25 May, 2020
Maribor, Slovenia

On Monday 25 May 2020, Open Society Roma Initiatives is organising an online debate on the European Recovery Plan post-COVID-19 and the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework.

Within the debate, we will ask what role the Roma community can play in addressing the economic challenges facing the EU, what opportunities the Recovery Plan offers for different ways of working within European funds and strategies, and how we can ensure that the situation of the Roma community improves within these frameworks.

Štefan Simončič will take part in the debate and we invite you to join us.

Moderator:

Klára Dobrev, Vice-President, European Parliament

Guests:

David Sassoli, President, European Parliament
Vera Jourova, Vice-President, European Commission
Michael Roth, Secretary of State for Europe, Germany
Dragos Pislaru, MEP, Renew Europe
Sabine Verheyen, MEP, European People’s Party
Heidi Hautala, MEP, Green Party
Petrica Dulgheru, Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative
Zeljko Jovanovic, Open Society Foundations

Event

For more information, please contact us via email or on Facebook.

EU Funds

The project is partly funded by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and the European Union through the European Social Fund. The operation is financed under the Operational Programme for the Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, Priority Axis 9 “Social inclusion and reducing the risk of poverty”, Priority Investment 9.1 “Active inclusion, including the promotion of equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability”, Specific Objective 9.1.2 “Empowering target groups to move towards the labour market”.