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Jewish people in 13 EU Member States can now participate in the Agency's second antisemitism survey. Building on the results from the first survey, it aims to further help the EU and its Member States formulate informed policy and legal responses to combat antisemitism.
A delegation from the European Parliament’s Employment Committee will visit the Agency on 9 May for the first time.
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The Agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 7 May at the Agency. This meeting which will also be the last meeting of the current Scientific Committee members.
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The Agency discussed with Member States and civil society representatives the creation of an EASO network of vulnerability experts.
Participants at the European Coalition of Cities against Racism’s General Conference swapped knowledge about initiatives developed by cities, civil society, sport associations, cultural and grassroots organisations on fighting racism, discrimination and stereotypes, and promoting diversity and inclusion for all.
On 27 April, the Agency joined the fourth workshop organised by the European Commission for the Member States on the transposition of the EU Directive on Combating Terrorism.
The Agency took part in a European Commission meeting on strategic litigation to defend the rights of children and to end child labour in supply chains.
The Equality Data Subgroup agreed on an outline for non-binding guidelines on improving the collection and use of equality data.
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The Greek Labour Ministry’s General Secretariat for Roma inclusion gave a presentation on the current status of the Roma inclusion programme during a parliamentary hearing on 2 May.
Les journalistes sont de plus en plus confrontés à des tentatives visant à museler leur travail qu’ils réalisent pour révéler la corruption, l’injustice et les menaces pour la démocratie. À l’occasion du 3 mai, date de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’UE (FRA) estime qu’il est temps de mettre un terme à de telles pressions, afin qu’une presse libre puisse contraindre les États à rendre compte de l’injustice et des violations des droits.
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The Agency will take part in the annual conference of European Data Protection Authorities, ‘Data Protection, Better Together’.
L’agence a publié son plan stratégique quinquennal, qui orientera ses travaux de 2018 à 2022. Ce plan contribuera à faire en sorte que la FRA continue à être reconnue comme un centre de référence et d’excellence unique et indépendant au service de la promotion et de la protection des droits de l’homme dans l’UE.
On 30 April, the Agency will take part in a conference at King’s College, London on countering radicalisation and safeguarding human rights.
On 25 April, the Agency welcomed Gyula Bándi, the Hungarian Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and Ombudsman for Future Generations, and members of his office.
The Agency took part in the 2018 Conference for Operational Heads of Airports in Venice from 27 to 29 March that was organised by Frontex.
The Agency raised awareness about its upcoming publications with the secretariat of the UN‘s human rights monitoring mechanism on 24 April.
On 23 April, the Agency attended a meeting in Strasbourg of EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies to discuss preparations for increasing the mandate of the eu-LISA agency in the areas of statistics and quality control.
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Participants following a panel discussion on ‘Breaking myths about the Istanbul Convention on violence against women’ highlighted the need to increase awareness of the Convention among the general public.
On 19 April, the Agency presented its legal opinion on the European Commission’s two interoperability proposals at a meeting with the rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs in the European Parliament.
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The Agency lectured on the ‘Structure-Process-Outcome’ monitoring framework and how it can apply for monitoring the EU Roma inclusion policies framework during a workshop from 23 to 25 April in Budapest.