Programme 2010
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010
14:00 - 16:00 h Meeting of the Steering Committee
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Mayor of Uppsala
Erik Ullenhag
Minister for Integration, Ministry of Employment (Stockholm)
Maria del Pilar Álvarez-Laso
Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Social and Human Sciences
(Paris)
Irena Guidikova
Head of Division on Cultural Policy, Dialogue and Diversity, Council of Europe
(Strasbourg)
Dr. Hans Hesselmann
President of ECCAR (Nuremberg)
Presentation of a Film on Populist Racism in Europe
Moderator:
Helena Rojas-Lundgren
Vice-President of ECCAR (Botkyrka)
10:30 – 12:30 h Round Table
Challenging the Rise of Populist Racism in European Cities
Introductory Statement:
John Kellock
Head of the External Relations and Networking Department,
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Vienna)
Panel Debate and Plenary Discussion with
Dr. Ágnes Daróczi, Vice-President of the Phralipe Independent Roma
Organisation; Scientific Associate of the Hungarian Institute for Culture
(Hungary)
Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations (London)
Prof. Dr. Charles Husband, Professor of Social Analysis, University of Bradford;
Fellow, the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (Bradford)
John Kellock, Head of the External Relations and Networking Department,
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Vienna)
Paul Lappalainen, Head of Equality Promotion, Office of the Swedish Equality
Ombudsman (Stockholm)
Dr. Rifa'at Lenzin, Islamic Scholar, Federal Swiss Commission Against Racism
(Zurich)
Moderator:
Soledad Piñero Misa
Founder of the Consultancy and Training Firm Diferencia (Stockholm)
12:30 – 14:00 h Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 h Assessing Racism and Discrimination and Monitoring
Municipal Policies: ECCAR’s Human-Rights-Centred Model of Indicators
Presentation:
Dr. Klaus Starl, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights
and Democracy (Graz)
Moderator:
Marcello Scarone Azzi
Chief of Fight against Discrimination and Racism Section a.i., Division of
Human Rights, Human Security and Philosophy, UNESCO (Paris)
Discussion
WG 1: Implementing the Ten-Point-Plan of Action Against Racism:
Building Local Partnerships
Coordination: Botkyrka, Gent, Karlsruhe
WG 2: Implementing the Ten-Point-Plan of Action Against Racism:
How to Develop a Local Action Plan
Coordination: Bologna, Graz
WG 3: Combating Discrimination in Health Care Treatment for
Persons Without a Health Insurance
Coordination: Nuremberg, Liège
WG 4: Constituent Assembly of the Youth Council for ECCAR
Coordination: Botkyrka, Cair, Nuremberg, UNESCO (Paris)
WG 5: Cooperation for Change – Moving Towards a
Non-Discriminatory Society
Forum for Non-Governmental Organisations
Coordination: Uppsala, Botkyrka, Office of the Swedish Equality
Ombudsman (Stockholm)
Friday, 19. November 2010
09:00 – 12:00 h Second Session of Parallel Working Groups
12:00 – 13:30 h Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 h Closing Session of the General Conference
13:30 – 14:30 h Presentation of the Recommendations of the Working Groups
Discussion
14:30 – 15:00 h Film Spots Against Racism and Discrimination
15:00 – 15:15 h Presentation of a Conference Declaration
Discussion and decision
15:15 – 15:30 h Final words
Mayor of Uppsala
Dr. Hans Hesselmann
President of ECCAR (Nuremberg)
Moderator:
Jean-Paul Makengo
Vice-President of ECCAR (Toulouse)
15:30 h End of conference
Saturday, 20 November 2010
10:00 – 12:00 h Steering Committee Meeting
