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Draft programme
ENAR Conference on
the Phenomenon of Racism
in the new EU Member States
Budapest, Friday-Saturday 25-26 February 2005
Venue:
The European Youth Centre Budapest, Zivatar utca 1 Ð 3, 1024 Budapest.
Tel:
+36 1 438 1030, Fax: +36 1 212 4107.
www.eycb.coe.int
Thursday, 24
February 2005
18.00 Ð 20.00 Registration
of participants
Friday, 25
February 2005
9.00 Ð 10.30 Registration
of participants
9.30 Ð 9.45 Welcome & opening speech by Bashy Quraishy, Chair of ENAR
9.45 Ð 10.15 Address by Jan Jarab, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Špidla (to be confirmed)
10.15 Ð 11.00 Keynote
speech:
Enlargement of
the EU and ethnic minorities
Dimitrina Petrova, European Roma Rights Centre, Hungary
11.00 Ð 11.15 Coffee
Break
11.15 Ð 12.30 Identifying the issue Ð some key examples
Introductions to:
o The Russian-speaking minority in the Baltic states
Ilze
Brands-Kehris, The Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, Latvia
(to be confirmed)
o Erased people in Slovenia
Neza Kogovsek,
Peace Institute, Slovenia
o
The Situation of the Jewish
Communities
Prof. Kovac,
Hungary (to be confirmed)
o The Concept and Status of National Minorities in Hungary
Dr. Jenő
Kaltenbach, Parliamentary Commissioner for National and Ethnic
Minority Rights, Hungary
12.30 Ð 12.45 Questions from the floor
12.45 Ð 14.15 Lunch
14.15 Ð 16.15 The
Roma - A large vulnerable community in Europe
Cross-border
experiences
Panel discussion on the areas of discrimination faced by Roma
Contributions:
o
Segregated education for Roma
children
Rumyan
Russinov (to be confirmed)
o
Situation of Roma in the employment
sector
Kumar
Vishwanathan (to be confirmed)
o
The housing situation of Roma
peoples
N.N.
o
Racist violence targeted at Roma
Valeriu
Nicolae, ERIO, Brussels
o
Health situation of Roma in the EU
N.N.
16.15 Ð 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 Ð 18.00 NGO
strategies to tackle racism and ethnic discrimination in new EU Member States
Presentations on:
o Awareness-raising to sensitise the public
Jacek Purski, Never Again Association, Poland
o
Media work
Flora Laszlo, Roma Press
Centre, Hungary
o Litigation to fight discrimination
n.n.
o Empowerment of ethnic minorities
n.n.
18.00 Ð 18.30 Questions and comments from the floor
19.30 Dinner
Saturday, 26
February 2005
9.30 Ð 9.45 Introduction into the dayÕs programme and workshops
9.45 Ð 12.15 Developing
considerations for future activities of ENAR
(Three
parallel workshops)
30 min. coffee break as appropriate during workshops
12.15 Ð 14.00 Lunch
14.00 Ð 15.00 Report back from workshops
15.00 Ð 16.45 Moderated
plenary discussion on considerations developed by workshops
16.45 Ð 17.00 Closing remarks by Bashy Quraishy, Chair of ENAR
18.30
Light dinner
This conference
is supported by the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs and
The Evens Foundation.
