Programme

Public hearing on "Relieving housing precarity amongst the Roma: evaluation and responses to the Roma housing situation"

Remote meeting via Interactio online platform – EESC - JDE 61 - Friday, 31 March 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing

10.00 a.m. - 10.20 a.m. | Welcome and opening session

  • Alfredas Jonuška, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC
  • Ákos Topolánszky, EESC representative in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness

10.20 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Panel I - Roma housing situation: state of play in the Member States and the related objectives of the new EU Roma strategic framework

Moderator: Ákos Topolánszky (EESC Member)

  • Lavinia Banu, European Commission DG JUST
  • Jaroslav Kling, Fundamental Rights Agency
  • Tomas De Jong, European Public Health Alliance

Discussion

11.15 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Break

11.30 a.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Panel II - Decent housing as a starting point for equality: the way forward and best practices

Moderator: Alfredas Jonuška

  • Simona Barbu, Feantsa
  • Amana Ferro, Ergo network
  • Cristina de la Serna, Fundación Secretariado Gitano
  • Gordon Smith, Eurocities working group on Roma inclusion

Discussion

12.50 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks

  • Alfredas Jonuška, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC

Interpretation requested from English, Hungarian and Lithuanian into English, Hungarian and Lithuanian