European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft agenda
Simultaneous interpretation requested from French, English, Italian, Danish, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovenian into French, English, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish
International sign language provided.
09.00 - 09.15 a.m. | Registration and coffee
09.15 - 09.45 a.m. | Opening remarks
- Irena Petraitienė, Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Helena Pall, Estonian Presidency
- Marek Plura, European Parliament
09.45 - 11.15 a.m. | Panel 1: State of play on the implementation of the Directive 2000/78/EC
Moderator: Linas Lasiauskas, Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, EESC
- Dimitris Dimitriou, Legal Officer, Unit Disability and Inclusion, DG EMPL, European Commission
- Ansofie Leenknecht, European Disability Forum
Open floor discussion
11.15 a.m. - 12.45 p.m. | Panel 2: Good practices from the EU
Moderator: Pietro Barbieri, Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, EESC
- Virginia Carcedo, Inserta Empleo Programme
- Stefan Trömel, International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- Jessica Machacova, European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET)
- Sonia Staskowiak, European Association of Services Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
Open floor discussion
12.45 - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Irena Petraitienė, President of EESC Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights (EESC)
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, member of EESC Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights (EESC)