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High-Level Event on Roma integration strategies in Slovakia, analyzing EU framework implications, future strategies, and comprehensive approaches for marginalized Roma communities.
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OPENING Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Koos Richelle, Director General, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Lucia Nicholsonová, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Miroslav Pollák, Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma Communities Klára Orgovánová, Director, RomaInstitute
PLENARY SESSION – SETTING THE SCENE Moderator Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission Speakers Morten Kjaerum, Director, Fundamental Rights Agency: Situation of Roma in Eastern Europe Katarína Mathernová, Senior Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank: The costs of non-inclusion and poverty mapping Andrey Ivanov, Human Development policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme: Data collection and monitoring: presentation of the Household Survey in Slovakia Miroslav Pollák, Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma Communities: Support for an effective integration of Roma in Slovakia
PANEL DISCUSSION Topics: "What are the main consequences of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 (which was released by the European Commission on 05 April 2011) for Slovakia? How can a national Roma integration strategy be implemented in Slovakia and what will the future Roma integration strategy consists of?" Moderator Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission Speakers Anton Marcinčin, Member of the Slovak Parliament Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director, Directorate-General for Justice, European Commission Zuzana Kumanová, Head of Department responsible for strategies, analysis and regional coordination, Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma Communities Zdenko Trebul'a, President of Košice Self-governing Region Zeljko Jovanovic, Director, Open Society Institute
WORKSHOP 1: Comprehensive approach for marginalised Roma communities Moderator: Christopher Todd, Head of the Slovak unit, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission Speakers: Jana Minarovičová, Head of the Department of the Horizontal priority on Marginalised Roma Communities, Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma Communities Sandra Salamonová, Director General, Central Coordinating Authority, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development Slávka Mačáková, Director, ETP Slovakia, Centre for Sustainable Development Vladimír Ledecký, Mayor of Spišský Hrhov Klára Orgovánová, Director, RomaInstitute
Moderator: Sean McGrade, Head of Unit, EU Compliance Division, Northern Ireland Civil Service WRAP-UP OF THE PARALLEL WORKSHOPS CLOSING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK ON THE FOLLOW-UP OF THE HLE Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission