Final conference roma final Report and recommandation

1.43 February 20015

Final conference on Better inclusion of the Roma community through civil society initiatives
Programme
8.30 – 9.00 Registration and coffee
9.00 – 12.00 Opening

Ákos Topolánszky, President of the EESC's Coordination Group on Roma
Debate with representatives from EU Institutions, International Organizations and NGOs:

European Commission (DG JUST, DG EMPL, DG EAC, DG REGIO, DG SANCO),

European Parliament, Council of Europe, European Union Agency for Fundamental Right (FRA), Latvian Presidency, Committee of the Regions, European Roma Information Office (ERIO), ERGONETWORK, European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).
12.00 – 13.00 Session 1 – The Roma and Education: good practices
Presentations

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  Raluca Negulescu, Alternative Education Club - Policy Centre for Roma and Minority in Romania
  
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  Viveca Arrhenius, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
  
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  Juan M. Reyes Campos, Promociona Programme - Fundación Secretariado Gitano in Spain
  
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  Daniela Petkova, Center Amalipe in Bulgaria
  
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  Nevsija Durmish, Roma Education Fund
  

General discussion
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 15.30 Session 2 – The Roma and Housing: good practices
Presentations

• 
  Javier Ramírez and Maria José Alonso, Istituto de Realojamiento e Integración Social in Spain
  
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  Sarita Friman-Korpela, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Advisory Board on Roma Affairs
  

General discussion
15.30 – 16.30 Session 3 – The Roma and Employment: good practices
Presentation

• 
  Juan M. Reyes Campos, Acceder Programme - Fundación Secretariado Gitano in Spain
  

General discussion
16.30 – 17.30 Session 4 – The Roma and Health: good practices
Presentation

• 
  Dilyana Dilkova, National Health Mediators Network in Bulgaria
  

General discussion
17.30 – 18.00 Conclusions

Ákos Topolánszky, President of the EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Ahmed AHKIM Centre de Médiation des Gens du Voyage et des Roms (CMGV)

Aurora AILINCAI Council of Europe

Maria José ALONSO Istituto de realojamiento et Integración Social

Cornelia ANDREI European Commission

Viveca ARRHENIUS National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs

Dominique BE European Commission

Gianluca CESARO Open Society European Policy Institute

Anna DEFOUR European Roma Information Office (ERIO)

Ruus DIJKSTERHUIS Ergonet

Dilyana DILKOVA National Health Mediators Network in Bulgaria

MariarosaDI NUBILA European Commission

Teresa DOCIO Castilla y León Permanent Delegation to the EU

Nevsija DURMISH Roma Education Fund

Emilio FATOVIC EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Carolina FERNANDEZ Fundacion Secretariado Gitano

Sarita FRIMAN-KORPELA National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs in Finland

Lubomir HADJIYSKY EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Dora HUSZ European Commission

Szilvia KALMAN European Commission

Lilana KEITH Platform International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

Waltraud KLASNIC EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Ivan KOKALOV EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Deniss KRETALOVS Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

Philip LANDON Council of the EU

Allyson LOWE Carlow University

Eugen LUCAN EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Katharina LUDWIG Representation of the Rhineland-Palatinate

Zoltan MASSAY-KOSUBEK European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

Martina MENEGHETTI Equinet

Valérie MITTEAUX Caravane Films

Gonzalo MONTAÑO Fundacion Secretariado Gitano

Gabriella NAGY Embassy of Hungary in Belgium

Raluca NEGULESCU Policy Centre for Roma and Minority

Nemanja MICIC Labor and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Luis Miguel PARIZA CASTAÑOS EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Daniela PETKOVA Center Amalipe

Soraya POST European Parliament

Agnieszka PYRZYK European News Agency

Zeljko RAJIC Labor and Employment Agency of Bosnia Herzegovina

Javier RAMÍREZ Istituto de realojamiento et Integración Social

Juan REYES CAMPOS Fundación Secretariado Gitano

Alessia ROGAI European Federation of Community of Sant'Egidio

Monika SAMOVA European Roma Information Office (ERIO)

Rocío Ariño SERRANO IRIS

Madi SHARMA EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Anne-Marie SIGMUND EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Kadri SOOVA Platform International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

Marek SZILVÁSI European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)

Ákos TOPOLÁNSZKY EESC's Coordination Group on Roma

Massimo TOSCHI European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Andreea TUDOR Romanian National Contact Point for Roma – Ministry of European Funds

Andor URMOS European Commission

Solvita VĒVERE Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

Miranda VUOLASRANTA European Commission

2.COUNTRY VISITS

2.1Helsinki, Finland

2 and 3 June 2014
Programme
Monday 2 June



11.00 Visit to the National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

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  Information from the National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs
  

Sarita Friman-Korpela / Anssi Pirttilahti

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  Information about regional Advisory Boards on Romani Affairs
  

Henna Huttu

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  Education of Roma pupils – National Board of Education
  

Satu Blomerus

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  Information about Roma language – University of Helsinki
  

Henry Hedman

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  Discrimination of Roma people in housing and working life in Finland – Minority ombudsman's office
  

Pirjo Kruskopf

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  Equality work and combating discrimination; Roma portal – Ministry of Interior
  

Panu Artemjeff
14.30 Meeting with a group of older Roma in Helsinki

Meilahti recreation centre

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  Information about a project on elderly Roma
  

Tiina Pirttilahti,
Tuesday 3 June
9.00 Visit to the city of Vantaa and meeting with the city and Roma NGO`s

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  Information about the local working group of Roma in Vantaa
  

Vice mayor Heidi Nygren,

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  Information about local projects in Vantaa
  Riitta Dincay
  
  
  
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  Information about Roma activities in the city of Turku
  Väinö and Tuula Lindberg
  

• 
  Information from Romani Missio ry
  

Tuula and Valfrid Åkerlund

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  Information from the Finnish Roma Association (Suomen romaniyhdistys ry)
  

Tiina Pirttilahti and Katja Vauhkonen

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  Information from the National Roma Forum of Finland (Suomen Romanifoorumi ry)
  

Tino Varjola

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  Information from the Finnish league for Human Rights
  Päivi Majaniemi
  

Participants
Tuula Åkerlund Romani Missio ry

Panu Artemjeff Ministry of the Interior

Valeria Atzori EESC Coordination Group secretariat

Satu Blomerus National Board of Education

Sarita Friman-Korpela National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs

Henry Hedman University of Helsinki

Henna Huttu National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs

Ivan Kokolav EESC Coordination Group member

Pirjo Kruskopf The Minority Ombudsman´s office

Väinö Lindberg Regional Advisory Board on Romani Affairs

Paivi Majaniemi Finnish League for Human Rights

Heidi Nygren Vice mayor, city of Vantaa

Tiina Pirttilahti Meilahti recreation centre / Finnish Roma Association

Madi Sharma EESC Coordination Group member

Ákos Topolánszky EESC Coordination Group President

Tino Varjola National Roma Forum of Finland

Viveca Arrhenius Ministry of Social Affairs and Health