Programme

Public hearing on "The labour market situation and Roma workers' rights in a time of economic crisis"

Via Interactio, online platform, EESC, VMA3 – Thursday, 22 June 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. - 10.10 a.m. | Welcome and opening session

• Ákos Topolánszky, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC

10.10 a.m. - 11.10 a.m. | Panel I - The situation of Roma workers: affording them protection in the labour market

Moderator: Alfredas Jonuška, EESC Member

• Marcela Adamova, DG JUST (Non-discrimination: antiracism and Roma coordination)
• Jaroslav Kling, Fundamental Rights Agency
• Daris José Lewis Recio, Equinet

Discussion

11.10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Break

11.30 a.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Panel II - The situation of Roma workers: best practices to combat discrimination

Moderator: Erika Koller, EESC Member

• Simona Pulbere, DG EMPL (European Social Fund+)
• Carmen Tanasie, Ergo network
• Gisela Guari Cañada, Eurodiaconia
• Petrica Dulgheru, Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative

Discussion

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

• Ákos Topolánszky, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC

Participants can speak in English, Hungarian and Romanian and can listen to English, Hungarian and Romanian