East-West cooperation on cities for Roma inclusionEUROCITIES 1 Square de Meeus Brussels Luxembourg Room

THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER

9.00

9.15

9.30

11.30

12.00

Registration

Welcome and introductionKálmán Mizsei - Open Society FoundationsJan Balliu - city of Ghent, Chair of EUROCITIES Roma Task Force

The local implementation of the EU Roma Framework

Presentation of the EU Roma FrameworkEmma Toledano Laredo, Head of Unit, DG Employment, European CommissionAxelle Cheney, Deputy Roma Team Leader, DG Justice, European Commission

Panel with political representatives from citiesModerator: Paul Bevan, Secretary General, EUROCITIESPanelists:Glad Varga, Councillor, Arad

Monika Lüke, Senate Commissioner for Integration&Migration, BerlinSebastian Radu, Vice-Mayor, BuzauSoryia Siddique, Councillor, GlasgowRobert Hammarstrand, vice-mayor, GothenburgOystein Eriksen Soreide, Vice-Mayor, OsloRoger Stone, Councillor, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilAnna König Jerlmyr, Vice-Mayor, Stockholm

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions

Closed-door political discussion on next steps and partnership

Presentation of pilot projects on employment

Moderator: Irina FaionCommentary: Cornelia Andrei, European Commission, DG Employment Deyan Kolev, Center AMALIPE

MEEUS ROOM LUXEMBOURG ROOM

Morning session

13.00 Lunch

Presentation of pilot projects on children and educationModerator: Boyan Zahariev, Open Society Institute Sofi aCommentary from Dora Husz, DG Employment, European CommissionCristina Diaciuc, STEA Association

Networking coffee breakSpeed networking sessions on initiatives from Satu Mare, Nantes and Tundzha

Presentation of pilot projects on awareness raising activitiesModerator: Denisa Naidin, EUROCITIESCommentary from Axelle Cheney, DG Justice, European CommissionIvan Ivanov, European Roma Information Offi ce

Conclusions and next steps

14.00

15.00

15.30

16.30

This initiative is supported under the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (2007-2013). This programme was established to fi nancially support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment and social affairs area, as set out in the Social Agenda.

With support from:

Afternoon session