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Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030 – Brussels
21/10/2019 @ 9 h 00 min - 13 h 30 min
What lessons can be learned from the current EU Disability Strategy 2010-2030? What could be changed or improved in the next EU Strategy 2020-2030?
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is organising a public hearing on “Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030” on 21 October 2019, where we will try to give an answer to these questions.
Programme
09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome coffee and registration
09:30 – 10:00 | Opening session
Moderator: Madi Sharma, European Economic and Social Committee
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, Rapporteur of the opinion on “Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030”, European Economic and Social Committee
10:00 – 10:20 | Keynote speakers
- Marc Priestley, Professor of Disability Policy, Leeds University
10:20 – 11:30 | Session 1
Moderator: Gunta Anca, European Economic and Social Committee
- Monica Silvana González, MEP, European Parliament
- Representative, DG EMPL, Unit for Disability and Inclusion
- Antero Kiviniemi, Finnish presidency
- Representative, European Ombudsman
- Representative, Fundamental Rights Agency
- Representative, Committee of the Regions
11:40 – 12:50 | Session 2
Moderator: Bo Jansson, European Economic and Social Committee
- Catherine Naughton, European Disability Forum
- Representative, Social Platform
- Representative, European trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Representative, Business Europe
12:50 – 13:00 | Conclusions
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, Rapporteur of the opinion on “Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030”, European Economic and Social Committee
Interpretation requested from French, English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish into French, English, Italian, Spanish and Czech.