European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft agenda
Simultaneous interpretation requested from French, English, Italian, Danish, Greek, Spanish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak into French, English, Spanish, Lithuanian, Polish.
Sign language provided.
09:00 a.m. | Registration
09:30 a.m. | Welcome and opening session
- Pavel Trantina, European Economic and Social Committee
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, rapporteur of the EESC opinion
10:00 a.m. | Panel 1 and Debate - Point of view of EU Institutions
Moderator: Bernard Noël (EESC)
Panellists:
- Emmanuelle Grange, European Commission
- Helga Stevens, European Parliament
- Rosita Agnew, European Ombudsman
- Ciara O'Brien, Council working party on human rights in EU external action
- Michael O'Flaherty, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – recorded message
- Catherine Naughton, European Disability Forum (EDF)
11:15 a.m. | Coffee break
11.30 a.m. | Panel 2 and Debate - New approach to improving data collection and point of view of the civil society
Moderator: Bernard Noël (EESC)
Panellists:
- Didier Dupré, Eurostat
- Adriana Van Dooijeweert, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI)
- Veronique Ghesquière, Belgian Centre for Equal Opportunities (UNIA)
Interventions from the floor:
- Aurélie Baranger, Autism Europe
- Mark Weathley, European Union of the Deaf (EUD)
- Jolijn Santegoeds, European Network Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP)
- Sabrina Ferraina, Europ. Assoc. Service Providers Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
- Nadia Hadad, European Network on Independent Living (ENIL)
- François Carbonez, International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
- Maureen Piggot, Inclusion Europe
- Janina Arsenjeva, International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF)
12:50 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, rapporteur of the EESC opinion
- Bernard Noël, Permanent Study Group on Disability rights, EESC
- Javier Güemes, expert of the EESC opinion
13:00 p.m. | End of the hearing