June 25-26, 2009 | Belgrade, Serbia
Agenda (DOC - 59K)
List of Participants (DOC - 118K)
Presentations and Documents
Opening Session
Opening Remarks:
Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia, National Coordinator of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
Dusan Caplovic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovakia, National Coordinator of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
Priority Areas and One-Year Plan of the Slovak Decade Presidency (DOC - 35K)
Svetozar Ciplic, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
Kori Udovicki, Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, UNDP Bratislava
Simon Gray, Country Manager, World Bank Serbpia Office
Lennart Kotsalainen, Representative, UNHCR Serbia
Bernard Rorke (PDF - 78K), Director, Roma Initiatives, Open Society Institute
Press Conference by Bozidar Djelic Deputy Prime Minister, Serbia, and Dusan Caplovic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovakia
Reports by Governments and Roma Civil Representatives on Achievements during the Past Year
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Spain
Albanian Government Report (PPT - 201K)
Blerina Tepelena, Head of Unit of Roma Strategy, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Achievements in Decade Implementation during the Past Year in Bulgaria (PPT - 214K)
Ani Evgenieva, Expert, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
Czech Republic: Implementation of Decade National Action Plans (PPT - 338K)
Martin Martinek, Office of the Council of the Government of the Czech Republic for Roma Community Affairs
Romanian Government Documents
National Agency for Roma
Working Paper (DOC - 296K)
Executive Summary: National Strategy for Improving Roma Conditions (DOC -63K)
Strategy (DOC - 114K)
Combating Discrimination in Education
Chair: Gordon Alexander, Senior Advisor, UNICEF Regional Office for CEECIS, Geneva
International Conference ”The Right to Education for Every Child: Removing Barriers to Full Integration of Roma Children”
Presentation of the Conference Outcome Document (PPT - 632K)
Tunde Kovac-Cerovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Serbia
Petar Antic, Deputy Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
Judita Reichenberg, UNICEF Serbia Office
Jadranka Stojanovic, Fund for an Open Society – Serbia
Ivana Aleksic, World Bank Serbia Country Office
Discussion of the Conference Outcome Document from the International Conference “The Right to Education for Every Child: Removing Barriers to Full Integration of Roma Children”
European Integrated Platform on Roma Inclusion
Chair: Bernard Rorke, Director, Roma Initiatives, Open Society Institute
Towards Common Basic Principles for Roma Integragion (PPT - 189K)
Martin Martinek, Office of the Council of the Government of the Czech Republic for Roma Community Affairs, Czech Republic
The European Commission's Approach to Roma Inclusion 2008-2010 (PPT - 475K)
Joachim Ott, European Commission
Monitoring and Evaluation
Chair: Andor Urmos, Head of Department for Roma Integration, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Hungary
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Workshop on Indicators and Monitoring (DOC - 35K)
Indicators and Monitoring: The Way Forward
Andrey Ivanov, UNDP Bratislava Regional Center
Common Initiatives and Recent Developments
Chair: Mabera Kamberi, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Macedonia
Access to Personal Documentation
Davor Rako, UNHCR, Serbia
Mitigation of the Effects of the Economic and Financial Crisis on Roma Policies and Programs
Christian Bodewig, Senior Economist, World Bank
The Decade and IPA (PPT - 464K)
Zeljko Jovanovic, Roma Initiatives, Open Society Institute
Options for Decade Institutional Arrangements
Nadir Redzepi and Aleksandra Bojadzieva, Roma Democratic Development Association SONCE, Macedonia
Presentation: Decade Institutional Setup (PPT - 194K)
Report: Decade Institutional Setup (PDF - 476K)
Administratrive Issues
Tunde Buzetzky, Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation
Closing Session
Chair: Petar Antic, Deputy Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Serbia
Conclusions of the 16th ISC Meeting (DOC - 56K)