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On 14 June, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will march alongside the Diplomats for Equality and the EU institutions in Vienna to celebrate love, equality and inclusion at the Vienna Pride Parade. This year’s march will also pause to honour the victims of the recent tragic school shooting in Graz, standing in solidarity with the affected communities.
FRA will speak at a high-level event in Warsaw on 17 June on Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law in Europe in the Face of PolyCrises. The conference brings together civil society leaders from across Europe, including the Western Balkans, alongside EU and Polish policymakers and key donors.
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FRA's Director will visit the Council of Europe on 18 and 19 June in Strasbourg. She will exchange views with the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on External Relations.
FRA, EIGE and EU-OSHA will meet EuroCommerce to discuss the use of the results from the EU’s gender-based violence survey concerning sexual harassment at work.
FRA will participate in the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe-funded training on the Charter for lawyers in private practice.
On 11 June, FRA hosted an online information session for public authorities. It presented key findings from its report ‘Towards Integrated Child Protection Systems - Challenges, promising practices and ways forward’.
FRA provided fundamental rights input at two recent European Migration Network expert meetings. Both took place on 21 May in Brussels.
FRA’s Scientific Committee held its 69th meeting, where members discussed several key priorities. These included the development of the Single Programming Document for 2026–2028, the Agency’s overall strategy, FRA’s activities marking the 25th anniversary of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights FRA’s or the agency’s submission to the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report.
FRA has submitted a contribution to the call for evidence of the European Commission for the European affordable housing plan. President von der Leyen announced in the Political Guidelines 2024-2029 that the new European Commission will put forward the first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan.
On 4 June, FRA took part in a workshop held as part of the European Commission’s public consultation on protection of minors guidelines under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
FRA will speak at a webinar on civic space and civic participation, that will kick off European Pro Bono Week 2025, a Europe-wide celebration of the work of pro bono lawyers who support civil society, advance access to justice, and promote the rule of law.
FRA will join Equinet’s conference on 25 years of equality looking at milestones, challenges and horizons.
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FRA will participate in the EU Roma Management Committee meeting organised by Fundacion Secretariado Gitano. FRA will provide an update on the recent Roma survey 2024.
On 8 May in Rome, FRA attended a conference analysing the methodology used in European countries to collect data on the presence of Roma communities.
FRA joined an expert meeting of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights on AI and human rights on 27 and 28 May in Paris.
On 12 June, FRA will take part in a conference in Madrid on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 25 years after the Charter’s proclamation. The event will also deal with the challenging context of increased polarisation in society.
In the upcoming financial mechanism period of the EEA/Norway Grants, FRA will perform the role of International Partner Organisation on Roma inclusion in Slovakia.
FRA will speak at a webinar on 6 June on ‘Governance and Participation – Policies That Make a Difference’. The webinar is part of the EU-funded project, B.RIGHT SPACES – Better Rights in Better Civic Spaces.
FRA will join a meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers as a panellist at their first informal meeting dedicated to the topic of dismantling Gender Norms: A discussion on Harmful Gender Stereotypes.
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The report on the overview of the cooperation between FRA and the Council of Europe in 2024 is available on FRA’s website. It provides an overview of activities between the two organisations, as well as how FRA and the Council of Europe support each other’s work in strengthening fundamental rights and the rule of law across the EU.