CAHROM (2015)3rev2 List of thematic groups and proposals for 2015

Strasbourg, 6 July 2015CAHROM (2015)3rev5

AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA ISSUES

(CAHROM)

LIST OF CAHROM THEMATIC GROUPS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE YEAR 2015

AND FOR THE YEARS 2016-2017 PENDING APPROVAL OF REVISED TORS

Accepted topics for thematic groups/visits for the first semester 2015

Accepted topics for thematic groups/visits in 2015	Requesting countries (hosting a visit)	Partner countries
Thematic group on addressing and combatting trafficking of human beings within Roma communities, with a focus on street children and prostitution	Albania (Tirana, 4-6 March 2015)	Greece Italy Netherlands Romania
Thematic group on gender equality, within Roma communities, with a focus on early and/or forced marriages	Romania (Bucharest, 27-29 April 2015)	Italy Republic of Moldova Netherlands Poland United Kingdom
Thematic group on the empowerment of Roma youth and the youth dimension of national Roma integration strategies	Slovenia (Ljubljana, 4-6 June 2015)	Belgium Croatia (including as youth rapporteur) Serbia *Slovak Republic (not in the thematic visit***)

Proposed topics for thematic groups/visits for the second semester 2015

Proposed topics for thematic groups/visits in 2015	Requesting countries (hosting a visit)	Partner countries
Thematic group on the schooling of Roma migrant and Traveller children	France (confirmed) (Paris/Ile-de-France, 5-7 October 2015)	Belgium Switzerland Romania Denmark (to be confirmed)
Thematic group on school desegregation and the testing systems and diagnoses of pupils with allegedly mild mental disabilities, with a focus on Roma children	Hungary (to be confirmed) (7-9 September 2015, to be confirmed)	Czech Republic Slovak Republic (to be confirmed)
Thematic group on Roma health mediators	Bulgaria (confirmed) (October or November 2015, dates to be confirmed)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Poland “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Turkey
Thematic group on vocational training/education	Poland (confirmed) (November or December 2015, dates to be confirmed)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Turkey

Proposed topics for thematic groups/visits for 2016-2017 pending approval of the

revised Terms of Reference of CAHROM for the years 2016-2017 by the Committee of Ministers

Proposed topics for thematic groups/visits in 2016-2017	Requesting countries (hosting a visit)	Partner countries
Thematic group on the protection, preservation and teaching of languages spoken by Roma and Sinti communities and how to handle the opposition of the members of these communities to have their language written and taught	Austria (confirmed) (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Poland Finland (to be confirmed) Montenegro (to be confirmed) Slovenia (to be confirmed)
Thematic group on the empowerment and participation of Roma in advisory bodies and consultation mechanisms	Ireland (confirmed) (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic Norway Romania Spain (as partner for the visit to Ireland) Sweden
Thematic group on the empowerment and participation of Roma in decision-making bodies and political life, with a focus on Roma women and youth	Spain (to be confirmed) (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)
Thematic group on Roma access to employment	Turkey (confirmed) (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Poland
Thematic group on best practices of Roma inclusion, solving personal identification cards issues and improving access to social services	Ukraine (to be confirmed) (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	No partner countries yet
Thematic group on linking anti-poverty and Roma policies through an integrated approach	No requesting country yet (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Italy The Netherlands
Thematic group on challenges regarding the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies	No requesting country yet (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Portugal
Thematic group on Roma mediation, with a focus on school mediators and assistants	No requesting country yet (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Portugal “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Thematic group on the situation and policy response to challenges faced by Eastern Roma groups (Lom, Dom, Abtal, “Bosha”, etc.)	No requesting country yet (in 2016, dates to be confirmed)	Armenia (to be confirmed) Azerbaijan (to be confirmed) Georgia (to be confirmed) Turkey (to be confirmed)