A round table conversation with experts into what the freshly released EU gender-based violence survey report tells us – not only about the prevalence of violence against women, but also about the impact, systems and solutions. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) will moderate.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will speak at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 6 March. She will speak about the Conclusions on the application of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter.
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FRA will join online a Eurostat working group meeting that takes place from 4 to 5 March. This is the annual meeting of the Eurostat working group on crime and criminal justice statistics.
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) is hosting an online knowledge café on 4 March. The webinar will foster a dialogue among several actors and promote actionable pathways towards preventing violence in institutional settings, improving support quality, and transitioning to inclusive and rights-based community services.
On 19 February, FRA gave a presentation on the EU gender-based violence survey and its approach to collecting data on access to justice.
On 19 February, the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU invited FRA to the Council Working Party on Schengen Matters, where it provided input relating to fundamental rights to the discussion.
FRA took part in the OECD Innovative Citizen Participation Network meeting, a sub-group of the OECD Working Party on Open Government, on 18 February in Paris.
On 11 February, FRA attended the Hungarian opening event of the EEA Civil Society Fund in Budapest, gathering 200 NGO representatives. The meeting was organised by the fund operator consortium: Ökotárs Foundation/ The Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation (lead), the Carpathian Foundation-Hungary and the Autonomia Foundation.