Programme

Remote EESC Hearing

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    Thursday, 11.02.2021 from 10:00 to 13:00

    Draft Programme

    10:00 - 10:15 | OPENING

    • Mr Lech Pilawski - EESC Study Group President
    • Mr Ionut Sibian - EESC Rapporteur
    • Ms María del Carmen Barrera Chamorro - EESC Co-rapporteur

    10:15 - 11:00 | Panel I – THE INSTITUTIONAL VIEWS

    Moderator: Ms Cinzia Del Rio - EESC Study Group Member

    • Ms Zuzana Dorazilova - Head of Unit of DG JUST 1, European Commission
    • Mr Miltos Pavlou - Project Manager for Social Research at the Unit for Research and Data (RD), Fundamental rights Agency (FRA)
    • Mr Marc Angel - Co-president of the LGBTI Rights Intergroup, European Parliament
    • Mr Victor Madrigal Borloz - UN Independent Expert

    11:00 - 11:40 | DEBATE with contributions from:

    • Mr Krzysztof Śmiszek - Member of the Polish Parliament, Poland
    • Ms Teodora Ion-Rotaru - Director of ACCEPT, Romania (tbc)
    • Ms Uge San Gil - President of FELGTB, Spain

    11:40 – 11:50 | BREAK

    11:50 – 12:10 | Panel III – THE VIEWS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

    • Moderator: Ms Ody Neisingh - EESC Study Group Member
    • Ms Katrin Hugendubel - Advocacy Director at ILGA Europe
    • Mr Richard Koehler - Senior Policy Officer at Transgender Europe

    12:10 - 12:40 | FINAL DEBATE

    12:40 - 13:00 | CLOSURE

    • Mr Ionut Sibian - EESC Rapporteur
    • Ms Bianca Oprea - Expert of the EESC Rapporteur
    • Ms María del Carmen Barrera Chamorro - EESC Co-rapporteur
    • Mr Toño Toño Abad - Expert of the EESC Co-rapporteur

    Participants can speak English, Polish and Spanish and listen to English