CAHROM THEMATIC VISIT ON NATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF SOCIAL AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL MAPPING OF ROMA COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CONCRETE IMPACT IN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AND DATA COLLECTION

DRAFT AGENDA

Zagreb, 8-10 May 2019

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Day 1 – Wednesday, 8 May 2019

9:00- 9:30                   Registration of Participants, Meeting Venue: Reception desk.

9:30 – 9:45                  Welcome speeches

CHAIR:                       Aleksa ĐOKIĆ, Head of Service, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

-        Mr Alen TAHIRI, Director of Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

-        Mr Veljko KAJTAZI, MP

9:45 - 11:30                Data Collection and Impact on Roma Communities

-          Ms Valerie POPPE-MUESS, Project manager, Roma and Travellers Team, Council of Europe: Brief introduction about the context, aims and objectives of CAHROM thematic visits/reports

-           Mr Andrey IVANOV, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: Data and Policies

Some aspects of national data collection and impact on Roma

Ø  Ms Vesna Lipavić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics: Census Data and Roma National Minority

Ø  Ms Monika Čavlović, Ombudswomen Office: Equality Data and Roma in Croatia

-       Discussion / Questions and Answers, Comments

11:30 – 11:45              Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:15              An Overview of experiences on the data collection regarding Roma communities in Croatia

CHAIR:                      Mr Aleksa ĐOKIĆ, Head of Service, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

Ø  Mr Vladimir Faber, Ministry of Interior: A Research on Perception of Security in Međimurje

Ø Ministry of Science and Education: Roma in Education

Ø UNICEF Office for Croatia: Roma Children in UNICEF researches and activities

-       Discussion / Questions and Answers, Comments

13:15–14:30                Lunch break – meal offered by the host country upon invitation

 (in the same building)

14:30 – 16:00              Social/geographical mapping of Roma communities in Croatia and baseline data collection

CHAIR:                      Mr Alen TAHIRI, Director of Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

Ø  Ms Klaudija KREGAR OREŠKOVIĆ, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities: From Strategy to Impact, The First Part

Ø  Ksenija Klasnić, University of Zagreb: Methodology of Research of Baseline Data

Ø  Ms Sara LALIĆ, Centre for Peace Studies: Experience of Field Research of Baseline Data

Ø  Ms Klaudija KREGAR OREŠKOVIĆ, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities: From Strategy to Impact, The Second Part

-       Discussion / Questions and Answers

16:00 – 18:00             Visit to the Union of Roma in Croatia - Kali Sara

Ø  Ms Suzana KRČMAR, President of Kali Sara: Croatian Roma communities in surveys and research

Day 2 – Thursday, 9 May 2019

9:30 – 11:00                Presentations from international organisations/institutions and partner countries’ experts on the national experiences of social and/or geographical mapping of Roma communities and their concrete impact in policy developments and data collection (PPS presentations, video projector; maximum duration of presentations is 15min each)

CHAIR:                      Ms Valerie POPPE-MUESS, Project manager, Roma and Travellers Team, Council of Europe

Ø  Ms Zora POPOVA, Senior Research Associate, European Centre for Minority Issues:

Ø  Mr László ULICSKA, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary:Broad picture on disadvantaged and Roma population – census data and estimations: statistical tools for developments and policies

Ø  Ms Tinatin GOGHELIANI, Office of the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, Georgia: presentation on  mapping the issue of lack of civil registration and identity documents among Roma in Georgia, with a focus on the impact on enjoyment of their rights (tbc)

-       Discussion / Questions and Answers

11:00 – 11:30             Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30             Presentations – cont.

CHAIR:                      Ms Klaudija KREGAR OREŠKOVIĆ, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

Ø  Mr Nicolae RADITA, National Roma Centre, Republic of Moldova: Mapping of the Roma Community in Talmaza (tbc)

Ø  Ms Mabera KAMBERI, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, North Macedonia: Strategy for the Roma in Republic of Macedonia 2014-2020: Institutional support for Roma employment and increasing of the employability of the Roma community (tbc)

Ø  Ms Malgorzata ROZYCKA, Ministry of Interior and Administration, Poland: The day before mapping – data collecting. Polish experiences

-    Discussion / Questions and Answers

12:30 - 14:00             Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30              Presentations – cont.

CHAIR:                      Ms Valerie POPPE-MUESS, Project manager, Roma and Travellers Team, Council of Europe          

Ø  Ms Berill BARANYAI, Portugal, Support Unite for Roma Communities: National Experiences in mapping of the Roma communities

Ø  Ms Nataliia TKACHENKO, Ministry of Culture, Ukraine: immediate assessment of the needs of Roma without personal documents and mapping of the remaining challenges and cross-cutting issues (i.e. discrimination of Roma women, early and child

marriages, home births, internal displacement, etc.) (tbc);

Ø  Mr Oleksandr BILAK, Deputy Mayor, Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Ø  Mr Vadym MATIUSHENKO, Kharkiv National-Cultural Society "Romen", Ukraine

15:30 – 15:45             Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:00             Presentations – cont.

CHAIR:                       Aleksa ĐOKIĆ, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

Ø  Mr Gordon SMITH, Chair of the EUROCITIES Working Group on Roma inclusion: Mapping of the situation of Roma in cities in Europe, EUROCITIES Report

-       Discussion, Comments, Questions / Answers, Proposals

19:30 – 21:30             Dinner offered by the host country

Restaurant Namaste, Selska cesta 217, 10000 Zagreb

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Day 3 – Friday, 10 May 2019

9.30 am – 12.00 pm    Debriefing session among experts of the thematic group (video projector, working document)

-       Clarifications, lessons learnt, identification of good practices, conclusions and possible follow-up, structure of the thematic report, etc.

CHAIR:

                                   

Afternoon:                 Departure of participants