Programme

Programme

8:00 – 8:45 Registration and welcome coffee

9:00 – 9:45 Opening

  • Welcome by Frauke Lisa Seidensticker, Chairperson of Management Board, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Keynote address by Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta,
  • Opening address by Tiina Astola, Director General of the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission

9:45 – 10:15 Presentation of the Fundamental Rights Report 2017

  • Michael O’Flaherty, Director, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Commentary by Lotte Leicht, EU Director and Director of the Human Rights Watch Brussels Office

Moderator: Shada Islam, Director of Europe and Geopolitics of the Friends of Europe

10:15 – 11:45 Panel debate I - Migration and asylum: safeguarding rights while addressing public concerns

  • Video with children’s perspective
  • Panel discussion:
    • Lora Vidović, Chairperson, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia
    • Fredrik Malmberg, Swedish Ombudsman for Children
    • Joanna Goodey, Head of Freedoms and Justice Department, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
    • Stephen Ryan, Deputy Head of Asylum Unit, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
  • Commentary by Verena Knaus, Senior Policy Advisor of the UNICEF Brussels Office
  • Questions and Answers from the floor

11:45 – 12:15 Coffee break

12:15 – 13:45 Panel debate II - Poverty and social exclusion: how to break the cycle, possibilities under the EU Pillar of Social Rights?

  • Video with children’s perspective
  • Panel discussion
    • Maria João Rodrigues, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for the European Pillar of Social Rights
    • Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Head of Equality and Citizens' Rights Department, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
    • Jana Hainsworth, Secretary General, Eurochild
    • Patrick Charlier, Director of Unia (Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities) and member of the Board of Equinet (European Network of Equality Bodies)
  • Commentary by Margaret Tuite, Coordinator for the Rights of the Child, European Commission
  • Questions and Answers from the floor

13:45 – 14:00 Closing

  • Kaia Iva, Minister of Social Protection of the Republic of Estonia
  • Michael O’Flaherty, Director, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

14:00 Networking lunch for participants