February 17-18, 2009 | Belgrade, Serbia
Agenda (DOC - 49K)
List of Participants (DOC - 125K)
Presentations and Documents
Opening Session
Opening Remarks:
Bozidar Delic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia,
National Coordinator of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
Svetozar Ciplic, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
H.E. Inigo de Palacio Espana, Ambassador of Spain to Serbia
Zarko Obradovic, Minister of Education, Serbia
H.E. Josep Maria Lloveras Soler, Ambassador, Head of Delegation, European Commission
Rini Reza, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP
Bernard Rorke (PDF -57K), Director, Roma Initiatives, Open Society Institute
Simon Gray (PDF - 72K), Country Manager, World Bank Serbia Country Office
Formal Signing of the Decade Declaration by Spain
H.E. Inigo de Palacio Espana, Ambassador of Spain to Serbia
Implementation of Decade Action Plans
Presentations by Government Representatives - Implementation of Decade National Action Plans: September 2008 - February 2009
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain
Education of Roma Children in Albania (PPT - 719K)
Blerina Tepelena, Head of Unit of Roma Strategy, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Albania
Implementation of Action Plan 2008-2009 (PPT - 2.1M)
Andor Urmos, Director, Department of Roma Integration, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Hungary
Macedonian Presentation (Macedonian; 31.8M)
National Strategy for Improvement of the Postion of the Roma Population (PPT - 2M)
Ljuan Koko, Head, Roma National Strategy Secretariat, Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
Presentations by Roma Civil Representatives
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia
Discrimination in Education
The Right to Education for All Children (PPT - 223K)
Gordon Alexander, Senior Advisor, Economic and Social Policy, CEECIS Regional Office, UNICEF
Combating Discrimination in Education
Costel Bercus, Roma Education Fund
Combating Discrimination in Education
Anti-discrimination in Education: Legal Framework (PPT - 251K)
Petar Antic, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
Discrimination of Roma in Education: Review Exercise (PPT - 161K)
Aleksandar Baucal, Belgrade University – Questionnaire on discriminatory treatment of Roma pupils in public education, preliminary results-first findings
An Overview of Best Practices in Support of Roma Education (PPT - 475K)
Caroline Sykora, Consultant for educational programs, CEECIS Regional Office, UNICEF
Indicators for Monitoring the Status of the Roma Population (PPT - 224K)
Jaroslav Kling, UNDP Bratislava, Indicators and monitoring in education
Development of Anti-discriminatory Culture within School Life (PPT - 184K)
Angelina Skarep, Expert, Miistry of Education, Serbia
Decade Trust Fund Update
Decade Trust Fund Status Report (PPT - 397K)
Anush Bezhanyan, World Bank - Decade Trust Fund
Conclusions