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By Nuno SERRA, member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Portuguese National Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives and Agricultural Credit (Confagri)
The ROK-EU Intersessional Workshop will take place on 4 September 2026, entirely online, from 09:00 to 11:00 Brussels time (16:00 to 18:00 Seoul time). Simultaneous interpretation between English and Korean will be provided.
This report is based on meetings with public authorities, civil society organisations and local community representatives, and field visits to Luník IX in Košice and the Building Hope project in Rankovce. It records information and assessments shared during the two-day mission; claims not independently verified are identified as stakeholder testimony.
2026-07-6 & 7 - The Roma - Mission report from country visit to Slovakia