ROMA AND PUBLIC POLICIES:
WHAT CAN EUROPE LEARN FROM THE CATALAN CASE?
13th of September 2012
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Faculty of Translation and Interpretation (Aula SERIM)
10:00 – 10:45 Opening remarks
Dr. Sílvia Carrasco – Vice-chancellor, Social Researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Mr. José Santos – President of the Federation of Roma Associations in Catalonia (FAGIC)
Mr. Martin Demirovski – Policy Officer, Open Society Institute, Roma Initiatives – Brussels
10:45 – 11:30 Overview of the preliminary results of the project
Dr. Bálint-Ábel Bereményi (EMIGRA, UAB) and Ms. Anna Mirga (FAGIC)
– Presentation of the project, main findings and recommendations
11:30 – 12:15 General debate
12:15 – 12:45 Coffee-break
12:45 – 13:30 Round table session. What can Europe learn from the Catalan case?
Mr. Pedro Aguilera (ECRI); Mr. Martin Demirovski (OSI); Dr. Márton Rövid (Decade Secre.); Dr. Andrey Ivanov (UNDP); Mr. Cristobal Laso (FAGiC); Ms. Cornelia Andrei(DG Employment)
13:30 – 14:00 General debate
– End of Morning Session –
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:15 – 16:45 Working groups (Place: Facultat de Lletres)
- Group 1. Roma policy approach: between mainstreaming and targeting.
- Room: “B7/052 Sala de graus”
- Group 2. Roma mediators / mediation. Debates, outcomes, impacts, perspectives.
- Room: “B7/1056 Sala d`actes”
16:45 – 17:00 Short Break
17:00 – 17:30 Summary presentation of working groups and discussion in plenary