ERRC Upcoming Events
17 June 2010
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
| ERRC Roma Rights Journal Workshop on Roma Migration – Western Balkans and the EU Visa Liberalisation Dialogue, 2013 | |
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27-29 November 2013 |
| Venue: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Participants: | Activists and researchers working in areas related to migration and the Western Balkans |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors, including SIDA |
| Purpose: | To map the approaches of individual actors – governments of the country of origin and the receiving country, migrants, migrants’ families, civil society, Roma activists, and EU bodies – to the migration of Roma from Western Balkans toward the EU |
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Serbian Judges’ Seminar
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21-23 February 2013
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Belgrade, Serbia
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Judges
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| Funder: | SIDA |
| Purpose: | To raise awareness on the housing rights of Roma, international human rights instruments and recent case-law developments related to housing rights and forced evictions |
| ERRC Summer School 2012 | |
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21-31 July 2012 |
| Venue: | Council of Europe European Youth Centre Budapest: Budapest, Hungary |
| Participants: | Young Roma, Sinti and Traveller activists from around Europe |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors, including SIDA |
| Purpose: | To train young activists and students of Romani origin, from all European countries, offering them an introduction to human rights |
| Macedonian Activists' Training | |
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15-18 May 2012 |
| Venue: | Skopje, Macedonia |
| Participants: | Romani activists |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To train Romani activists to campaign against the placement of Romani children in special education institutions |
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ERRC Summer School 2011 |
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| Date: | 22-31 July 2011 |
| Venue: | Council of Europe European Youth Centre Budapest: Budapest, Hungary |
| Participants: | Young Roma and Traveller activists from around Europe |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To train young Romani activists and students from all European countries, offering them an introduction to human rights |
| Portuguese Roma Rights Training Course | |
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10-14 October 2011 |
| Venue: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Participants: | Young Romani activists and students from all over Portugal |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To increase and strengthen the capacity of Portuguese Romani activists working to promote equality for Roma in Portugal and Europe |
| Portuguese Lawyers Training Course in Roma Rights |
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10-14 October 2011 |
| Venue: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Participants: | Portuguese lawyers |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To build the capacity of Portuguese lawyers to engage in human rights litigation on behalf of Roma in Portugal and Europe |
| Czech and Slovak Roma Rights Training Course | |
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6-10 December 2010 |
| Venue: | TBD |
| Participants: | Young Romani activists and students from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To increase and strengthen the capacity of Czech and Slovakian Romani activists working to promote equality for Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Europe |
| Child Protection Conference |
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30 June 2011 |
| Venue: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Participants: | EU officials, Government representatives, Children's and Roma Rights activists and Child Protection practioners |
| Funder: | European Commission |
| Purpose: | To present the findings of a multi-country project, commissioned by the EU's Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme and undertaken by the ERRC, with the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the Milan Simecka Foundation and osservAzione, which aimed to identify rights violations and other problems associated with Romani children in State care in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Slovakia. |
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Conference on Trafficking Romani youth and women in Eastern and Central Europe: Analysing the effectiveness of national laws and policies in prevention and victim support |
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| Date: | 10 December 2010 |
| Venue: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Participants: | Roma NGOs and activists, general social service providers and anti-trafficking service providers, law enforcement officials, international organisations and relevant government officials |
| Funder: | European Commission (DAPHNE III grant) |
| Purpose: | To discuss preliminary research results and obtain feedback on a draft English-language cross-country report on trafficking affecting Romani communities |
| Italian Roma/Sinti Rights Training Course | |
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8-14 November 2010 |
| Venue: | Rome, Italy |
| Participants: | Young Romani/Sinti activists, students and Roma/Sinti/Human rights activists from all over Italy |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To increase and strengthen the capacity of Italian Romani activists working to promote equality for Roma in Italy and Europe |
| Training of Trainers in Gender Equality | |
| Date: | 27-29 October 2010 |
| Venue: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Participants: | Romanian Roma Women active in civil society |
| Funder: | EU Structural Funds |
| Purpose: | To promote social inclusion of Roma women, improve their present situation by developing structures and mechanisms in order to promote the principle of gender equality |
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Anti Discrimination Law Workshop in Serbia |
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| Date: | 14 September 2010 |
| Venue: | Serbia |
| Participants: | Roma rights organisations and activists in Serbia, Ministry of Human Rights |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To promote the new adopted Anti Discrimination Law for organisations that work on Roma Rights and for Romani activists from Serbia |
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ERRC Summer School 2010 |
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| Date: | 25 July 2010 – 4 August 2010 |
| Venue: | Council of Europe European Youth Centre Budapest: Budapest, Hungary |
| Participants: | Young Roma and Traveller activists from around Europe |
| Funder: | ERRC core donors and Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hungary |
| Purpose: | To train young Romani activists and students from all European countries, offering them an introduction to human rights |
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Trafficking in Human Beings and Roma: Expert Meeting |
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| Date: | 30 June 2010 |
| Venue: | Budapest, Hungary, ERRC office |
| Participants: | Selected relevant experts on Roma and children’s issues. |
| Funder: | European Commission, DAPHNE III PROGRAMME 2007-2013, ERRC core donors |
| Purpose: | To discuss the initial findings of a trafficking study and develop working definitions to be used in report on impact/effect of trafficking in Roma communities |
If you have questions about any of the events listed here, please contact Dzavit Berisa: dzavit.berisha@errc.org
