Strasbourg, 31 January 2013CAHROM (2013)3

 

AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA ISSUES

(CAHROM)

 

5th BUREAU MEETING

 

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

17 January 2013

 

 

BUREAU MEETING REPORT

 

 

1. Opening and adoption of the agenda

 

1.                 The Chair of the CAHROM, Mr. Ian Naysmith (United Kingdom), opened the meeting. The agenda, as adopted, and the list of participants appear in Appendices 1 and 2.

 

2. Opening and adoption of the agenda

 

2.Mr Jeroen Schokkenbroek, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues (SRSG) referred to recent developments at the level of the Council of Europe since the last CAHROM plenary meeting:

•      Budget: The SRSG indicated that the budget available for CAHROM in 2013 is similar as last year’s, meaning that the number of thematic reports and visits should not exceed 4 to 5 per year.
•         ROMED: as indicated during the ROMED Congress (Brussels, 17-18 January 2013), PHASE II of the CoE/EC ROMED programme will include a more limited number of mediator training sessions. A greater focus will be given to the institutionalisation process, to gender aspects, to the role of mediators for school enrolment of Roma children and to the role of local institutions and authorities, thus linking ROMED and the Alliance.
•      European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion: the launch of the Alliance is scheduled in Strasbourg between 19-21 March 2013 during the plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
•      Roma women: Mr Sixto Molina, Head of the Roma Support Team, said that the 4th International Conference of Roma Women would be held in Helsinki, Finland, on 16-17 September 2013.
•      Dosta! campaign: Mr Molina informed the Bureau members that Lithuania had announced that they will launch the Dosta! campaign in Vilnius on 8 April (Roma day). Pending confirmation from the authorities, Spain may also launch the campaign in April.

 

2.                 Mr Ján Hero (Slovak Republic) informed participants that he would again discuss the possibility of launching Dosta! with the Slovak authorities. Mr. Nicolae Radiţa (Republic of Moldova) indicated that he would also consult with his authorities.

 

3.                 The Secretariat said other countries (e.g. Hungary and Sweden) may also be interested in a Dosta! campaign. It was proposed that, at the next CAHROM meeting, member states be invited again to consider launching the Dosta! campaign and include campaign activities in the anti-discrimination chapter of their national strategies for Roma inclusion.

 

3. Debriefing and follow-up of the 4th CAHROM meeting in Strasbourg

 

4.                 The SRSG informed the Bureau that the GR-SOC recommended at its 15 January 2013 meeting that the Committee of Ministers take note of the Abridged Report of the 4th CAHROM meeting and the two thematic reports without further debate at their 30 January 2013 meeting.

 

5.                 The SRSG informed the Bureau about a suggestion from the CM Secretariat to discontinue the practice of submitting the thematic reports to the CM and to post them online instead. The Bureau members said that they would prefer to continue submitting the thematic reports to be noted by the CM as they are an important part of the Committee’s work. It was agreed that the CAHROM Secretariat would, from now on, reduce the length of thematic reports to a maximum of 25 pages and prepare them in the same format as that used by the CM Secretariat. in order to save time and reduce bureaucratic burdens.

 

6.                 As regards the organisation of the next CAHROM meeting (Strasbourg, 14-16 May 2013), it was agreed that prior to the meeting the Secretariat will explain again to CAHROM participants where to find working documents for the meeting (CAHROM restricted website) and those documents already adopted (CAHROM public website). CAHROM participants will be reminded to print all working documents posted on the restricted website (not just documents with a CAHROM reference) and to bring them to the meeting, since all CoE Committees need to limit printing costs. The Secretariat will alert CAHROM participants when any new documents are posted online.

 

7.                 The Bureau agreed that at the end of each agenda item, the Chair should sum up the discussion, including any decisions adopted or proposals made. This would facilitate the drafting of a list of decisions (about one page long) that will be translated and adopted as an abridged report by the Committee before the end of each Committee meeting.

 

8.                 On the basis of this abridged report (list of decisions) the Secretariat will draft a more detailed report reflecting discussions. This report, limited to a maximum of 7-8 pages, will be drafted by the Secretariat during the fortnight following the plenary meeting so that it can be adopted in due time for GR-SOC meetings.

 

9.                 The Bureau members agreed to send their written comments to the draft (full) meeting report of the 4th CAHROM meeting by the end of 22 January 2013. The report, containing appendices and links to relevant documents or websites, will then be posted on the CAHROM public website in both official languages. Due to its size, following the inclusion of appendices, the report will not be circulated to CAHROM participants by email.

 

4. Thematic work of the CAHROM: size and composition of thematic working groups

 

10.             The CAHROM Secretary informed the Bureau about preparations for the organisation of the visit of a thematic group of experts to Belgium on issues related to nomadic Roma/Travellers.

 

11.             This thematic group will include CAHROM members from Belgium, France and United Kingdom, as well as two experts designated by Switzerland (Vaud Canton). The group of experts should decide in the coming days between various suggested dates[1]. The working language of this thematic group will be French. Interpretation to and from Dutch will be provided, if necessary, by  the Belgian organisers.

 

12.             The agenda of the visit will include a meeting at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Equal Opportunities in Brussels with representatives of various institutions (Office of Mrs Maggie Block responsible for migration and social integration and national contact point for the EU strategy on Roma inclusion, Officers of the three regions - Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia - including those responsible for education issues, and the Centre for Equal Opportunities). This meeting will include presentations on the situation in Belgium and from partner country experts. This meeting will be followed in the afternoon by meetings with the Director of the European Roma Rights Office (ERIO) and with the newly created consultative Council of the Roma, Sinti and Travellers. During the second day, field visits to Wallonia (Charleroi) and Flanders (Ghent) will be organised. Meetings with associations and local authorities will take place at halting sites. A debriefing meeting between the experts of the thematic group will be held in the morning of the third day.

 

13.             As agreed at the last CAHROM meeting, the main focus of the thematic report will be on halting sites (provision of sites and infrastructure, dealing with unauthorised sites, recognition of caravans as a home, relations between travelling communities and the settled population, etc.). The countries involved would also consider including other issues such as access to health, education and other services.

 

14.             The CAHROM Secretary informed the Bureau about the results of the consultation held with CAHROM members who had expressed interest in a thematic visit on housing at the last CAHROM plenary meeting. The results of this consultation are as follows:

• Albania proposed to be a requesting country for a thematic group on legalisation of Roma settlements/houses and self-(re)construction of houses.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina is ready to share its experience in social housing, in (re)-construction of Roma housing units, in co-financing of Roma housing project. They look for expertise in the fields of legalisation of settlements/houses, self-(re-construction) and loans for housing.
• Croatia is ready to learn more in the areas of (re)construction of Roma housing units and housing loans’ projects (possibly as a requesting country).
• Greece has proposed to share its experience and expertise in the field of housing loans’ projects in terms of legislative drafting, operational planning and implementation.
• Serbia wants to learn more in the areas of prevention of (forced) evictions, security of tenure and loans for housing and can share its experience in social housing, legalisation of houses/settlements and self-(re)construction.
• Slovak Republic would like to learn more in the area of legalisation of settlements.
• Spain has proposed to share its experience and expertise in the area of rehousing Roma families who lived in shanty houses/settlements and in the accompanying social measures taken for these families.
• “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” has proposed to be a partner country in the field of legalisation of settlements/houses.
• Turkey has not responded yet.

 

As a result of this consultation, the following summary table of possible partner/requesting countries could be drawn up (in bold):

 

	Requesting country	Partner countries having an experience/expertise to share
Legalisation of Roma settlements/houses	Albania Slovak Republic	Serbia “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Self-(re)construction of houses	Albania	Serbia
Re-construction of Roma housing units (not self-construction)	Croatia	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Social housing for Roma		Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia
Housing loans projects	Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Serbia	Greece
Rehousing Roma families who used to live in shanty towns/informal settlements		Spain
Prevention of (forced) evictions	Serbia
Security of tenure	Serbia

 

15.             The Secretariat also informed the Bureau that Hungary is conducting internal consultations with a view to preparing a list of topics for which they could be either a requesting or a partner country. Hungary said they could be a partner country in education and housing areas.

 

16.             As regards other themes mentioned at the last CAHROM plenary meeting, the Bureau asked the Secretariat to consult with the Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages to check if they could organise an information seminar on the Romani language in Croatia, where Germany and the Slovak Republic could be invited to share their experience (instead of having a CAHROM thematic visit on this topic). The Bureau also suggested that the proposed exchange of experience in the field of mediation (e.g. between Portugal and Serbia) could possibly be organised under the ROMED programme.

 

17.             More generally, the Bureau agreed to encourage member states that have not so far participated in thematic groups to do so in the future.

 

18.             As regards forward planning for 2013, the following deadlines were agreed:

 

• Mid-February: finalisation of the thematic report on school attendance of Roma children (with Finland as a requesting country and Latvia, Norway and Sweden as partner countries). Presentation of the report at the May CAHROM meeting.
• Mid-April: finalisation of the thematic report on halting sites (with Belgium as a requesting country and France, Switzerland and the UK as partner countries). Presentation of the report at the May CAHROM meeting.
• End of April (to be confirmed): thematic visit on legalisation of Roma settlements and self-reconstruction in Albania (list of partner countries to be decided). Preliminary discussion on the report at the CAHROM May meeting and presentation of the report at the October CAHROM meeting.
• Early September: thematic visit in Hungary (date, venue and topic to be confirmed). Presentation of the report at the October CAHROM meeting.
• November or December: additional thematic visit (to be confirmed).

 

V.Draft agenda of the 5th CAHROM meeting in Strasbourg, 14-16 may 2013

 

19.             The CAHROM Secretary presented a draft agenda for the 5th CAHROM meeting, based on decisions adopted in the abridged meeting report and any other recent proposals received by the Secretariat or the Bureau. The revised draft agenda, as adopted by the Bureau, appears in Appendix 3.

 

20.             The Bureau noted that the CAHROM’s current Terms of Reference expire at the end of 2013 and tasked the Secretariat to prepare draft revised Terms of Reference for the period after 31 December 2013. The draft should take into account the new working methods of the Committee and update the list of observers (CoE Committees and international observers).

 

21.             As regards the appointment of a CAHROM member who would act as a reference person for the mainstreaming of gender issues within the Committee’s work, the Bureau asked the Secretariat to check with Committee members about their possible interest.

 

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Appendix 1:

 

 

ANNOTATED AGENDA OF THE 5th BUREAU MEETING

 

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

17 January 2013 from 15h to 17h30

 

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15h00-15h30 OPENING OF THE MEETING AND ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

1. Opening by the Chair and adoption of the agenda;
2. Introduction by Mr Jeroen Schokkenbroek, SRSG for Roma Issues, on recent developments since the last CAHROM plenary meeting and plans for 2013, including the proposed timing for the proposal to prolong the Terms of Reference of the CAHROM.

 

15h30-16h00

1. DEBRIEFING AND FOLLOW-UP OF THE 4th CAHROM MEETING IN STRASBOURG

3. Feedback from the GR-SOC meeting of 15 January 2013 regarding the Abridged report of the 4th CAHROM meeting;
4. Debriefing about the 4th CAHROM meeting (including about distribution and online postage of CAHROM working documents, role of the Chair in summarizing main conclusions in view of preparing and adopting a list of decisions/Abridged report by the end of the meeting).
5. Adoption of the (full) meeting report of the 4th CAHROM meeting.

 

16h00-17h00

2. THEMATIC WORK OF THE CAHROM: SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS

6. Latest information about the thematic group on issues related to nomadic Roma/Travellers and the visit to Belgium, including composition of this thematic group and timetable for drafting and submitting the thematic report;
7. Presentation by the Secretariat of other proposed thematic groups identified at the 4th CAHROM plenary meeting and of any recent proposals/information received regarding those thematic groups;
8. Discussion about the size and composition as well as about the timetable of these thematic groups.

 

17h00-17h45

III.AGENDA OF THE 5th CAHROM MEETING IN STRASBOURG, 14-16 May 2013

9. Presentation by the Secretariat of a draft agenda for the 5th CAHROM meeting, based on decisions adopted in the abridged meeting report and any other recent proposals received by the Secretariat or the Bureau;
10. Adoption by the Bureau of the draft annotated agenda of the 5th CAHROM meeting;
11. Discussion about possible candidates for the CAHROM member who would be the reference person for gender issues within the Committee.

 

17h45-18h00

IV.ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 

 

18h00CLOSURE OF THE 5th CAHROM BUREAU MEETING

 

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Appendix 2:

 

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE 5th BUREAU MEETING

 

 

CAHROM BUREAU

 

Mr Ian NAYSMITH (Chair of the CAHROM)

Head of Gypsy, Traveller & International Policy

Integration Division
Department for Communities and Local Government

Eland House (5/A1)

Bressenden Place

London SW1E 5DU

United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0)303 444 2063

Fax: +44 (0)20 7944 2460

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Nicolae RADITA (Vice-Chair of the CAHROM)

Chairman

NGO Roma National Centre

109/1 Alexei Mateevici str., ap. 306

Chisinau

Republic of Moldova

Tel.: +373 22 227099, 244667

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Ján HERO (Bureau member)

Member of the Board

Through the Children to the Family - NGO

Dolná 48/19, 967 01 Kremnica

Slovak Republic

Tel.: +421 915 988443; 421-45-6743082

E-mail: [email protected]

 

SECRETARIAT

 

Mr Jeroen SCHOKKENBROEK

Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues

Council of Europe, F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex

Tel.: + 33 3 88 41 22 79

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Sixto MOLINA

Head of the Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues

Tel.: +33 3 88 41 35 92

Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 31

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Michael GUET

Secretary of the CAHROM

Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues

Council of Europe, F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex

Tel.: + 33 3 90 21 49 63

E-mail: [email protected]

Appendix 3:

 

 

DRAFT ANNOTATED AGENDA OF THE 5th CAHROM MEETING

Strasbourg, Agora, room G01

14-16 May 2013

 

 

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

 

[CAHROM participants concerned are requested to register and complete reimbursement formalities before the start of the meeting]

 

09h00-09h10I. OPENING OF THE 5th CAHROM MEETING AND ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

Chair: Mr Ian Naysmith (United Kingdom)

[CAHROM (2013)2prov – draft annotated agenda of the 5th meeting; CAHROM (2013)3 Report of the 5th Bureau meeting]

 

• Opening of the 5th CAHROM meeting by the Chair of the CAHROM, Mr Ian Naysmith (United Kingdom) who reports on the 5th CAHROM Bureau meeting held in Brussels, 17 January 2013.

 

• Adoption of the agenda of the 5th CAHROM meeting [CAHROM (2013)2prov].

 

09h10-10h50II. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

[CAHROM (2013)9 Written information about recent developments]

 

1. Recent developments at international level

 

• Introduction by Mr Jeroen Schokkenbroek, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues about recent developments at the level of the Council of Europe.

 

• Presentation by the European Commission (DG EAC) representative (to be confirmed) and ROMED Secretariat of the results and main conclusions of the ROMED Congress jointly organised by the European Commission and the Council of Europe in Brussels on 17-18 January 2013.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Presentation by the European Commission (DG Justice) representative (to be confirmed) regarding Roma-related recent developments at the level of the European Union, including the outcome of recent meetings of the EU National Contact Points on Roma integration.

 

• Presentation by Mrs Eva Sobotka regarding Roma-related recent developments at the level of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA).

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Summary presentation by Croatia CAHROM member of recent activities organised under the Croatian presidency of the Decade for Roma Inclusion, including about the future of the Decade for Roma Inclusion.

 

• Presentation of the Intelligence Database of good practices in the Decade countries by Mrs Aleksandra Bojadjieva from the Roma Decade Secretariat.

 

• Summary presentation by Mrs Judith Kiers, project manager, and/or Mrs Milena Isakovic, regional project coordinator, about regional activities and good practices identified in the fields of anti-discrimination and participation by the OSCE-ODIHR/CPRSI project “Best practices for Roma Integration”.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

10h50-11h20Coffee break

 

11h20-12h00

2. Recent developments at national level

 

• Information on national launches of the Dosta! campaign and on any recent developments in this area by respective CAHROM members, in particular the inclusion of the campaign in anti-discrimination chapters of national strategies for Roma inclusion.

 

• Brief information on any other developments at national level[2]

 

•              Questions and answers.

 

• Conclusions concerning agenda item II.a and II.b.

 

12h00-12h45III.THE ROLE OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

[CAHROM (2013)9 Written information about recent developments]

 

1. Recent developments regarding the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion and the work of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in the field of Roma

 

• Presentation by Mr Denis Huber, Head of Department II, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, about the launch of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion (Strasbourg, 19-21 March 2013).

 

• Presentation by Mr John Warmisham, Congress Thematic Rapporteur for Roma and Traveller Issues, about recent developments concerning the work of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

2. Example of a good practice at local level

 

• Presentation by Mr Osman Balić from Serbia about the Protocol for working in the municipalities with Roma identified as a good practice by the OSCE-ODIHR/CPRSI “Best practices for Roma Integration” (to be confirmed).

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Conclusions concerning agenda item III.

 

12h45-14h15Lunch break

 

14h15-16h00IV.DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND PRIORITIES OF THE CAHROM’s WORK

[CAHROM (2013)7 Comments received on the Polish non-paper]

 

14h15-15h15

1. Direction and priorities of the CAHROM’s work

 

• Presentation by the Secretariat of comments received on the Polish non-paper.

 

• Discussion.

 

• Conclusions and decisions about any follow-up.

 

15h15-15h30

2. Appointment of a CAHROM member who will be in charge of mainstreaming gender issues in the work of the Committee

 

• Proposal by the Bureau to appoint a CAHROM member who will be in charge of mainstreaming gender issues in the work of the CAHROM.

 

• Decision by the Committee.

 

15h30-16h00

3. Terms of Reference of the CAHROM

[CAHROM (2013)10 prov Revised draft Terms of Reference]

 

• Presentation by the Chair of amendments proposed by the Bureau for the Terms of Reference of the CAHROM for the period 2014-2015.

 

• Decision by the Committee to approve the draft Terms of Reference and to submit them to the Committee of Ministers.

 

16h00-16h30Coffee break

 

16h30-17h30V.THE ERTF CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF ROMA

[CAHROM (2013)8 Comments received on the ERTF Charter]

 

• Presentation of the ERTF Charter on the Rights of Roma by Mr Rudko Kawczynski, President of the European Roma and Travellers (ERTF).

 

• Summary presentation by the Secretariat of comments received on the ERTF Charter, including on the feasibility of transforming the ERTF Charter into a legally binding document.

 

• Comments from the perspective of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the FCNM Secretariat.

 

• Discussion.

 

• Conclusions and decisions about any follow-up.

 

17h30 CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY

 

 

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

 

09h00-10h30VI. ROMA EDUCATION

 

09h00-09h45

1. Thematic report on school attendance of Roma children, with specific focus on Roma girls (with Finland as a requesting country and Latvia, Norway and Sweden as partner countries)

[CAHROM (2013)5 prov Draft thematic report on school attendance of Roma children with a specific focus on Roma girls; PACE report “Ending Discrimination against Roma children through Inclusive early childhood Development and Basic Education”]

 

• Following the preliminary discussion held at the previous CAHROM meeting (Strasbourg, 28-30 November 2012), Finland presents and summarises the main conclusions of the final draft thematic report [CAHROM (2013)5 prov]. Finland presents lessons learnt, indicates possible good practices identified and informs the Committee about any concrete follow-up or measures envisaged since the visit of the thematic team of experts (Helsinki, 24-26 October 2012).

 

• Committee members from partner countries (Latvia, Norway and Sweden) may propose factual corrections to the report. They present lessons learnt, indicate possible good practices identified and inform the Committee about any concrete follow-up or measures envisaged in their respective countries.

 

• CAHROM members and observers may provide additional information that will be published in the Addendum of the thematic report.

 

• Endorsement by the Committee of the thematic report.

 

• Brief comments by CAHROM members and observers about any developments, activities or reports related to Roma education and proposals for any follow-up to the CAHROM thematic work in this area at European level (envisaged bilateral or multilateral activities, proposed draft recommendation on a specific issue, proposal to include certain good practices in the CoE database, etc.).

 

09h45-10h30

2. Pre-school education of Roma children

[CAHROM (2013)11 Written information concerning pre-school education of Roma children]

 

• Presentation by the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination on the PACE report “Ending Discrimination against Roma Children through Inclusive Early Childhood Development and Basic Education” (PACE rapporteur: Mrs Nursuna Memecan, Turkey).

 

• Discussion.

 

• Decision about the possible setting up of a thematic group on pre-school education of Roma.

 

10h30-11h00Coffee break

 

11h00-12h45VII.EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE BODIES [Presentation by Mr Cor de Vos (the Netherlands) at GRETA’s Conference on human trafficking; CoE bodies’ background material]

 

• European Committee on Social Rights.

 

• European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).

 

• Secretariat of the Language Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Feedback from GRETA Secretariat about the Conference on human trafficking (in particular on the workshop on Roma as a group at risk) held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 4-5 December 2012 and information on any follow-up proposals.

 

• Presentation by a representative of the Lanzarote Committee or its Secretariat on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.

 

• Presentation by the Secretariat responsible for activities preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Conclusions regarding any follow-up proposals and decision about the need to set up thematic groups on topics addressed during this agenda item.

 

12h45-14h15Lunch break

 

14h15-17h30VIII. HALTING SITES FOR TRAVELLERS/NOMADIC ROMA AND ROMA HOUSING

Session chaired by Mr. Nicolae Radiţa (Republic of Moldova), Vice-Chair of the CAHROM

[CAHROM (2013)6 prov Draft thematic report on halting sites for Travellers/nomadic Roma and other related issues]

14h15-15h45

1. Thematic report on halting sites for Travellers/nomadic Roma and other related issues (with Belgium as a requesting country and France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom as partner countries)

 

• Mrs Véronique Lefrancq (Belgium) presents and summarizes the main conclusions of the final draft thematic report [CAHROM (2013)6 prov]. She presents lessons learnt, indicates possible good practices identified and informs the Committee about any concrete follow-up or measures envisaged since the visit of the thematic team of experts to Belgium (20-22 February 2013).

 

• Committee members from partner countries (France, Switzerland and United Kingdom) may propose factual corrections to the report. They present lessons learnt, indicate possible good practices identified and inform the Committee about any follow-up or measures envisaged in their respective countries.

 

• CAHROM members and observers may provide additional information that will be published in the Addendum of the thematic report.

 

• Endorsement by the Committee of the thematic report.

 

• Brief presentations by CAHROM members and observers about any proposals for follow-up to the CAHROM thematic work at European level (envisaged bilateral or multilateral activities, proposed draft recommendation on a specific issue, proposal to include certain good practices in the CoE database, etc.).

 

15h45-16h15Coffee break

 

16h15-16h45

 

2. Preliminary discussion on legalisation of Roma settlements/houses (with Albania as a requesting country (to be confirmed) and partner countries (list of countries to be completed)

 

• Albania (to be confirmed) and partner countries orally indicate some of the lessons learnt following a visit of a thematic group of experts to Albania in April 2013, bearing in mind that the final draft thematic report will be presented at the next CAHROM plenary meeting.

 

• Preliminary discussion.

 

16h45-17h30

2. Roma and housing-related developments

 

• Brief presentations by CAHROM members and observers about any developments, activities or reports related to Roma housing.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

17h30CLOSE OF THE SECOND DAY

 

 

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Thursday, 16 May 2013

 

09h00-11h00IX.ROMA MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND STATELESS

Chair: Mr.Ian Naysmith (United Kingdom)

[CAHROM (2013)12 Information received on bilateral co-operation in the field of Roma migrants]

 

09h00-09h30

1. Follow-up to the bilateral cooperation between France and Romania in the field of Roma migration

 

• France and Romania present and summarise written documents concerning their bilateral cooperation.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

09h30-10h30

2. Bilateral co-operation in the field of Roma migration (to be determined)

 

• Presentation by (two countries to be determined) on their bilateral cooperation in the field of Roma migration.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Committee’s decision about any follow-up/future action.

 

10h30-11h00Coffee break

 

11h00-12h00

3. Roma refugees and stateless Roma

[Commissioner for Human Rights’ statement “Governments should act in the best interest of stateless children”]

 

• Presentation by Mrs Mabera Kamberi (“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) on recent developments concerning Roma refugees.

 

• Presentation by UNHCR Office in Strasbourg about recent developments.

 

• Intervention by the ERTF on stateless Roma.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

• Committee’s decision about any follow-up/future action.

 

12h30-14h00Lunch break

 

14h00-14h30X. ROMA WOMEN

[Overview on the situation of Roma women in Europe]

 

• Introduction by Mrs Eleni Tsetsekou, Support Team of the SRSG for Roma issues, to the Overview on the situation of Roma women in Europe.

 

• Update by Finland CAHROM member about the agenda and participants of the 4th International Roma Women’s Conference to be held in Helsinki, Finland, on 16-17 September 2013.

 

• Questions and answers.

 

14h30-15h00

XI. ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSALS FOR AGENDA OF THE NEXT PLENARY MEETING

 

• Mr Pietro Vulpiani (Italy) informs the Committee about arrangements concerning the 6th CAHROM meeting (Rome on 28-31 October 2013).

 

• Recapitulation of possible future thematic groups and the list of requesting and partner countries taking into consideration previous days’ discussion.

 

• Proposals for priority issues to be included in the agenda of the next meeting.

 

• Conclusions and decisions.

 

15h00-15h30

XII.ADOPTION OF THE ABRIDGED REPORT (i.e. LIST OF DECISIONS)

[CAHROM (2013)13 prov Draft abridged report/list of decisions]

 

• Decision to adopt the abridged meeting report (list of decisions).

 

15h30CLOSE OF THE 5th CAHROM MEETING

 

 

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[1] The dates of the visit to Belgium have now been fixed to 20-22 February 2013.

[2] Note: CAHROM members are invited to submit written information to the Secretariat prior to the meeting.