OPENING
Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Koos Richelle, Director General, Directorate-General for
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Lucia Nicholsonová, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour,
Social Affairs and Family
Miroslav Pollák, Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic
Government for Roma Communities
Klára Orgovánová, Director, RomaInstitute
PLENARY SESSION – SETTING THE SCENE
Moderator
Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Regional Policy,
European Commission
Speakers
Morten Kjaerum, Director, Fundamental Rights Agency: Situation of Roma in
Eastern Europe
Katarína Mathernová, Senior Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank:
The costs of non-inclusion and poverty mapping
Andrey Ivanov, Human Development policy Advisor, United Nations Development
Programme: Data collection and monitoring: presentation of the Household Survey
in Slovakia
Miroslav Pollák, Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma
Communities: Support for an effective integration of Roma in Slovakia
PANEL DISCUSSION
Topics: "What are the main consequences of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration
Strategies up to 2020 (which was released by the European Commission on 05 April 2011) for
Slovakia? How can a national Roma integration strategy be implemented in Slovakia and what will
the future Roma integration strategy consists of?"
Moderator
Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Regional Policy,
European Commission
Speakers
Anton Marcinčin, Member of the Slovak Parliament
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director, Directorate-General for Justice, European Commission
Zuzana Kumanová, Head of Department responsible for strategies, analysis and regional
coordination, Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for Roma
Communities
Zdenko Trebul'a, President of Košice Self-governing Region
Zeljko Jovanovic, Director, Open Society Institute
WORKSHOP 1: Comprehensive approach for
marginalised Roma communities
Moderator:
Christopher Todd, Head of the Slovak unit, Directorate-General for
Regional Policy, European Commission
Speakers:
Jana Minarovičová, Head of the Department of the Horizontal priority on Marginalised
Roma Communities, Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Government for
Roma Communities
Sandra Salamonová, Director General, Central Coordinating Authority, Ministry of Transport,
Construction and Regional Development
Slávka Mačáková, Director, ETP Slovakia, Centre for Sustainable Development
Vladimír Ledecký, Mayor of Spišský Hrhov
Klára Orgovánová, Director, RomaInstitute
Moderator:
Sean McGrade, Head of Unit, EU Compliance Division, Northern
Ireland Civil Service
WRAP-UP OF THE PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
CLOSING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK ON THE
FOLLOW-UP OF THE HLE
Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for
Regional Policy, European Commission