Conference: “Improving Access to Housing for Roma – Good Local Practices, Funding and Legislation"

February 2-4, 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic

 

 

 
Field Trip to Roudnice nad Labem
 

Welcome

Miroslav Kalous [Video: Czech | Romanes]
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czech Republic

Morten Kjaerum - Remarks delivered by Friso Roscam-Abbing (PDF - 34K)
Director, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
 
Director of Communication and Awareness Raising, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Robert Basch [Video: English | Romanes]
Director, Open Society Fund Prague

Alexandros Tsolakis
Policy Expert, DG Regio, European Commission
 
Setting the Framework
Moderator: Czeslaw Walek, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on Housing

Council of Europe Standards Regarding Roma Housing (DOC - 86K) [Video: English | Romanes]
Michael Guet, Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma Issues, Council of Europe
 
 

Social Housing in Transition Countries – A Need for Innovations (PDF - 796K) [Video: English | Romanes]
Martin Lux, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
 
Working Group Sessions
Working Group 1: Practical Application of Anti-discrimination Legislation
Moderator: Michail Beis, Fundamental Rights Agency
 
HALDE, France

Robin Harms (PPT - 181K)
Ombudsman for Minorities, Finland
 
Working Group 2: Housing and Conflict
Moderator: Catalin Berescu, Aarchitect, Romania
 
Claude Kahn
United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Moldova
 
Nabeel Hamdi
Oxford Brookes University
 
Working Group 3: Making ERDF Available for Financing Housing for Marginalised Communities
 
Improving Housing Conditions for Marginalized Communities, Including Roma (PPT - 1.3M)
Adam Kullmann, Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Foundations 
Nora Teller, Metropolitan Research Institute
Eszter Somogyi, Metropolitan Research Institute
 
Marek Hojsik
Social Development Fund, Slovakia
 
Consensus Foundation, Hungary
 
Ministry for Regional Development and Public Works, Czech Republic
 
Amalipe Foundation, Bulgaria
 
National Agency for Roma, Romania
 
Martin Simacek
Agency for Social Inclusion, Czech Republic
 
National Development Agency, Hungary
 
Ministry of Regional Develoment and Toursim, Romania
 
Office of the Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities, Slovakia
 
Elitsa Nikolova
Ministry for Regional Development and Public Works, Bulgaria
 
Working Group 4: Collaborative Planning and Mediating Shared Communities (Housing and Consensus)
Moderator: Maria Faraone, Oxford Brookes University
 
Milan Politechnic
                                   
Marek Hojsík
Social Development Fund, Slovakia
 
Working Group 5: Social Housing – Give People the Choice
 
World Bank
 
Habitat for Humanity, Romania
 
Czech Academy of Sciences
 
Belgrade University
 
Working Group 6: Good Practices in Improving the Access of Roma to Housing  in Rural and Urban Areas
Moderator: Eva Sobotka, Fundamental Rights Agency
 
Fundamental Rights Agency
 
Fundacion Secretariado Gitano
 
Direccion General de Asuntos Sociales y Cooperacion al Desarrollo, Gobierno de Navarra
 
RPG RE Management, s.r.o.
 
OHCHR Regional Office for Europe
 
Working Group 7: Making ERDF Available for Financing Housing for Marginalised Communities
Moderator: Aleksandor Tsolakis, DG Regio, European Commission
 
Nora Teller
Metropolitan Research Institute
 
ETP - Center for Sustainable Development, Slovakia
 
Agentia Imprenua, Romania
 
Amalipe Foundation, Bulgaria
 
Consensus Foundation, Hungary
 
Centrom NGO, Czech Republic
 
Reports from the Working Groups
Moderator: Peter Vermeersch, University of Leuven, Belgium
 
 

Conclusions
 

Gabriela Hrabanova [Video: English | Romanes]
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

 

Romea TV Interviews with Conference Participants

 

Osman Balic [Video: Romanes]

YUROM Centar, Serbia

 

Nabeel Hamdi [Video: English]

Oxford Brookes University

 

Raquel Rolnik [Video: English]

UN Special Rapporteur on Housing

 

Eva Sobotka [Video: English]

Fundamental Rights Agency

 

Alexandros Tsolakis [Video: English]

Policy Expert, DG Regio, European Commission
 
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

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