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The Agency will take part in the second migration and child rights expert meeting in Brussels on 1 June that looks at protecting children in migration.
How to identify key inequalities and challenges to ensuring equality in Europe will be the focus of the Agency’s address to the ‘Investing in Equality’ conference in Brussels on 1 June.
The Agency will take part in a conference on 31 May in Milan on SDGs, Climate and the Future of Europe, organised by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development.
A new focus paper from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) outlines the potential for discrimination in using big data for automated decision making. It also suggests potential ways of minimising this risk.
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The Agency will present its findings and suggestions on civil society space in the EU at a major civil society event in Sofia on 30 May.
The Director of European Gender Equality Institute, Virginija Langbakk, will visit the Agency on 29 May.
The Agency will take part in a meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in Rome on 29 May.
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On 29 May, the Agency will take part in a Roma integration panel debate in Sofia, part of a Roma inclusion conference organised by the Bulgarian EU Presidency.
The situation at the EU’s external and internal borders, as officials process migrants entering or passing through the EU, remains tense in some places, finds the Agency’s latest report on migration-related fundamental rights issues. It also highlights some of the hardships many migrants, particularly women and children, continue to experience.
The FRA Director will participate in a panel discussion including Tibor Navracsics, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, to explore the legal, moral, political and cultural aspects of Europe’s shared values.
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The Agency will present FRAbot during the GAME CHANGER conference in Leipzig that takes place from 28 to 29 May.
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Speaking during the opening panel of the ‘Philanthropy Scrum: Co-creating a Single Market’ event, the Agency will bring forward key findings and recommendations from its study on challenges facing civil society working on human rights.
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From 28 to 30 May, the European Social Services Conference (ESSC) in Seville will bring together over 500 senior professionals from across Europe to explore how services can be improved and how to create a sustainable welfare ecosystem to empower people and their communities.
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From 28 to 30 May, the European Social Services Conference (ESSC) in Seville will bring together over 500 senior professionals from across Europe to explore how services can be improved and how to create a sustainable welfare ecosystem to empower people and their communities.
The FRA Director spoke of the need to rebuild a Europe rooted in the universal values of human rights during his keynote address at the FIDE 2018 Congress on 24 May in Estoril.
The Agency was invited to attend and provide input to Eurostat’s consultation with other European Commission Directorates-General concerning their needs and priorities for population statistics from mid-2020s onwards.
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The Agency hosted a closed joint stakeholder meeting on the Local Engagement for Roma Inclusion and the Roma and Traveller Survey projects from 24 to 25 May.
From 16 to 17 May, the Agency attended the 16th meeting of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s (Frontex) Consultative Forum.
The European Union and the Council of Europe have reviewed their legal frameworks for the protection of personal data to keep pace with changes in this fast-moving area. Building on the popular practical handbook on European data protection law, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Council of Europe and the European Data Protection Supervisor have just published an update as the EU’s new data protection rules take effect and the modernised text of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 has just been adopted.
The FRA Director will address speakers during a conference to mark the EU’s new data protection rules entering into force.