FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM 2016 Rights, Respect, Reality: the Europe of Values in Today’s World 20-23 JUNE 2016, VIENNA CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT FINAL PROGRAMME INCLUSION REFUGEE PROTECTION THE DIGITAL AGE GLOSSARY CONNECT. REFLECT.ACT.TALK: speakers are given a limited amount of time to present their ideas in innovative and engaging ways. AUDIENCE POLLING: live polling on specific questions amongst participants via an app Sli.do. MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS: diverse organisations present their ideas and work at information stands. It takes place during the entire Forum. SCHOOL COMPETITION ‘Human rights in the city’: jointly organised by the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the City of Vienna, the Vienna School Authority and FRA. Vienna school students, aged 6-19, were invited to submit artwork related to the themes of the FRF. FRF HACKATHON: the Hackathon aims to find practical solutions to raising awareness of fundamental rights in the EU, using digital technology and the expertise of FRF participants. The chosen proposal will be presented on Day 3 of the Forum. WORKING GROUP: The working groups at the Fundamental Rights Forum 2016 serve the purpose to discuss specific topics in more detail, within the umbrella of the three FRF themes: inclusion, refugee protection, the digital age. Each day will focus on a different cluster: innovation for fundamental rights; rights-based governance; empowering rights holders; fundamental rights compliant sustainable growth. Participants at the FRF will be able to choose which workshops to attend, depending on their expertise and interest availability. SIDE EVENT: Side event of the Forum serves the purpose to provide additional, FRF related opportunity for discussion, to different audience than FRF audience. The side events are organised by FRF partners or those associated with FRF. Information on side event is included in FRF programme and on FRF web site. CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Chief output of the Fundamental Rights Forum, which will focus on the key findings of the discussions and suggest follow up that could be made by different stakeholder groups: EU member states, EU institutions, National Human Rights Institutions and Equality Bodies, international human rights organisations, businesses and entrepreneurs, and civil society. These are steps that need to be taken in order to improve respect for fundamental rights in the areas of refugee protection, inclusion and the digital age over the three years until the next FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM. Final Programme 2 DAY 1 - MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 INNOVATION FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE 09.00 – 17.00 FRF HACKATHON Organised by the Dutch Embassy in Vienna, FRA and Impact Hub Vienna, FRA premises The main goal is to find practical solutions to raising awareness of fundamental rights in the EU, using digital technology and the expertise of FRF participants. The chosen proposal will be presented on Day 3 of the Forum. 15.00 – 17.10 WORKING GROUP: Kultur der Menschenrechte jetzt: Perspektiven in und für die Menschenrechtsstadt Wien (German only) Vienna city hall Moderators: Manfred Nowak, Vice-Chairperson of the FRA Management Board; Beate Winkler, Author, Painter, Speakers: Professor Anna Badora, Artistic Director, Volkstheater, Wien Dr Matti Bunzl , Director, Wien Museum Matthias Naske, Artistic Director, Wiener Konzerthaus Doz. Mag. Alf Netek, MA , CMO (Chief Marketing Officer), Kapsch AG Ula Schneider, Artistic Director, SOHO in Ottakring 16.00 – 17.10 WORKING GROUP: Meeting of Human Rights Cities Vienna City Hall Final Programme 3 DAY 1 - MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 OPENING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM 2016 17.30 –19:00 OPENING OF THE FORUM Vienna City Hall Introduction and moderation: Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency and Chair of the Fundamental Rights Forum Speakers: Frauke Lisa Seidensticker, Chairperson of the Management Board of the Fundamental Rights Agency Dr. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs, Science and Sports of the City of Vienna, Co-host of the Fundamental Rights Forum H.E. Dr Heinz Fischer, President of the Republic of Austria and Patron of the Fundamental Rights Forum Keynote Address: Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission 19:00 onwards RECEPTION Vienna City Hall Final Programme 4 DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016 RIGHTS BASED GOVERNANCE: INCLUSION, REFUGEE PROTECTION, THE DIGITAL AGE Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center Messeplatz 1 PF 277 1021 Vienna 08:00 - 08:45 Registration of participants 09.00 – 09.15 WELCOME: Friso Roscam Abbing, Head of FRA’s Fundamental Rights Promotion Department and general moderator at the Fundamental Rights Forum. OPENING REMARKS: Michael O'Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum Moderators: Farid Tabarki, Trend watcher Shirin Wheeler, Principal Advisor International Press, European Investment Bank, former BBC journalist 09.15 – 10.15 PANEL DEBATE ON RIGHTS BASED GOVERNANCE Speakers: Wolfgang Brandstetter, Minister of Justice, Austria (video message) Ulrike Lunacek, Vice-President, European Parliament Valeriu Nicolae, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Romania Yuri Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Alexander Stępkowski, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland 10:15 - 10:30 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALK: Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a model for inclusion by Helga Stevens, Member of the European Parliament Final Programme 5 DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016 10.30 – 11.30 PANEL DEBATE ON FORWARD LOOKING INCLUSIVE EUROPE Speakers: Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Member, European Parliament Barna Berke, State Secretary for European and International Judicial Cooperation, Hungary Per Olsson Fridh, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Sweden Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michael Georg Link, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE 11:30 - 11:45 CONNECT.REFLECT.ACT TALK: Fixing the Refugee System by James C. Hathaway, Professor of law, University of Michigan 11.45 – 12.15 BREAK MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS 12.15 – 13.15 WORKING GROUPS INCLUSION WG 1: Inclusion and fundamental rights: addressing gaps in equality law and in its implementation Soraya Post, Member of the European Parliament Paul d'Auchamp, Deputy Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sarah-Jane King, Deputy Head of Unit Equality legislation Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission Tamás Kádár, Head of Legal and Policy Team, EQUINET Marina Roncoroni, Commissioner for Integration and Migration for the Berlin District Administration Steglitz- Zehlendorf, German Henri Nickels, Head of Sector Equality, FRA WG 2: Political and societal participation in the EU: young people, LGBTI persons, people with ethnic minority or migrant background and people with disabilities Jozsef Nagy, Member of the European Parliament Helene Jarmer, Member of Parliament, Austria Evelyn Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA Europe Final Programme 6 DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016 Amel Yacef, ENAR board member, Chair of Migrant women and youth networks, Ireland Marie Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit Citizenship rights and free movement, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission David Friggieri, European Commission Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred Miltos Pavlou, Senior Programme Manager, FRA. WG 3: Assessing the progress in social inclusion from a fundamental rights perspective: are we on the right track? Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament Livia Jaroka, Roma activist and former Member of the European Parliament Juul Van Hoof, Senior Advisor, Rainbow cities network Network Pia Oberoi, Advisor on Migration and Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Salla Saastamoinen, Director of Equality, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, European Commission John Hammock , Co-founder, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative Isabella Meier, research officer, ETC Graz, Graz University Andrey Ivanov, Head of Sector Roma and Migrant Integration, FRA REFUGEE PROTECTION WG 10: Human rights at the heart of the EU asylum policy framework Chair: Manfred Nowak, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Vienna and vice-chair of FRA’s Management Board Speakers: Angelika Mlinar, Member of the European Parliament Timothy Kirkhope, Member of European Parliament, (video message) Michael O’Flaherty, FRA Director and Chair of the Forum Final Programme 7 DAY 2 - TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2016 Maria Stavropoulou, Director, Greek Asylum Service Tomáš Boček, Special Representative on Migration, Council of Europe Catherine Woollard, Secretary General, European Council on Refugees and Exiles James C. Hathaway, Professor of law, University of Michigan WG 11: Protecting children on the move Chair: Margaret Tuite, Coordinator on the rights of the child, Directorate General Justice, European Commission Speakers: Marc Dullaert, Director, Kids Rights Foundation Noala Skinner, Director, UNICEF Brussels Helmut Sax, member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings(GRETA) George Moschos, Deputy Ombudsman for Children’s Rights in Greece, Member of