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