International seminar to analyse the project results and exchange experiences and knowledge:

Promoting the social inclusion of the Roma and Travellers

 4th November 2005

Programme

Conference room at the European Commission Headquarter in Madrid

Paseo de la Castellana 46

9,00 a.m. Opening and welcome

Manuel Porras, General Director. General Directorate of Social Inclusion. Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affair

Isidro Rodríguez, Director. Fundación Secretariado Gitano (Project´s leader)

9,30 a.m. The involvement of  the European Union in favour of the Roma and Traveller minorities

The European Parliament: Resolution on the situation of the Roma in Europe.

Szabo Kristof. Assistant to Ms Viktória Mohácsi, Member of the European Parliament.

The European Commission: The Inter-service Group on Roma and the anti-discrimination measures.

Luca Pirozzi, Coordinator of the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion. Directorate General of Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. European Commission

10,15 a.m. The European social policy: Social Inclusion Strategy and future perspectives

Luca Pirozzi, Coordinator of the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion. Directorate General of Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. European Commission

11,00 a.m. Coffee-break

11,30 a.m. Impact of the European policies at national level: National Action Plans for Social Inclusion (NAPsincl)

Eamonn Moran, Assistant Principal. Office for Social Inclusion, Department of Social and Family Affairs. Ireland (Project’s partner)

 12,00 p.m. Experiences at regional and local level  

Bernadett Szegedi. Direction General for the Roma Integration. Ministry of Youth, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Hungary

Javier Pérez. Technical Secretariat. Council for the Promotion and Social Participation of Roma. Basque Government

12,45 p.m. The social inclusion of the Roma and Traveller minorities. Conclusions of the project: factors of exclusion / inclusion, priority areas and key measures. Indicators.

Daniel Wagman. Project’s external collaborator.

 13,30 p.m. Lunch

14,30 p.m. How to promote more inclusive policies for Roma and Travellers

 Louiza Kyriakaki. Directorate General of Development Programs. Greek Ministry of Interior, Public Administration & Decentralization

Zuzana Zajarosova. Department of Social Services. Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Project’s partner)

Juan Mato, Deputy-Director of Social Programmes. General Directorate of Social Inclusion. Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Project’s partner)

 15,15 p.m. How to involve the Roma/Traveller communities in the social inclusion policies

Gelu Duminica. Executive Director, Agency for Community Development Impreuna. Romania (Project’s partner)

 Ivan Ivanov. Executive Director, European Roma Information Office (ERIO), Belgium

 16,00 p.m. Proposals for the future European social framework

Sergio Aires. Vice-President of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). Belgium

Belén Sánchez-Rubio. Fundación Secretariado Gitano

 16,30 p.m. Closing