Programme

Public hearing on "EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030"

Hybrid event via Interactio, online platform - Tuesday, 1 June 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Draft Agenda

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections

09.30 a.m. - 09.35 a.m. | Introduction

  • Marie Zvolská, President of the study group

09.35 a.m. - 09.45 a.m. | Presentation of the opinion

  • Ioannis Vardakastanis, rapporteur

09.45 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Panel 1: Point of view of EU Institutions

(with break for the interpreters 15 minutes)

Moderator: Fernando Mauricio De Carvalho, EESC member

  • Bruno Ribeiro Barata, Portuguese Presidency
  • Annelisa Cotone, Member of Commissioner Dalli's Cabinet, European Commission
  • Katrin Langensiepen, representative of the EU CRPD Framework and the EP CRPD Network, Disability Intergroup, European Parliament
  • Daniela Ballico, Rapporteur, Committee of the Regions
  • Daphne Ahrendt, Senior research manager, presentation of the report on Disability and labour market integration: Policy trends and support in EU Member States ,Eurofound

Questions & Answers

11.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. | Break

11.45 a.m. - 12.45 p.m. |  Panel 2: Point of view of Civil Society

Moderator: Sif Holst, EESC Member

  • Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities (tbc)
  • Ana Pelaez, vice-president, European Disability Forum (EDF)
  • Miriam Pinto Lomeña, International Social Affairs Director, CEOE, Business Europe
  • Carlotta Besozzi, Civil Society Europe
  • Pirkko Mahlamäki, European Women Lobby (EWL)
  • Representative, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) (tbc)

Questions & Answers

12.45 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Conclusions

  • Ioannis Vardakastanis, rapporteur of the EESC opinion

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

  • Marie Zvolská, President of the study group

Participants can speak FR-EN-IT-PT-EL-CS-LT-PL and listen FR-EN-IT-EL-CS