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