democracy, Serbia

Jelena JovanovicEuropean Roma Grassroots Organization Network

Maja JovanovicOpen Society Foundations, Germany

Timea JunghausEuropean Roma Institute for Arts and Culture

Jurgita JustynovičVilnius city municipality, Lithuania

Tamas KadarEuropean Network of Equality Bodies

Erland KaldarasRoma Youth Association of Sweden

Gábor Karner Roma activist, Hungary

Mirjam KarolyRomano Centro, Austria

Nikolay KirilovRoma Standing Conference, Bulgaria

Janusz KopaczWorld Roma Federation

Gábor Kovács Roma activist, Hungary

Rada KrstanovicRegional Cooperation Council Roma Integration 2020, Serbia

Antal Kubatov Roma activist, Hungary

Michal KuboZdravé regióny, Slovakia

Išvanas KvikLithuanian Roma Communication

Larisa LacatusThe Salvation Army, Sweden

Daniel La Parra CasadoUniversity of Alicante, Spain

Jonathan MackCentral Council of German Sinti and Roma

Lilia MakaveevaIntegro Association, Latvia

Dejan MarkovicForum Roma of Serbia

Sascha MarschangEuropean Public Health Alliance

Zoltan Massay KosubekEuropean Public Health Alliance

Isabela MihalacheIndependent expert, Romania

Daniela MihaylovaEqual Opportunities Initiative Association, Bulgaria

Michal MikoSlovo 21, Czech Republic

Saimir MileLa Voix des Rroms, France

Daniela MirandaCenter of Comunnity Action-Research at Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Anna Mirga-KruszelnickaEuropean Roma Institute for Arts and Culture

Gonzalo Montaño PeñaFundación Secretariado Gitano, Spain

Mehmed MujicCouncil for Roma Rights, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Florin NastureRoma Cultural Center O Del Amenca, Romania

Anikó OrsósEuropean Roma Rights Centre

Mihai OttoRoma Health expert, Romania

Julie PascoëtEuropean Network Against Racism

Borjan PavlovskiAssociation for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women, Macedonia

Marie PichaultCentre de Médiation des Gens du Voyage et des Roms, Belgium

Georgeta PintilieRadio Patrin, the Netherlands

Marta PintoEuropean Roma Information Office

Camilla Ida Ravnbøl Independent expert, Denmark

Nadir RedzepiRoma Education Fund, Hungary

Szilvia RezmuvesPartners Hungary Foundation

Magdalena RhotovaAssociation for Culture, Education and Communication, Slovakia

Jozsef RostasEuropean Public Health Alliance

Edvin SaliovKHAM, Macedonia

Belén Sánchez-RubioFundación Secretariado Gitano, Spain

Mariana SanduRoma Center for Health Policies, Sastipen, Romania

Iliana SarafianOpen Society Foundations, Bulgaria

Adrienn SárköziRoma activist, Hungary

Tibor SárköziRoma activist, Hungary

Şevval ŞenerZero Discrimination Association, Turkey

Martine SerlingerG.A.T.I.E.F., France

Elvis ShakjiriInstitute for Research and Policy Analysis - Romalitico, Macedonia

Alica Sigmund HerakováGovernment Council for Roma Minority Affairs, Czech Republic

Danilo SmolovicRegional Cooperation Council Roma Integration 2020, Serbia

Santino SpinelliAssociazione Nazionale Thèm Romano ONLUS, Italia

Frederik Spinnewijn’FEANTSA, Belgium

Michael StannettThe Salvation Army

Vesna ŠtefančićCroatian Institute of Public Health

Iskra StoykovaTrust for Social Achievement Foundation, Bulgaria

Robin StriaDrom, Romské středisko, Czech Republic

Bogdan SudituMake Better, Romania

Zsanett SzabóNeed to be present!’ Foundation, Hungary

Kristóf Szabó Roma activist, Hungary

Marek SzilvasiPublic Health Program, Open Society Foundation

Carmen TanasieEuropean Roma Grassroots Organization Network

Nora TellerMetropolitan Research Institute, Hungary

Gabriella Tóthné Berzsán Roma activist, Hungary

Marius TudorEuropean Public Health Alliance

Rodica TudorCentre of resources for social inclusion, Romania

Bram TukPharos, Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, the Netherlands

Ivaylo TurnevMinority Health Problems Foundation, Bulgaria

Orhan UseinRegional Cooperation Council, Macedonia

Mária VargaRoma activist, Hungary

Michal VašečkaBratislava Policy Institute, Slovakia

Kumar VishwanathanVzájemné soužití - Life Together, Czech Republic

Miranda VuolasrantaEuropean Roma and Travellers Forum

Anneli Weiste-PaakkanenNational Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Barnabás Weisz Máté Roma activist, Hungary

Anne-Sophie WislockiEurodiaconia

Volodymyr YakovenkoAdvocacy of Roma Culture, Ukraine

Atanas ZaharievEuropean Roma Rights Centre

Marco ZanneAssociazione 21 luglio Onlus, Italy

L I S T O F P A R T I C I P A N T S

European Platform for Roma Inclusion Health and housing inequalities endured by Roma

International Organisation representativesSnežana Samardžic-MarkovicCouncil of Europe

Marcos AndradeCouncil of Europe

Thorsten AfflerbachCouncil of Europe

Aurora Ailincai Council of Europe

Michèle BergdollCouncil of Europe

Claude CahnOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Maria CopaniUNICEF

Karim Hallal PecheUNICEF

European Institutions representativesVěra JourovaCommissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission

Livia JarokaVice President, European Parliament

Luca JahierPresident, European Economic and Social Committee

Monika LadmanovaCabinet Member of Commissioner Jourova, European Commission

Tiina AstolaDirector General, DG Justice, European Commission

Irena MoozovaDirector, DG JUSTICE, European Commission

Szabolcs SchmidtHead of Unit, DG JUSTICE, European Commission

Jana BalazovaEuropean Commission

Charikleia BampaloukaEuropean Commission

Lavinia BanuEuropean Commission

Dominique Be European Commission

Gesa BoeckermanEuropean Commission

Laurence BrichetEuropean Commission

Eser CanalioğluEuropean Commission

Christiana Costinescu European Commission

Isabel de la MataEuropean Commission

Davide Denti European Commission

Zusana DorazilovaEuropean Commission

Dorthe Helene Fors European Commission

Marta Garcia FidalgoEuropean Commission

Simona Giarratano European Commission

Zachary HesterEuropean Commission

Dora HuszEuropean Commission

Olga Martinez De Briones European Commission

Julia Mueller-Hellmann European Commission

Emoke PetersEuropean Commission

Dana Adriana Puia MorelEuropean Commission

Yolanda San JoseEuropean Commission

Alina SeciuEuropean Commission

Dana Trama-ZadaEuropean Commission

Tosca Vivarelli Uguccioni European Commission

Kristina Vujic European Commission

Soraya PostMember of the European Parliament

Rita FoberEuropean Parliament

Jan LackoEuropean Parliament

Arielle AlloucheCouncil of the European Union

Sophie Catriona Debrunner HallCouncil of the European Union

Philip LandonCouncil of the European Union

Pietro Vittorio BarbieriEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Emilio FatovicEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Alfredas JonuškaEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Erika KollerEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Henri MalosseEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Ákos TopolánszkyEuropean Economic and Social Committee

Ioannis DimitrakopoulosEU Fundamental Rights Agency

Sheena KellerEU Fundamental Rights Agency

Other representativesMarta BalážováAra Art theatre

Milan GrusAra Art theatre

Pavlína MatiováAra Art theatre

David TišerAra Art theatre

Líza UrbanováAra Art theatre

Tibor ŽidaAra Art theatre

Dan Gabriel GheorgheRomanian National Television, TVR1

Anamaria Tecuceanu BobeRomanian National Television, TVR1