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2014 CALENDAR OF ROMA[1] RELATED ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE - updated by the Council of Europe

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REMINDER about presidencies/chairmanships (underlined is the country chairing at the time of the calendar update)

	2014 Council of Europe Chairmanship	Austria – Azerbaijan - Belgium
	2014 OSCE Chairmanship in Office	Switzerland
	2014 EU Council Trio Presidencies	Lithuania - Greece – Italy
	2014 Roma Decade Presidencies	Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina

This calendar includes information received from the following CoE bodies and international partners:

*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*January 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	16 January a.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting (presentation of the abridged report of the 6^th CAHROM meeting + discussion about draft CM Declaration on the genocide of Roma during WWII)	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	16-17 January	Madrid, Spain	2^nd OHCHR International Policy-Making Colloquium “Roma Segregated Housing as a Human Rights Challenge”	OHCHR: [email protected]
	17-18 January	Milan, Italy	Launch of the joint CoE/EU ROMACT and ROMED2 programmes in Italy and first national workshop	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	20 January	Heidelberg, Germany	Jury Meeting of the European Civil Rights Prize of Sinti and Roma organised by the Zentralrat deutscher Sinti und Roma	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	21 January	Strasbourg, CoE	Informal Coordination Meeting between the ERTF Secretariat and various CoE sectors dealing with Roma issues	ERTF: [email protected] & [email protected]
	22 January	Strasbourg, CoE	Committee of Ministers’ Meeting (for taking note of the abridged report of the 6^th CAHROM meeting + 2 CAHROM thematic reports)	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	22-24 January	Brussels, Belgium	CPDP Conference (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection), including a Session on Roma Through Technology (24 January) organised by the Faculty of Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Organiser: [email protected]
	28 January	Strasbourg, CoE	7^th CAHROM Bureau meeting (experts from the United Kingdom, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Spain)	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	30-31 January	Podgorica, Montenegro	Roma Decade Thematic Workshop “Discrimination against Roma – the Challenges of Anti-Gypsyism and Multiple Discrimination”	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*February 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	4-5 February	Grenoble, France	ROMED meeting with CASNAV	CoE SRSG Roma : [email protected]
	5 February	Dijon, France	Conférence-débat: la condition des Roms en Europe	Intervenant : [email protected]
	6-7 February	Strasbourg, CoE	ROMACT NPO meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	10-12 February	Strasbourg, CoE	48^th meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities	CoE/FCNM: [email protected]
	13-14 February	Brussels, Belgium	EEA & Norway Grants Coordination meeting with the Council of Europe on Roma-related projects	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	13-14 February	Brussels, EC	Discussion between the Council of Europe and the European Commission about 2^nd budgetary year of ROMED2 and about ROMED3	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] EC/DG Empl: [email protected]
	13-14 February	Brussels, EC	Meeting of the National Roma Contact Points of EU Member States (work of the CAHROM on the agenda)	EU: [email protected]
	17-18 February	Strasbourg, CoE	Roma Women’s Helsinki Conference follow-up experts’ meeting with Phenjalipe, Roma women’s network to develop a Roadmap for implementing the Strategy on Romani women’s Issues (2014-2020) with EC & ODIHR	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	18 February	Strasbourg, CoE	ERTF Training for CoE sectors on Anti-Gypsyism: in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovak Republic	ERTF: [email protected] & [email protected]
	18-20 February	Athens & Attica, Greece	ROMED field visit to Attica municipalities	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	19-20 February	Vienna, FRA	FRA 4^th Roma Working Party meeting, with EU member states representatives and international partners	FRA: [email protected]
	19-21 February	Tirana, Albania	EU TAIEX Workshop on Inclusion of Roma and Egyptian Communities, with ODIHR expert participation	ODIHR: [email protected]
	20-21 February	Bucharest, Romania	The Decade: To be or not to be - High level event initiated by the Romanian government to discuss the future of the Decade and the possible model of reforming it	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	24 February	Chişinău, Rep. Moldova	Roma Women’s Workshop on Political Participation of Roma Woman, as a follow up to the 4th International Roma Women’s Conference in Helsinki	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CAHROM: [email protected]
	26 February	Lyon, France	Table ronde “Roms, Tsiganes, Voyageurs: internement, génocide et résistance - Pistes de réflexion pour une approche inclusive des histoires minoritaires en France » organisée par Regards de femmes tsiganes	Contact : [email protected]
	26-28 February	Tirana, Albania	2^nd Thematic Round Table on Housing in the framework of the Best Practices for Roma Integration joint ODIHR/EU-funded project, followed by BRRI Project Closing Event	ODIHR: [email protected]
	26 February - 1 March	Tetovo, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”	2^nd ROMED2 National Workshop	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	27-28 February	Budapest, Hungary	High-level International Meeting “Bound together: the future of effective inclusion policies in Europe”	Hungary: [email protected] CAHROM: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*March 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	3-4 March	Chişinău, Rep. Moldova	Consultation meeting with the Government of the Republic of Moldova in the run-up to International Women’s Day (8 March)	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	11 March	Podgorica, Montenegro	ODIHR-CPRSI Meeting with the Roma Focal Points in OSCE Field Operations	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	11-13 March	Lisbon, Portugal	National launch of ROMED2 + ROMED2 National Workshop	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	12 March	Vienna, FRA	FRA consultation meeting about EU-MIDIS2 Survey	FRA (Stella Reznyik): [email protected]
	12 March	Strasbourg, CoE	Meeting for CoE staff dedicated to ongoing obstacles and challenges of Romani women and girls on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, co-organised by the SRSG Roma Support Team, the ERTF and Phenjalipe	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] ERTF: [email protected]
	13 March p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting (2^nd discussion about draft CM Declaration on the genocide of Roma during WWII)	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	14-17 March	Odessa, Ukraine	2^nd training session of social workers and mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	16-22 March	Budapest, EYC	Study Session “Beyond Roma and diversity – Gender, Multiple Discrimination and Intersectionality” with Phyren Amenca as main organiser	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	17 March	Bolzano, Italy	First meeting of the Italian Network members with local policy makers. Preparatory meeting for the encounter with the National Contact Point (UNAR)	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Dr. Elisabeth Tauber: [email protected]
	19 March	Istanbul, Turkey	Roma Women’s meeting to prepare the 5^th International Roma Women’s meeting to be hosted by Turkey	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	19-21 March	Strasbourg, CoE	ECRI 63^rd Plenary Meeting	CoE/ECRI: [email protected]
	21 March	Chişinău, Rep. Moldova	Online launch of a Report on Roma women in the Republic of Moldova	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	23-26 March	Paris, France	1^st training session of ROMED2 mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	26-29 March	Manchester, UK	1^st training session of ROMED mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	27 March	Berlin, Germany	Awarding Ceremony of the European Civil Rights Prize	Organiser: [email protected]
	27-28 March	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Meeting on the CoE Strategy for the Rights of the Child	CoE/Children’s Rights : [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CAHROM: [email protected]
	27-28 March	Strasbourg, EYC	ROMED and ROMACT NPO/NFP meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	31 March p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC informal consultation meeting about draft CM Declaration on the genocide of Roma during WWII	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected]
	31 March p.m. – 1 April	Flensburg, Germany	ECMI Workshop “Roma policies for a positive change: from inclusion towards empowerment”	ECMI: [email protected]
	31 March-1 April	Strasbourg, EYC	Preparatory meeting for the June Conference “United for Dignity” on multiple discrimination affecting young Roma with a focus on LGBT, migrants and women	CoE/CEJ: [email protected] CoE/SOGI : [email protected] COE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*April 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	1-3 April	Geneva, Switzerland	2^nd training session of ROMED mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	1-3 April	Tirana, Albania	Visit to Albania of CPRSI Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues and OSCE Special Representative for Gender Issues	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	2-3 April	Pristina, Kosovo*	Meeting of the Returnees joint EU/CoE Project	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	2-3 April	Brussels, Belgium	Roma Decade Thematic Workshop “Economic Empowerment of Roma”	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	4 April	Brussels, EC	EU Summit of local and regional authorities on Roma issues	EU: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	6-7 April	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	6^th Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the European Academic Network on Romani Studies	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected]
	6-8 April	Budapest, EYC	Activists Meeting on Combating Anti-Gypsyism within the No Hate Speech Movement	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	8 April	Europe	International Roma Day
	8 April a.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	Inauguration of the “Roma Politics in Austria” Exhibition organised by the Austrian Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe	CoE/DC: [email protected]
	8 April p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	ERTF Celebration of the International Roma Day, jointly with the Dosta! campaign, including the inauguration of the exhibition “Romani language: an asset for education and diversity” by Marcel Courthiade and the online Dosta! photos and testimonials exhibition “Roma - Role Models” of successful integrated Roma in France	ERTF: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] CoE/DC: [email protected]
	8 April p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	Conférence-débat sur la situation des Roms en France et en Europe	Amnesty : [email protected]
	8 April	Chişinău, Republic of Moldova	Scientific Conference of Romology to mark the International Roma Day and 600^th anniversary fo Roma presence in the Republic of Moldova, co-organised by the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, IRU, National centre of Roma (CNR) and Association Porojan	Organiser: [email protected] CoE Chisinau Office: [email protected] CoE SRSG Roma [email protected]
	8 April	Tbilissi, Georgia	Regional Conference of South Caucasus Roma Network organised by the NGO “Center for Democracy and civil integration”	Organiser: [email protected] CoE Tbilissi Office: [email protected]
	8 April	Madrid, Spain	International Roma Day celebration (Ceremonia del Rio) by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality	Spanish Authorities: [email protected]
	8 April	Warsaw, OSCE-ODIHR	ODIHR CPRSI Expert Meeting: Police and Roma and Sinti - Current Challenges and Good Practices in Building Trust and Understanding	OSCE-ODIHR: [email protected]
	8-11 April	Besançon, France	Screening of Just the Wind and Colloque Citoyens du Monde à la Saline Royale organised by CASNAV	CASNAV : [email protected]
	10-11 April	Vienna, FRA	Annual Fundamental Rights Platform meeting with civil society organisations to discuss the contribution of civil society to the new EU strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice	FRA: [email protected]
	10-11 April	Vienna, OSCE	OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Prevention of Torture	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	10-13 April	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	2^nd training session of mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	13-17 April	Košice, Slovak Republic	ROMED2/ROMACT facilitators’ training	CoE/SRSG Roma : [email protected]
	15 April	Tirana, Albania	Meeting on the Progress Review of Implementation of Council of Europe Cooperation Document for Albania (including Roma projects)	CoE/DG PRORG: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma : [email protected]
	17 April	France	Preparatory meeting for the October national training course for Roma youth leaders, with D. Steinberger	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	23 April p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting (decision about the draft CM Declaration on the genocide of Roma during WWII)	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected]
	28-30 April	Rome, Italy	CAHROM thematic visit on solving the legal status and ID documents of Roma	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] ; [email protected]
	29-30 April	Portugal	National joint RYAP/ROMED Seminar on Roma Youth Issues in Portugal	CoE/EYC: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*May 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	5-6 May	Vienna, Austria	Ministerial Session of the Council of Europe under the Austrian Presidency of the Council of Europe	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	5-9 May	Strasbourg, France	Roma Exhibition “Three Words – Trois Mots” under the Austrian chairmanship of the CoE, in co-operation with the Graz Institute and the Municipality of Strasbourg	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	8 May	Rome, Italy	ROMED2/ROMACT facilitators’ training by Călin Rus	CoE/SRSG Roma : [email protected]
	11 May	London, United Kingdom	International Conference “The Genocide of the Roma” organised by the Institute of Education, University of London, with ODIHR Senior Adviser’s participation	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	12 May	Brussels, EESC	EESC Hearing "Better Inclusion of the Roma community through civil society organisations”	EESC: [email protected] CoE Office in Brussels: [email protected]
	12-14 May	Warsaw, OSCE	OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Improving co-operation between international and regional organisations	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	14 May	Vienna, FRA	FRA EQUINET ENNHRI Communication meeting	FRA: [email protected]
	14-16 May	Strasbourg, CoE	7^th CAHROM Plenary Meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	15-18 May	Bucharest, Romania	ROMED2/ROMACT 2^nd training of mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma : [email protected]
	16 May p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	Meeting on the Dosta! campaign: the way forward, and Dosta! photos and testimonials exhibition “Roma - Role Models” of successful integrated Roma in France	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	19-23 May	Strasbourg, CoE	49^th meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities	CoE/FCNM: [email protected]
	20-22 May	Kyiv, Ukraine	ROMED2 launch and 1st workshop + roundtable with the government and regions on Roma National Action Plan	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	21 May	Strasbourg, CoE	ERTF 2^nd training for CoE staff on anti-Gypsyism: Ethnic profiling of Roma with a focus on Sweden, Greece and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”	ERTF: [email protected];
	22 May	Strasbourg, CoE	1^st consultation meeting between the Deputy Secretary General and Permanent Representations on the proposal to set up a European Roma Institute (ERI)	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	22-23 May	Lyon, France	Additional portraits and testimonials from Lyon taken by Sandro Weltin for the Dosta! exhibition “Roma - Role Models” - successful integrated Roma in France	CoE/DC: [email protected]
	22-23 May	Strasbourg, CoE	ECRI Seminar with National Specialised Bodies on fighting racism and intolerance at local level	CoE/ECRI: [email protected] CoE/Congress: [email protected]
	25-29 May	EYC Strasbourg	2^nd training session of ROMED trainers	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	27 May	Barcelona, Spain	Meeting with the municipality of El Prat de Llobregat followed by visit to Roma institutions and Roma settlement and meeting with Inter-parliamentary group	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	27-28 May	Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic	European Neighbourgs Conference “Europe for Citizens, Project "Roma – 6 municipalities – 6 topics"	European Neighbours (Markus P. Mandl): [email protected] CoE/Congress: [email protected]
	28 May	Madrid, Spain	Meeting with Spanish municipalities on re-housing operations with the support of the structural and investment funds, as part of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CoE/Congress: [email protected]
	28-29 May	Prague, Czech Rep.	Inauguration of exhibition on Roma Education in the Czech Republic on 28 May + CPRSI Seminar on equal access to quality education of Roma children in the Czech Republic with the Minister of the Czech Republic’s Government for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Legislation and NGO Slovo 21	OSCE/ODIHR: [email protected]
	29 May	Budapest, Hungary	OSF meeting on Roma, with participation from international partners (CoE, EC)	OSF: [email protected]
	30 May	Budapest, Hungary	Meeting with Hungarian national and local authorities about ROMED and ROMACT	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	30 May	United Nations	Release of the joint OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO publication “Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization”	WHO statement: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/gender_rights/eliminating-forced-sterilization/en/
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*June 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	1 June	Le Grand Abergement, France	Représentation de Baxtalo Drom « Que ta route sois bonne » avec les amateurs du Valromey dans le cadre du projet de territoire soutenu par les conseils généraux d’Isère et de l’Ain	Théâtre Anoukis : [email protected]
	2 June	CoE Office, Paris	Meeting of the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination	CoE/PACE: [email protected]
	2-3 June	Strasbourg, EYC	Meeting of the Informal Contact Group of the Roma Youth Action Plan to discuss the concept of the research on Roma youth participation	CoE/EYC: [email protected] CAHROM: [email protected]
	4-6 June	Vilnius, Lithuania	CAHROM thematic visit on Roma women empowerment and gender dimension of Roma inclusion policies with Lithuania as a requesting country and Finland, Italy, Republic of Moldova, and Spain as partner countries	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	4-8 June	Skopje, “the f.Y.R. of Macedonia”	National ROMED2 training on local budgeting and funding	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	5 June	Sibiu, Romania	9^th Extraordinary Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU)	IRU: [email protected]
	5 June	Manchester, United Kingdom	Meeting of the UK Network Members with the National Contact Point in the United Kingdom	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Prof. Yaron Matras: [email protected]
	8-15 June	Strasbourg, EYC	FERYP Study Session “Young Roma Women = empowered women”	CoE/EYC: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	9 June	Rome, Italy	Meeting of the Italian Network Members with the National Contact Point in Italy (UNAR)	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Dr. Ulderico Daniele: [email protected]
	10 June	Strasbourg, CoE	Meeting of the SOGI Task Force	CoE/SOGI: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	10 June	Maison de l’Europe, Paris, France	Conférence "Roms, exploitation d'enfants, délinquance, quelles réalités; quels enjeux ? » qui s’appuiera sur l’ouvrage d’Olivier Peyroux, Délinquants et victimes, la traite des enfants d’Europe de l’Est en France organisée par la Maison de l’Europe, avec le Courrier des Balkans.	Maison de l’Europe: [email protected]
	10 June	Podgorica, Montenegro	Follow-up Seminar on Roma issues: going local, going concrete	EEAS-Podgorica: [email protected]
	11 June	Brussels, EC	Intégration des populations roms: une nouvelle dynamique entre l’Union européenne, les Etats membres et les collectivités territoriales	Ile-de-France: [email protected]
	12-15 June	Prague, Czech Republic	EGAM Preparatory Meeting for the Roma Pride 2014 that will take place in 15 countries in October, organised with KONEXE	EGAM: [email protected] CoE/SRSFG Roma: [email protected] ; CoE/Alliance: [email protected]
	17-18 June	Podgorica, Montenegro	International Decade Workshop “Economic Empowerment of Roma" under the Montenegrin presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	17-20 June	Strasbourg, CoE	ECRI 64^th Plenary Meeting	CoE/ECRI: [email protected]
	18-21 June	Vilnius, Lithuania	ROMED launch and 1^st training session for mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	19 June	Varna, Bulgaria	ROMED2/ROMACT meeting with mayors and national authorities co-organised with the European Commission DG Employment	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] EC/DG EMPL: [email protected]
	19 June	Brussels, UN House	Meeting of Roma Working group of UN agencies with civil society partners on coordinated advocacy for Roma inclusion policies	OHCHR: [email protected]
	19 June p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting (adoption of the abridged report of the 7^th CAHROM meeting)	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected]
	19-20 June	Vilnius, Lithuania	EIGE Peer Review Conference “From Practices with Potential to Good Practices in the area of Women’s Entrepreneurship”	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	19-20 June	Podgorica, Montenegro	26^th International Steering Committee Meeting of the Decade of Roma Inclusion	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	20-21 June	Zürich, Switzerland	International festival “ROMA-EMBER AGAINST RACISM”	Organiser: H.U Ellenberger: [email protected]
	23 June	Brussels, Belgium	Conférence "Les Roms ont des droits fondamentaux"	AEDH (Morgane Coulon): [email protected]
	23 June	Brussels, EC	Coordination meeting between CAHROM Secretariat and DG Justice and DG Enlargement of the European Commission including about cooperation and synergies between CAHROM and NRCP	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] EC/DG Justice: [email protected] EC/DG Enlargement: [email protected]
	24 June	Prague, Czech Republic	Meeting “Building-Up Capacity for Roma Inclusion at Local Level” co-organised with the EC/ DG Employment	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] EC/DG EMPL : [email protected]
	24-26 June	Strasbourg, EYC	Conference “United for Dignity” on multiple discrimination affecting young Roma with a focus on LGBT, migrants and women	CoE/EYC: [email protected] CoE/SOGI: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CAHROM: [email protected] ; [email protected]
	25 June a.m.	Strasbourg, France	Visit of a delegation from the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration of the Norwegian Parliament to Espace 16 in Strasbourg	Strasbourg: [email protected] Oslo: [email protected]
	26 June	London, United Kingdom	Workshop: ‘Roma integration and evidence-based policy-making (RIEP)’	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: [email protected]
	26-27 June	Murska Sobota, Slovenia	International Roma conference on Romani culture and the situation of Roma in the EU organised by the European Roma Union (ERU) with the Roma Union of Slovenia	ERU: [email protected]
	26-27 June	Brussels, CoE Office	Consultation meeting between the Council of Europe and the European Commission about ERI, ROMED and ROMACT	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] & [email protected] EC/DG Enlargement: [email protected]
	26-28 June	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Khamoro World Roma Festival organised by Slovo 21 civic association and Studio Production Saga in collaboration with ARA ART, o.s. & Ponton, o.s. of Plzeň
	27 June	Darnitskiy district of Kyiv, Ukraine	Signature of Commitment letter and joint activity plan for the EU/CoE ROMED2 mediators’ programme by the Kyiv state administration	Chiricli association: [email protected]
	27 June	Darnitskiy district of Kyiv, Ukraine	Dosta! concert to promote Roma culture and for fighting prejudice and stereotypes	Chiricli association: [email protected]
	27 June	Belgrade, Serbia	International Pride Day dedicated to Roma and solidarity for this community within the LGBT movement	Organiser: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*July 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	2-5 July	Athens, Greece	ROMED2 training of Community Action Groups	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	4-7 July	Athens, Greece	National training course in Greece for Roma youth leaders	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	8 July	Strasbourg, CoE	Courtesy visit of FRA delegation to the Council of Europe, including to the SRSG Roma Support Team	FRA: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	7-11 July	EYC Budapest, Hungary	National training course in Hungary for Roma youth leaders	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	8 July	Rome, Italy	Workshop “Minoranze Rom, Sinti e Camminanti: come garantire l’inclusione abitativa” orgnaised by OSF and PARSEC association under the Italian EU presidency	PARSEC: [email protected] OSF: [email protected]
	10-11 July	Vienna, OSCE-ODIHR	Review Conference of the 10^th year anniversary of the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality	ODIHR: [email protected]
	11 July	EYC Budapest, Hungary	ROMACT Governing Board meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	12-13 July	EYC Budapest, Hungary	ROMED2/ROMACT meeting of national project officers and focal points	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	13-14 July	EYC Budapest, Hungary	Preparatory meeting of the Pedagogical Team of the Training of ROMED2/ROMACT Trainers and Facilitators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	15-16 July	Vienna, FRA	FRA 5^th Roma Working Party meeting, with EU member states representatives and international partners	FRA: [email protected]
	21 July	Flensburg, Germany	ECMI Workshop on Roma issues	ECMI: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	28-29 July	Budapest, Hungary	Consultation meeting between OSF and the SRSG for Roma issues on the proposed European Roma Institute (ERI)	OSF: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*August 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	1 August	Strasbourg, CoE	ERTF commemoration of the genocide of Roma and Sinti (Pharrajimos/Samudaripen) in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for Roma issues	ERTF: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	2 August	Europe	Commemoration Day of the genocide of Roma & Sinti in WWII (Pharrajimos, Samudaripen, Porrajmos, Kalí Traš)
	30 July – 4 August	Cracow & Auschwitz, Poland	Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative 2014 under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: ”Education for Remembrance of the Roma Genocide“ organised by TernYpe Roma Youth Network and Roma Educational Association Harangos in co-operation with Cracow University and the OSCE-ODIHR	TernYpe: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CoE/CEJ: [email protected]
	5-7 August	Bucharest, Romania	Workshop: ‘Roma policies in Romania: between ethnicity and social vulnerabilities. The perspectives of Nicolae Gheorghe’	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Dr Ciprian Necula: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*September 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	1 September	Geneva, Switzerland	ROMED2 follow-up meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	September *(to be confirmed)*	Chisinau, Republic of Moldova	Preparatory meeting for the launching of ROMED2	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	September *(to be confirmed)*	Strasbourg, CoE	ROMED training with educational staff in partnership with CASNAV	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	8-9 September (to be confirmed)	Brussels, CoE office	Coordination meeting between the Support Team of the SRSG for Roma issues and the European Commission (with DG Enlargement on new JP on Roma and with DG Justice and on cooperation and synergies between CAHROM and NRCP meetings)	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] EC/DG Justice: [email protected] EC/DG Enlargement: [email protected]
	9 September	Brussels, CoE office	8^th CAHROM Bureau meeting	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	10 September	Strasbourg, CoE	Meeting of the Inter-Secretariat Task Force on Roma	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	15-16 September	Berlin, Germany	Preparatory meeting for the launching of ROMED2	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected] ;
	15-17 September	The Hague Netherlands	Global Forum on Statelessness organised by UNHCR and Tilburg University)	UNHCR: [email protected]
	16 September a.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected]
	17 September	Brussels, EU	Regular Dialogue with representatives of civil society and international organisations active in the field of Roma inclusion	EC/DG Justice: [email protected]
	22-25 September *(to be confirmed)*	Liverpool, United Kingdom	Workshop: ‘Bringing History and Policy into dialog in Romani Studies’	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Dr. Celia Donret: [email protected]
	24-26 September	Zagreb, Croatia	CAHROM thematic visit on the use and protection of the Romani language with Croatia as a requesting country and Austria, [Hungary], [Montenegro], Romania and the Slovak Republic as partner countries	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	26 September	Europe	European Day of Languages	CoE/ECRML: [email protected]
	29-30 September	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	27^th International Steering Committee Meeting of the Decade for Roma Inclusion	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	30 September (22 September – 3 October)	Warsaw, OSCE-ODIHR	Agenda item on Roma and Sinti of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting from 22 September to 3 October	ODIHR: [email protected]
	End of September or early October (dates to be confirmed)	Strasbourg, CoE	2014 Plenary Meeting of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF)	ERTF: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*October 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	*October (dates to be confirmed)*	France	National training course in France for Roma youth leaders	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
	October *(dates to be confirmed)*	Galway, Ireland	Symposium and concert “The Road to Recognition and Rights of Travellers in Ireland” to mark Galway Traveller Movement (GTM)’s 20th anniversary.	GTM: [email protected]
	1 October	Offenburg, Germany	Eröffnungsveranstaltung "Arme Roma - böse Zigeuner"	Organiser: [email protected]
	1 October	Strasbourg, CoE	ROMED2/ROMACT meeting of national project officers and focal points	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected]
	2-3 October	Brussels, EC	High Level Conference on Roma Inclusion on the ground – The ROMACT experience	EC/DG EMPL: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	5-12 October	*Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey and Ukraine**	Roma Pride 2014 in 15 countries Participation of the SRSG Roma Team in some Roma Pride national events (see below) as part of the Dosta! campaign	EGAM: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	5 October	Paris, France	Roma Pride event in Paris (public debate forum, concert, exhibitions)	EGAM: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	5 October	Kumanovo, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”	Awareness-raising events in six primary and five high schools on Romani culture and	National Roma Centrum: [email protected]
	6 October	Rome, Italy	Meeting on Job Opportunities organised by SOS Racism, Roma NGOs and Trade Unions in the framework of the Roma Pride 2014	SOS Razzismo: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	9-10 October	Elsinor, Denmark	Visit of the SRSG Roma Support Team to Denmark on Roma issues	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	9-10 October	Barcelona, Spain	Workshop: ‘Strengths and challenges of the Policies for Gitanos in Spain. Concepts, implementation and evaluation.’	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Dr Bálint-Ábel Bereményi: [email protected]
	15-16 October	Vienna, FRA	FRA 6^th Roma Working Party meeting, with EU member states representatives and international partners	FRA: [email protected]
	15-19 October	Pristina, Kosovo*	4^th edition of the Rolling Film Festival organised by Balkan Sunflowers-Kosovo and supported by the Dosta! campaign	Organiser: [email protected]
	16 October	Strasbourg, CoE	ERTF 70^th anniversary commemoration of Roma victims during the Second World War (Pharrajimos), in cooperation with the Council of Europe Dosta! campaign, the Congress and the Municipality of Strasbourg	ERTF: [email protected] & [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	22 October	Prague, Czech Republic	Workshop: ‘Housing First for Roma in the 21st century? Possibilities and limits’	RAN Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Stepan Ripka: [email protected]
	23-24 October	Strasbourg, CoE	82^nd CDDH meeting, including exchange of views on the elaboration of human rights in culturally diverse societies	CoE/CDDH: [email protected]
	23 October	Berlin, Germany	ROMACT Steering Board meeting and first ROMED2 national workshop in Germany	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	24 October (tbc)	Berlin, Germany	Launching of ROMED2 in Germany followed by Roma genocide remembrance ceremony at Berlin memorial of Sinti and Roma victims of WWII	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	25-27 October	Berlin, Germany	Training of ROMED2 facilitators and trainers	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	28-31 October	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	8^th CAHROM Plenary Meeting, incl. half-day session on Roma mediation + half day visit to Roma social housing	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*November 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	November (tbc)	United Kingdom	2^nd training session of ROMED mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	November (tbc)	Tetovo, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”	Training of mediators for ROMED2 new municipalities	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	November (tbc)	Kyiv, Ukraine	ROMED2 Training for municipality officials and community action groups	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	*November (tbc***)	Paris, France	2^nd training sessions of ROMED2 mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	*November (tbc)*	Strasbourg, CoE	ROMED training with educational staff with CASNAV	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	6 November p.m.	Strasbourg, CoE	GR-SOC meeting	CoE/GR-SOC: [email protected]
	5 November	Europe	Romani Language Day	ERTF: [email protected]
	*5 November (tbc)*	Strasbourg, CoE	Joint Celebration of the Romani Language Day between the ERTF Secretariat and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages	ERTF: [email protected] & [email protected]
	5-6 November	Rome, Italy	Meeting of the EU National Roma Contact Points under the Italian presidency of the European Union	EC/DG Justice: [email protected]
	5-7 November *(dates to be confirmed)*	Strasbourg, CoE	Training of trainers on anti-discrimination with a specific focus on LGBT and Roma ECtHR and ESF case-law	CoE/DGI-HELP: [email protected] & [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] CoE/SOGI: [email protected]
	6-7 November	Alcala de Henares, Spain	European Master on the protection of human rights	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	7 November	Paris, France	7^th Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the European Academic Network on Romani Studies	Network Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected]
	13-14 November	London, United Kingdom	2 Workshops: ‘Criminal justice/policing matters – UK and European dimensions / Health issues for UK and European Roma communities’	Network Secretary: [email protected] CoE Secretariat: [email protected] Organiser: Prof. Margaret Greenfields: [email protected]
	19-21 November	Prague, Czech Republic	CAHROM thematic visit on pre-school/early education of Roma children with the Czech Republic (as requesting country) and [Hungary], Latvia, Poland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” as partner countries	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	24 November	Flanders, Belgium	Conference on Roma Youth Policies under the Belgian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe	CoE/EYC: [email protected]
*Main organiser(s)’ logo/flag*	*December 2014*	*Venue, Country*	*Event / Activity*	*Contact person(s)*
	*December (tbc)*	Vilnius, Lithuania	2^nd training session for mediators	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	*December (to be confirmed)*	Brussels, EC	Meeting of ROMED2/ROMACT project officers and focal points	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected]
	Early December *(exact dates tbc)*	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Roma Decade Thematic Workshop (exact topic to be defined)	Decade: [email protected] & [email protected]
	3 December	Helsinki, Finland	Conference on anti-discrimination against Roma – release of a recent study about discrimination faced by Roma in Finland	Finnish authorities: [email protected] CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	3 December	France	9^th Edition of the National Day of French Travellers *(Dosta! event to be confirmed)*	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	December (date to be fixed)	Rome, Italy	International Seminar on the introduction of the teaching of Roma history in national curriculum	CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]
	9-12 December	Strasbourg, CoE	ECRI 65^th Plenary Meeting	CoE/ECRI: [email protected]

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2015

Venue, Country

Event / Activity

Contact person(s)

(postponed to the beginning of 2015)

Paris, France

1^st Biannual Conference of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion

CoE/Congress: [email protected]

CoE Office in Paris: [email protected]

postponed to 2015

Ljubljana, Slovenia

CAHROM thematic visit on Roma youth empowerment and Roma youth dimension of national policies for Roma with Slovenia as a requesting country and [Belgium], Croatia, Luxembourg and [Slovakia] as partner countries

CoE/SRSG Roma: [email protected] & [email protected]

[1] The term “Roma” refers to Roma, Sinti, Kale and related groups in Europe, including Travellers and the Eastern groups (Dom and Lom), and covers the wide diversity of the groups concerned, including persons who identify themselves as Gypsies.

* All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this document shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.