Programme

Public hearing on "Reducing poverty amongst the Roma: cutting the poverty gap"

Thursday, 27 June from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. online & in room JDE61

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. - 11.15 a.m. | Panel I - Poverty amongst the Roma & EU policies on combatting poverty 

Moderator: To be confirmed

• Marc Kiwitt, DG JUST European Commission
• Andrey Ivanov, Fundamental Rights Agency
• Andrew Ryder, Institute of Political and International Studies, Budapest (tbc)

Discussion

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

11.30 a.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Panel II - Measures to cut the poverty gap between the Roma and the general population

Moderator: To be confirmed

• Amana Ferro, Ergo network
• Balint Misetics, Municipality of Budapest 
• Marius Taba (tbc)

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

Interpretation requested from English and Romanian into English and Romanian