On 28 October in Strasbourg, FRA will take part in the Council of Europe’s annual meeting of the Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM).
FRA will take part in a hearing on 11 June in Brussels organised by the European Economic and Social Committee concerning discriminatory practices against Roma in employment and recruitment.
On 16 April, the agency together with the Federation of Jewish communities in Czechia will hold a panel discussion on forms and prevalence of contemporary antisemitism in the EU.
On 20 March, the agency will take part in a panel debate in the European Parliament on whether the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals can help combat anti-Gypsyism?
From 14 to 15 March in Athens, the agency will meet with the coordinators of the Greek Programme on Roma Inclusion and Empowerment supported by the EEA Grants 2014 – 2021.
The FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty will send a video message to an expert conference on anti-Gypsyism and how it can be addressed in a post-2020 EU Roma Framework for national Roma integration strategies.
On 18 October, the Agency will be in Brussels to take part in the European Parliament’s Interparliamentary Committee meeting on ‘Fundamental rights aspects of Roma inclusion and fighting anti-Gypsyism’.
On 9 October in Brussels, the Agency will take part in the 12th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion, organised by the European Commission.
From 11 to 13 July, the Agency will take part in the 4th Euroscience Open Forum “Sharing Science: Towards new horizons” (ESOF 2018) in Toulouse, which will bring together over 4.000 researchers, educators, business actors, policy makers and journalists to discuss newest scientific developments.
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 Subgroup on Equality Data will gather on 26-27 April in Brussels for its first formal meeting to start work on preparing a set of non-binding guidelines on improving the collection and use of equality data in EU Member States
From 25 to 27 April in Budapest, the Agency will take part in an expert workshop on methods and data infrastructure to measure the quality of life of various vulnerable groups
The Agency will lecture 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.
On 16 April, the Agency will speaks about its Roma work at a seminar in Dublin on bringing human rights home: Traveller and Roma human rights in Ireland
Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission are hosting a conference in Dublin on 22 March entitled ‘Poverty and Discrimination: two sides of the same coin’.
Policy makers and Roma stakeholders from across Europe will come together during the 11th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion to reaffirm their commitment to Roma inclusion and to discuss possible way forward to ensure progress.
The 11th European Forum on the rights of the child will be devoted to investigating the vulnerabilities of children affected by deprivation of liberty and alternatives to detention.
The Agency will present its Local Engagement for Roma Inclusion project and the participatory action research methodology it used at the local level during a empowering Roma working group.
The Agency will present findings from its Local Engagement for Roma Inclusion research in Romania during EUROCITIES’ Roma inclusion working group meeting, hosted by Cluj-Napoca in Romania.
The Director of the Agency will travel to Finland on 22-23 May to meet with government ministers, officials, members of the Finnish parliament, representatives of human rights and equality bodies and civil society.
The European Commission is hosting a meeting on 5 April in Brussels to discuss the organisation of the 11th meeting of the European Platform for Roma inclusion.
In the run up to International Roma Day on 8 April the European Commission and the European Parliament are organising a series of events for EU Roma week.
The Agency will be part of a panel debate in Brussels on 6 February on how existing accountability and monitoring mechanisms can better address anti-Gypsysim .
The Agency will be part of a panel debate in Brussels on 6 February on how existing accountability and monitoring mechanisms can better address anti-Gypsysim.
The Agency will participate in the next periodical European Commission consultation with EU umbrella Roma and pro-Roma civil society and international organisations on 31 January in Brussels.
The Agency will present selected findings about Roma discrimination from its second EU minorities and discrimination survey at the European Commission’s conference ‘Great Start in Life! The Best Possible Education In Early Years’.
The Agency will present selected findings about Roma discrimination from its second EU minorities and discrimination survey during the next European Roma Platform meeting on 29 November in Brussels.
On 28 November, the Agency will carry out training on the use of fundamental rights-based indicators for monitoring Roma inclusion and the deinstitutionalisation of people with disabilities.
The Agency’s Director, Michael O’Flaherty, will take part in the high-level event from the Slovak Presidency of the EU on Roma Youth Empowerment in Bratislava from 10 to 11 October.
On 7-8 June, FRA will take part in the third meeting of the ‘Operational Platform on Roma Equality (OPRE)’, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe, Equinet, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and FRA.
On 13-14 April, the World Bank, the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary and FRA are co-organising a workshop on measuring inclusive growth in Central and Eastern Europe.
Roma poverty and employment will be the focus of a FRA presentation during a conference at the European Parliament on 5 April on Employment Opportunities for young Roma.
FRA will take part in a consultation meeting on 10-11 March at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius on good practices in the area of women and poverty.
FRA will take part in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw on 30 September – 1 October organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
FRA will participate in a consensus-building conference concluding the first phase of the participatory needs assessment in Mantova, Italy, on 26 September, which is part of its local engagement for Roma inclusion (LERI) project.
FRA will present its work on Roma at the 9th meeting of the Ad hoc Committee of Experts for Roma Issues (CAHROM) hosted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg between 27 and 29 May.
FRA will moderate two working group sessions at a workshop on East-West cooperation for Roma integration in Vienna on 26 March organised by the European Commission.
FRA will take part in the meeting of the national Roma contact points organised by the European Commission, which will take place in Brussels on 26-27 March.
The FRA Director will visit the Roma-populated area in Slovakia in the Spis region on 25 November. He will visit Hrabusice, where the Agency is piloting its LERI project.
The German Parliament's Committee for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth will visit FRA on 19 November to hear about the Agency’s work related to the fundamental rights challenges affecting women.
FRA will take part in the high-level international conference ‘Roma inclusion on the ground: ROMACT approach’ organised by the European Commission and the Council of Europe in Brussels on 2-3 October.
The FRA Director has been invited by the Minister for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Legislation of the Czech Republic to present the work of FRA and explore avenues of future cooperation.
On 8 July, FRA will meet in Strasbourg with the Support team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma Issues and the Head of the Equality Division of the Council of Europe.
FRA will take part in a conference on ‘Fundamental Rights for Roma people’ in Brussels, on 23 June, organised by the European Association for the Defence and of Human Rights (AEDH).
On 12 June, experts from the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs will visit FRA to discuss the development of human rights indicators.
FRA will conduct local site visits to two municipalities that have been selected for the pilot phase of the FRA’s local engagement for Roma inclusion (LERI) project: Mantua, Italy on 22-23 May and Hrabušice, Slovakia on 26 May.
FRA will act as a facilitator to the 2nd international policy-making colloquium of the European regional office of the Office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The FRA Director has been invited to give a presentation at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington DC on the European approach to anti-discrimination and the progress made on this matter.
FRA will take part in a panel discussion during the joint public hearing of the European Parliament’s LIBE and FEMM Committees on ‘The EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies’.
FRA will give a presentation to the Council of the EU’s Working Party on Social Questions on the “Situation of Roma in the EU: social and economic indicators on Roma integration”.
FRA will speak during a panel debate at the 8th European Platform for Roma Inclusion on the importance of data collection and monitoring outcomes of Roma policies and Roma integration measures.
FRA will speak during a panel debate at the 8th European Platform for Roma Inclusion on the importance of data collection and monitoring outcomes of Roma policies and Roma integration measures.
FRA will give a presentation on “Ethnic Statistics, Data Protection & Good Practice in collecting Data on Roma & Travellers” to a seminar on “Ethnicity, Human Rights & Data Collection”
The FRA Director will visit Slovakia, where he will further develop relations with key partners and stakeholders, such as the Minister of Justice and senior officials at the Ministry of Interior (Government Plenipotentiary for the Roma Communities) and Foreign Affairs.
The European Commission has invited FRA to give an update on its Roma Programme at the first meeting of the National Roma Contact Points (NCPs), which will take place in Brussels on 2/3 October.
FRA will attend an expert seminar on ‘Education indicators', organised by the European Service Network (ESN) and the Migration Policy Group (MPG) for the European Commission, as part of its wider work on Roma and integration.
The FRA Director will visit the Central Council and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg on 16 July as part of the agency's wider efforts to engage with Roma stakeholders across the EU.
The FRA will attend a meeting in Brussels on 5 July, organised by the liaison office of UNDP in Brussels within the framework of the UNDP/FRA cooperation on the Pilot Roma household Survey.
Together with the Danish EU Presidency and the EU Delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna, the FRA is organising a meeting with OSCE Ambassadors on 22 June, discussing how to make a tangible difference to Roma people's lives.
The FRA, together with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Bank experts, and in co-operation with the European Commission, will present the findings of the report on the situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States.
On 23 May 2012 the FRA and the UN Development Programme will present a report which presents the first key findings of the 2011 surveys conducted by the FRA and UNDP and the World Bank.
Joanna Goodey, Head of the Freedoms and Justice Department at the FRA, will present the scope of the EU Violence against Women Survey together with Rights and Gender Equality Committee.
The 2nd Annual FRA Symposium is set in the context of the FRA’s role to develop methods and standards that would improve comparability, objectivity and reliability of data at the European level.
Organised under the Czech Presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in co-operation with FRA, this conference aims to present local and international contexts of ...