The pilot project on roma inclusion: lessons learnt

Open session of the EPP Working Group on Roma Inclusion

Brussels, European Parliament, Room JAN 6Q1

Thursday, 20th October 2011 14:30 – 18:00

Translation will be available in English and French

Programme

Chair: Lívia Járóka, MEP - Rapporteur of the EP report on the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion

14:30              Welcome address by Members of the European Parliament

Lívia Járóka, EPP - Rapporteur of the EP report on the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion

Kinga Göncz,S&D - Shadow rapporteur of the EP report on the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion

14: 45            Framework of the pilot project

Rudolf Niessler, Director for policy development, DG Regio, European Commission

15: 00            Early Childhood Education and Care, Self-employment through                                              microfinance, Awareness Raising – first outcomes

John Walsh, Deputy Head of the Thematic Unit, DG Regio, European Commission

15: 15            Data Collection and Evaluation tools

            Andrey Ivanov,Senior Advisor of the UNDP

            Joost de Laat, Professor of Economics, World Bank

15: 40            Questions and Answers

16:30              Roundtable discussion: From evidence based policy to the European                                                Framework of National Roma Integration Strategies

            Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director for Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship, DG Justice

Rudolf Niessler, Director for policy development, DG Regio, European Commission

            Katarina Mathernova, Senior Advisor of the World Bank on Roma issues

            Andrey Ivanov, Senior Advisor of the UNDP

17:15              Open debate

18:30              Closing remarks

Lívia Járóka,EPP - Rapporteur of the EP report on the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion