European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Empowering civil society, rights defenders and justice practitioners and strengthening awareness of Charter rights
Via Interactio, online platform - Tuesday, 20.04.2021 from 10:00 to 13:00
Agenda
09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing for speakers
10.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. | Welcome and introduction
- Helena De Felipe Lehtonen, EESC Study Group President.
- Clare Daly, EP Rapporteur on the Annual Report on fundamental rights 2018-2019
10.15 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Panel I: Facilitating the work of CSOs, social partners, other actors defending Charter rights, and national human rights institutions (NHRIs)
Moderator: Christian Bäumler, EESC Co-rapporteur
- Barbara Nolan, Head of Unit, European Commission
- Vera Mora, Director, Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation
- Katrien Meuwissen, Senior Human Rights Officer, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI)
- Stefan Clauwert, Senior Legal and Human Rights Advisor, ETUC
Q&A
11.15 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Break
11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Panel II: Raising people's awareness about their Charter rights
Moderator: Cristian Pîrvulescu, EESC Rapporteur
- Jean-Luc Vanraes, Rapporteur Committee of Regions, Renew Europe
- Dennis Van Der Veur, Programme Manager, Fundamental Rights Agency
- Israel Butler, Head of Advocacy, Liberties
- Oscar Muñoz, Co-director General, Red Empresarial por la Diversidad y la Inclusión LGTBI (REDI)
Q&A
12.30 p.m. - 12.45 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Cristian Pîrvulescu, EESC Rapporteur
- Christian Bäumler, EESC Co-rapporteur
Participants can speak FR, DE, EN, ES and RO and listen to FR, DE, EN, ES and RO