DISABLED PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Programme

THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009

14:00 – 16:00 Registration participants (distribution of folders, evaluation forms, etc.)

16.00 – 19.00 First business session of the EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU

20.00 - Dinner

FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009

09:00 – 10:00 Registration of participants
10.00 – 11.00 Opening session

Chair: Desmond Kenny, Chief Executive Officer
Address by Eoin Ryan, Member of the European Parliament
Address by EBU President, Lord Colin Low
Address by Ms. Renee Dempsey, Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform (Irish Government)
 

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Session II

Chair: Philippe Chazal, Chairman of the EBU Rights Commission
• Election of the Declaration Drafting Committee
• Hans Kaltwasser : Secretary of the EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU: "The European Union: How does it work and what does it do for people with disabilities?"
• Discussion

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 16.30 Session III

Chair: Monica Lovi, member of the Cabinet of the EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU
• Janina Arsenjeva, European Parliament and Policy Officer of the European Disability Forum (EDF): “Update on the Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (Article 13 directive)”
• Tony Aston, Trustee of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (UK): “The ratification process of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”
• Discussion

17.00 – 19.00 Second business session of the EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU

20.00 - Dinner
 

SATURDAY 16 MAY 2009

10.00 – 11.00 Round table :

2009 European elections “Disability votes count”

Chair: Desmond Kenny, Chief Executive Officer
Participants:
Rodolfo Cattani, chairman of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
Manio Aleksiev, member of the EBU Rights Commission
Mildred Theunisz, policy officer of VIZIRIS – the Netherlands
Bárbara Martín, head of ONCE’s Technical Office for European Affairs
• Discussion

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Session IV

Chair: Rodolfo Cattani, chairman of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
• Arnt Holte, Vice-President of the World Blind Union (WBU)
John Patrick Clarke, member of the Executive Committee of the European Disability Forum: “The disability movement in Europe: nothing about us without us”
• Conny Reuter, President of Platform of European Social NGOs: “People’s Europe: dream or reality?”
• Discussion

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 16.30 Round table

What can the EU do for people with disabilities?

Chair: Branislav Mamojka, vice-chair of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
Participants:
Markus Wolf, member of the Cabinet of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
Ana Sofia Antunes, member of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
Ulrika Norélius, chair of the EBU Employment Commission

 

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break

17.00 – 18:00 Session V

Chair: Ron Colombo, member of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
• Kicki Nordstrom, EBU representative on the EDF Women’s Committee :
“The EDF EP Election Manifesto: the future of women with disabilities in Europe”

20.00 - Dinner

SUNDAY 17 MAY 2009

09:30 – 11.00 Session VI

Chair: Branislav Mamojka, Vice-Chair of the Commission for Liaising with the EU
• Reports of the rapporteurs of the sessions and workshops
• Discussion and approval of the EBU Declaration on a Europe for Citizens (“EBU Dublin Declaration”)

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Closing session

Chair: Desmond Kenny, Chief Executive Officer
• Lord Colin Low, EBU President: “Towards an inclusive Europe for all: the way forward”
• Desmond Kenny: Conclusions and closure of the conference

12.45 Lunch

Afternoon: Departure of participants

VENUE

Best Western Academy Plaza Hotel
10 – 14 Findlater Place (off Upper O’Connell Street)
Dublin 1, Ireland
Tel: + 353 1 878 0666
Fax: + 353 1 878 0600
Email: stay@academyplazahotel.ie
Website: http://www.academyplaza.ie 

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