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<\/a>Policymakers, experts, activists and organisations concerned with persistent antigypsyism in Europe will collaborate for a fifth consecutive year to organise the Romani Week in the European Parliament ahead of the International Romani Day.<\/h6>\nRomani Week 2020 aims to build on the work done during previous Romani Weeks and debate the post 2020 EU policies for Romani Inclusion. It will call upon the European Commission and EU Member States to put the fight against antigypsyism at the forefront of efforts for the social and economic inclusion of people with Romani background.<\/h6>\nThe week will consist of a series of events which will provide recommendations on combating antigypsyism and continued structural discrimination and on the effectiveness of the post 2020 EU policies for people with Romani background.<\/h6>\n
PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n
Monday 23 March<\/span>
\n18:30 RomnoPower: Opening Ceremony of the Romani Week 2020
\n<\/strong>Bavarian Permanent Representation to the European Union,\u00a0<\/em>Rue Wiertz 77, Brussels\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ardi-ep.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EN_Representation_BY-EuropeanUnion-300x74.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRegister here<\/a><\/p>\nTuesday 24 March<\/strong><\/span>
\n08:00 Breakfast with MEPs and Young Roma<\/strong>
\nMembers restaurant, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nMEPs and Commission officials are sitting with a small group of young Roma advocates to discuss the challenges for Europe\u2019s young Roma in an informal but stimulating setting. Topics to be discussed are strategic investments into the empowerment and participation of Romani youth in the post-2020 European Framework for National Inclusion Strategies period, strengthening of Romani youth political participation, and fight against antigypsyism.<\/p>\n
No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n09:00 Post-2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion<\/strong>
\nASP 3E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe objective of the event is to further consult the wider range of stakeholders on the new post 2020 Roma equality initiative priorities. It precedes the 2017 public consultation on the EU Framework for NRIS up to 2020, the 2018 workshop validating the preliminary results of the evaluation, the 2019 Roma week event on evaluating the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, multiple rounds of individual consultations with Civil Society Organisations, which provided contributions on the forward looking results of the evaluation or feedback on the background papers for the October workshop. Specifically, it aims to shaping the future Roma policy by gathering views on clear targets, indicators of key areas of focus, including education, employment, health and housing, concrete political support, transnational cooperation, EU mobility, etc.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n13:00 Antigypsyism – Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe<\/strong>
\nASP 3E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nAntigypsyism is a form of racism experienced by people with Romani background all over Europe and beyond. Many of them face severe exclusion from all domains of public life, including from education, employment, housing and health. Romani people are usually judged based on stereotypes and they are often victims of discrimination and violent acts such as hate-crime and hate-speech, including hate-speech of mainstream politicians.
\nTherefore, it is a high time to discuss what does \u2018an initiative to combat antigypsyism\u2019 should be about. The main aims of the event are to raise awareness about misconceptions of the phenomenon \u2018antigypsyism\u2019 and better understand how to address it on the ground.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n17:00 The Roma Young Generation: So Keres Europa!?<\/strong>
\nASP 5G1, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe round table titled \u201cSo Keres Europa!?\u201d (in Romanes \u201cWhat\u2019s up, Europe!?\u201d) aims to present the challenges that European Young Roma face in their everyday lives, based on a Europe-wide ongoing research among Roma youth organisations, but also to seek for new opportunities for young Roma people.
\nThe event aims to discuss the role of Roma Youth in the post-2020 implementation of the European Framework for National Inclusion Strategies of the European Commission as well as to present what\u2019s next after the end of the Roma Youth Action Plan of the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n
No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n19:00 Best Roma Youth Project Award<\/strong>
\nMEP Salon, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nternYpe International Roma Youth Network and Phiren Amenca International Network will award for the very first time the \u201cBest Roma Youth Project Award 2020\u201d as part of the EU Romani Week in order to promote Roma Youth Participation in Europe.
\nRepresentatives of the best five project ideas will be invited to take part in the EU Romani Week and the seminar organized by the Roma Youth Networks in Brussels between 22-27 March 2020. The best Roma Youth Projects will be awarded by the ternYpe and Phiren Amenca Team and Romani MEPs.<\/p>\n
No open registration<\/span><\/p>\nWednesday 25 March<\/strong><\/span>
\n09:00 Making EU funds and financial instruments work for Roma: smart investments for better outcomes<\/strong>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe event aims to:
\n\u2022 Raise awareness on the different funding instruments available for Romani inclusion, positioning Romani inclusion & empowerment at the centre of sustainability agenda;
\n\u2022 Identify barriers and success factors in adequately channelling EU funding for addressing challenges faced by Romani people;
\n\u2022 Provide recommendations on how to overcome such challenges and identify new models and opportunities in order to make the best use of EU funding for inclusive growth;
\nThe event will also stress the importance of applying the partnership principle and code of conduct in engaging the voice of different stakeholders, especially Romani people.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n13:30 Roma inclusion in the Western Balkans, 2020 challenges and opportunities<\/strong>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe event aims to:
\n\u2022 Present the Poznan Declaration, steps taken for its implementation and the precedent set by this initiative in the context of the formulation of the post-2020 Roma integration policy;
\n\u2022 Listen to the voices of the most vulnerable returnees;
\n\u2022 Listen to and discuss the challenges and successes of EU Member States responsible for returns and arrival Western Balkans partners to identify areas for closer cooperation and synergies;
\n\u2022 Present how the EC envisages improving the reintegration of returnees in Western Balkans and enhancing the collaboration between countries of origin and countries of departure.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n17:00 Job opportunities for Roma people – New challenges related to Roma employment<\/strong>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe event aims to:
\n\u2022 Understand from industry leaders how they imagine the society will look like in 2030 and what they think the jobs of the future look like;
\n\u2022 Raise awareness on the danger advanced technology will pose on number and type of jobs in the Roma communities;
\n\u2022 Identify ways to start investing in building the right skills for people aged 10, 20 and 30 years old to enable them to be better positions for the 2025 \u2013 2035 job market;
\nThe event will also stress the importance of applying the partnership principle and code of conduct in engaging the voice of different stakeholders, especially Roma.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n19:00 Movie screening – “Gipsy Queen”<\/strong>
\nRoom tbc, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nRoma Actress Alina Serban – Best Actress @ P\u00d6FF Black Nights Film Festival 2019 for “Gipsy Queen”<\/a><\/p>\n“For her strong performance in committing herself flawlessly to the character and its challenging physical demands.”<\/p>\n
Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n“30 year old Ali has the heart of a lioness, is proud, doesn’t complain and works herself to the bone for her two children, as a cleaner in Hamburg’s famous nightclub “Ritze”. But deep in her heart Ali carries a wound: after she became an unmarried mother in Romania she was disowned by her father – for whom, until then, she was the Gypsy Queen, the queen of all Roma. When Ali discovers the boxing ring in the Ritze’s basement one day and gets to watch a fight, it brings back memories of boxing training with her father. Fully equipped and disappointed by life, Ali vents all her fury on the punching bag one evening. Tanne, ex-boxer and owner of the Ritze sees her and recognizes her talent. She starts to box again and sees the chance for a better life.”<\/em><\/p>\nRead more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nRegister here<\/a><\/p>\nThursday 26 March<\/strong><\/span>
\n09:00 Roma Environmental justice – Lack of environmental services, exposure to pollution and health impacts<\/b>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe objective of the conference is to create a higher awareness of environmental determinants of health, such as environmental discrimination against Roma communities and its impact on health to set the issue on the European and national political agenda. The conference further allows for the first exchange between European and national policymakers, researchers, civil society and Roma people to create a systematic understanding of health inequalities and environmental discrimination, two closely related issues, and to discuss solutions and policy options to address these public health and environmental issues.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n12:30 Reproductive rights of Roma Women and Girls<\/strong>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\nThe side event will emphasize the importance of ensuring an intersectionality perspective when addressing structural discrimination and inequalities with regard to Roma health. To ensure equality in health care, it is imperative that both EU and national policies related to Roma health and gender equality adequately address the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination that Roma women and girls face in reproductive health care settings and outline strong actions to eliminate these inequalities.<\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n15:00 Exchange of views in LIBE Committee about the implementation report on National Roma Integration Strategies \u2013 Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe.<\/strong>
\nRoom tbc<\/em><\/p>\nNo open registration<\/span><\/p>\n17:00 Documentary film and Closing of the Romani Week 2020<\/strong><\/p>\nRoma is the biggest minority in Europe. We live together with them, in the same cities, in the same countries. However, they are the strangers next to us and too often, we appeal to the well-known “Roma integration issues” expression in order to justify the fact that we do not know them.What does it mean to be a Roma in Europe? Why do Roma people have an integration issue and what is it exactly? How did we come up to this situation? What happened with Roma people in the past? What is the relationship between Roma people and the authorities? What do Europeans know about Roma people? What are Roma struggling with in their daily lives? Can we describe Roma people in a certain way?<\/p>\n
These are questions that maybe some of us thought about, but didn’t get an answer. And for others, those can be questions that they never asked themselves.<\/p>\n
Throughout this documentary, we hope to bring some light to the audience about the meaning of being a Roma in Europe. The documentary brings answers to some questions already raised, trying to describe the situation that Roma people lived in the past, their current status and the steps envisaged for the future.<\/p>\n
This is a story produced and directed by a Roma journalist, seen through the eyes of a lifetime observer of this situation who often asked herself these questions.<\/p>\n
A cocktail reception will be organized by the host MEPs to close the Romani Week 2020.<\/p>\n
The week will consist of a series of events which will provide recommendations on combating antigypsyism and continued structural discrimination and on the effectiveness of the post 2020 EU policies for people with Romani background.<\/h6>\n
\n18:30 RomnoPower: Opening Ceremony of the Romani Week 2020
\n<\/strong>Bavarian Permanent Representation to the European Union,\u00a0<\/em>Rue Wiertz 77, Brussels\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday 24 March<\/strong><\/span> MEPs and Commission officials are sitting with a small group of young Roma advocates to discuss the challenges for Europe\u2019s young Roma in an informal but stimulating setting. Topics to be discussed are strategic investments into the empowerment and participation of Romani youth in the post-2020 European Framework for National Inclusion Strategies period, strengthening of Romani youth political participation, and fight against antigypsyism.<\/p>\n No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n 09:00 Post-2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion<\/strong> The objective of the event is to further consult the wider range of stakeholders on the new post 2020 Roma equality initiative priorities. It precedes the 2017 public consultation on the EU Framework for NRIS up to 2020, the 2018 workshop validating the preliminary results of the evaluation, the 2019 Roma week event on evaluating the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, multiple rounds of individual consultations with Civil Society Organisations, which provided contributions on the forward looking results of the evaluation or feedback on the background papers for the October workshop. Specifically, it aims to shaping the future Roma policy by gathering views on clear targets, indicators of key areas of focus, including education, employment, health and housing, concrete political support, transnational cooperation, EU mobility, etc.<\/p>\n Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 13:00 Antigypsyism – Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe<\/strong> Antigypsyism is a form of racism experienced by people with Romani background all over Europe and beyond. Many of them face severe exclusion from all domains of public life, including from education, employment, housing and health. Romani people are usually judged based on stereotypes and they are often victims of discrimination and violent acts such as hate-crime and hate-speech, including hate-speech of mainstream politicians. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 17:00 The Roma Young Generation: So Keres Europa!?<\/strong> The round table titled \u201cSo Keres Europa!?\u201d (in Romanes \u201cWhat\u2019s up, Europe!?\u201d) aims to present the challenges that European Young Roma face in their everyday lives, based on a Europe-wide ongoing research among Roma youth organisations, but also to seek for new opportunities for young Roma people. No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n 19:00 Best Roma Youth Project Award<\/strong> ternYpe International Roma Youth Network and Phiren Amenca International Network will award for the very first time the \u201cBest Roma Youth Project Award 2020\u201d as part of the EU Romani Week in order to promote Roma Youth Participation in Europe. No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday 25 March<\/strong><\/span> The event aims to: Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 13:30 Roma inclusion in the Western Balkans, 2020 challenges and opportunities<\/strong> The event aims to: Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 17:00 Job opportunities for Roma people – New challenges related to Roma employment<\/strong> The event aims to: Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 19:00 Movie screening – “Gipsy Queen”<\/strong> Roma Actress Alina Serban – Best Actress @ P\u00d6FF Black Nights Film Festival 2019 for “Gipsy Queen”<\/a><\/p>\n “For her strong performance in committing herself flawlessly to the character and its challenging physical demands.”<\/p>\n Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n “30 year old Ali has the heart of a lioness, is proud, doesn’t complain and works herself to the bone for her two children, as a cleaner in Hamburg’s famous nightclub “Ritze”. But deep in her heart Ali carries a wound: after she became an unmarried mother in Romania she was disowned by her father – for whom, until then, she was the Gypsy Queen, the queen of all Roma. When Ali discovers the boxing ring in the Ritze’s basement one day and gets to watch a fight, it brings back memories of boxing training with her father. Fully equipped and disappointed by life, Ali vents all her fury on the punching bag one evening. Tanne, ex-boxer and owner of the Ritze sees her and recognizes her talent. She starts to box again and sees the chance for a better life.”<\/em><\/p>\n Read more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Register here<\/a><\/p>\n Thursday 26 March<\/strong><\/span> The objective of the conference is to create a higher awareness of environmental determinants of health, such as environmental discrimination against Roma communities and its impact on health to set the issue on the European and national political agenda. The conference further allows for the first exchange between European and national policymakers, researchers, civil society and Roma people to create a systematic understanding of health inequalities and environmental discrimination, two closely related issues, and to discuss solutions and policy options to address these public health and environmental issues.<\/p>\n Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 12:30 Reproductive rights of Roma Women and Girls<\/strong> The side event will emphasize the importance of ensuring an intersectionality perspective when addressing structural discrimination and inequalities with regard to Roma health. To ensure equality in health care, it is imperative that both EU and national policies related to Roma health and gender equality adequately address the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination that Roma women and girls face in reproductive health care settings and outline strong actions to eliminate these inequalities.<\/p>\n Register here<\/a><\/p>\n 15:00 Exchange of views in LIBE Committee about the implementation report on National Roma Integration Strategies \u2013 Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe.<\/strong> No open registration<\/span><\/p>\n 17:00 Documentary film and Closing of the Romani Week 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n Roma is the biggest minority in Europe. We live together with them, in the same cities, in the same countries. However, they are the strangers next to us and too often, we appeal to the well-known “Roma integration issues” expression in order to justify the fact that we do not know them.What does it mean to be a Roma in Europe? Why do Roma people have an integration issue and what is it exactly? How did we come up to this situation? What happened with Roma people in the past? What is the relationship between Roma people and the authorities? What do Europeans know about Roma people? What are Roma struggling with in their daily lives? Can we describe Roma people in a certain way?<\/p>\n These are questions that maybe some of us thought about, but didn’t get an answer. And for others, those can be questions that they never asked themselves.<\/p>\n Throughout this documentary, we hope to bring some light to the audience about the meaning of being a Roma in Europe. The documentary brings answers to some questions already raised, trying to describe the situation that Roma people lived in the past, their current status and the steps envisaged for the future.<\/p>\n This is a story produced and directed by a Roma journalist, seen through the eyes of a lifetime observer of this situation who often asked herself these questions.<\/p>\n A cocktail reception will be organized by the host MEPs to close the Romani Week 2020.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ardi-ep.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/89053820_2470104426427415_5703065546535206912_o.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\n08:00 Breakfast with MEPs and Young Roma<\/strong>
\nMembers restaurant, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nASP 3E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nASP 3E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTherefore, it is a high time to discuss what does \u2018an initiative to combat antigypsyism\u2019 should be about. The main aims of the event are to raise awareness about misconceptions of the phenomenon \u2018antigypsyism\u2019 and better understand how to address it on the ground.<\/p>\n
\nASP 5G1, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe event aims to discuss the role of Roma Youth in the post-2020 implementation of the European Framework for National Inclusion Strategies of the European Commission as well as to present what\u2019s next after the end of the Roma Youth Action Plan of the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n
\nMEP Salon, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRepresentatives of the best five project ideas will be invited to take part in the EU Romani Week and the seminar organized by the Roma Youth Networks in Brussels between 22-27 March 2020. The best Roma Youth Projects will be awarded by the ternYpe and Phiren Amenca Team and Romani MEPs.<\/p>\n
\n09:00 Making EU funds and financial instruments work for Roma: smart investments for better outcomes<\/strong>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Raise awareness on the different funding instruments available for Romani inclusion, positioning Romani inclusion & empowerment at the centre of sustainability agenda;
\n\u2022 Identify barriers and success factors in adequately channelling EU funding for addressing challenges faced by Romani people;
\n\u2022 Provide recommendations on how to overcome such challenges and identify new models and opportunities in order to make the best use of EU funding for inclusive growth;
\nThe event will also stress the importance of applying the partnership principle and code of conduct in engaging the voice of different stakeholders, especially Romani people.<\/p>\n
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Present the Poznan Declaration, steps taken for its implementation and the precedent set by this initiative in the context of the formulation of the post-2020 Roma integration policy;
\n\u2022 Listen to the voices of the most vulnerable returnees;
\n\u2022 Listen to and discuss the challenges and successes of EU Member States responsible for returns and arrival Western Balkans partners to identify areas for closer cooperation and synergies;
\n\u2022 Present how the EC envisages improving the reintegration of returnees in Western Balkans and enhancing the collaboration between countries of origin and countries of departure.<\/p>\n
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Understand from industry leaders how they imagine the society will look like in 2030 and what they think the jobs of the future look like;
\n\u2022 Raise awareness on the danger advanced technology will pose on number and type of jobs in the Roma communities;
\n\u2022 Identify ways to start investing in building the right skills for people aged 10, 20 and 30 years old to enable them to be better positions for the 2025 \u2013 2035 job market;
\nThe event will also stress the importance of applying the partnership principle and code of conduct in engaging the voice of different stakeholders, especially Roma.<\/p>\n
\nRoom tbc, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\n09:00 Roma Environmental justice – Lack of environmental services, exposure to pollution and health impacts<\/b>
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nASP 5E2, European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRoom tbc<\/em><\/p>\n