Activities

Thursday, 29 May

9,30 h. Opening Session. Presentation of the project and partner organisations

Pilar Dávila. General Director for Social Action, Minors and Family, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Pedro Puente. FSGG President

10,00 h. Situation of the Roma and Traveller minorities in Europe

Patrick Nevin. Pavee Point. Travellers Centre, Ireland

Fernando Villarreal. Fundación Secretariado General Gitano (FSGG), Spain

11,00 h. Debate

11,30 h. Coffee-break

12,00 h. Determining factors of the social exclusion affecting the Roma and Traveller minorities

Isabel Alves. Rede Europeia Anti-pobreza (REAPN), Portugal

Miguel Laparra. Sociologist, University of Navarra, Spain

13,00 h. Debate

13,30 h. Lunch

15,00 h. Guidelines and tendencies of the social inclusion policies in Europe towards the Roma and Traveller minorities. The next round of National Action Plans for Social Inclusion (2003-2005)

Robin Hanan. President of the Social Inclusion Task Force EAPN (European Antipoverty Network)

Eoin O´Seaghda. Social Affairs and Family Department, Ireland.

Gisela Matos. Institute of Solidarity and Social Security, Portugal

16,30 h. Debate

17,30 h. Closing of the first day

20,30 h. Dinner

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Friday, 30 May

9,30 h. Presentation of experiences in the field of social inclusion with the Roma and Traveller minorities

4 experiences in the field of social inclusion

* Spain: Regional Plan against Social Exclusion, Navarra. José Luis Alli. General Director of Social Affairs

* Ireland: Pavee Point, Travellers Centre. Brid O´Brien

* Portugal: Secretariado Diocesano de Lisboa - Obra Nacional para a Pastoral dos Ciganos. Joaquina Rosa Correia.

* Greece: PES (Programme on Social Exclusion). Irini Kounenaki

11,00 h. Coffee-break

11,30 h. Debate

12,30 h. Conclusions and proposals for the second phase of the project

José Manuel Fresno. Director, Fundación Secretariado General Gitano (FSGG)

13,30 h. Lunch