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Closing Conference of the European Year of People with Disabilities.
Rome, S. Giovanni Addolorata
• FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2003
15.00 - 16.00 - Participants registration
16.00 - 18.30
Opening Session
Moderator : Elisabetta Gardini
Presentation of a video clip
Extracts from awareness raising campaigns for the European Year of People
with Disabilities
Official speeches
- Francesco Storace -President of the Region of Lazio (Italy)
- Walter Veltroni - Mayor of Rome (Italy)
- Roberto Maroni – Minister for Employment and Social Affairs
(Italy)
- Rocco Buttiglione – Minister for Community Policies (Italy)
Presentation of a video clip
Results of the European Year of People with Disabilities
- Guido Podestà – Vice-President of the European Parliament
- Odile Quintin – General Director for Employment and Social
Affairs, European Commission
- Marie Thèrèse Kempneers – Secretary of the
European Disability Forum
19.00 -19.45 - Presentation of projects developed during
the European Year
Donald Tait, European Commission
- " Ajdovšcina - city friendly for people with disabilities"
Slovenia
- "Disability Legal Resource Ireland
- "Images of women Luxembourg
- "Working Towards Equality'" United Kingdom
- "Inclusive education" Italy
20.30 - Buffet dinner
• SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2003
Non-discrimination plus positive action as determining factors in
social inclusion : the prospects for disabled people and their families
9.00 - 9.30 - Introduction
- Antonio Tomassini – Chiar of Health Commission – Senate
– (Italy)
- Lucio Stanca – Minister for Innovation and Tecnology (Italy)
- Stefania Prestigiacomo - Minister for Equal Opportunities (Italy)
- Odile Quintin - General Director- for Employment and Social Affairs,
European Commission
9.30 - 11.20 - 1st Session : " Rights – Knowledge,
access, exercising and non-discrimination "
Chair : Cabra da Luna General Secretary – European Economic
and Social Committee
Moderator : Eliane De Proost ONG (Belgium)
- a)The impact of Community and national standards: examples and
good practice
Josè Carlos Baura Ortega (Vice General Director IMSERS0 (Spain)
Lisa Waddington . University of Maastricht (Netherlands)
- b) Instruments and means to access rights: the role of different
bodies, information providers and non-governmental organisations
Maria Eagle Minister for disabled People (United Kindom)
Evelyne Friedel Layer (France)
- c) Awareness raising and training for professionals for the promotion
and protection of rights
Luisa Violini University of Pavia (Italy)
Aart Hendricks Expert (Netherlands)
Domande e risposte:
Alessandro Acciavatti (Italy)Maria Rita Saulle (Italy) Richard Whittle
(United Kingdom)Michael Florentzos (Cyprus) Vittoria Beria (United Nations)
11.20 - 11.40 - Coffee break
11.40 - 13.30 - 2nd Session : " Disability and the family
Chair : Antonio Guidi Undersecretary of State – Ministry
of Health (Italy)
Moderator : Cristina Louro - Ministry of Labour – (Portugal)
- a)Models of support and guardianship for a better quality of life,
greater autonomy and the full inclusion of people with disabilities
Marie Therese Boisseau Secretary of State for disabled People –
(France)
Luisa Santolini - President of Forum delle Associazioni delle famiglie
(Italy)
- b)Role of families within social networks
Antonio De Poli – Coordinator for Regional responsible for
Social Policies (Italy)
Jacques Lodomez COFACE Handicap ONG (Belgium)
- c) The families of disabled people with high dependency
needs: targeted and inclusive support
Karl-Herman Haack - Coordinator of the Federal Government for matters
relating to people with disabilities (Germany)
Luisa Fazzi – National Council on disability (Italy)
Questions and answers
Jan Spooren (Belgium)John Evans (United Kingdom)Henri Faivre (France)
Marrit Alto
13.30 - 15.00 - Lunch
15.00 - 16.50 - 3rd session : " Access to Everything
for All "
Chair : Vassilis Kontagiannopoulos Deputy Minister for Health and
Welfare (Greece)
Moderator: Ileana Argentin – Delegate for Mayor of Rome for
Disability – (Italy)
- a)Accessibility to goods, services and the environment
Immaculada Placencia Porrero – European Commission
Bas Treffers ONG (Netherlands)
- b) Good practice, innovative Actions and networks for co-operation.
Clémence Van Dorp Ministro - Secretary of State for Health,
Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
Ciara Monaghan (Ireland)
- c) Role of new technologies and the media in promoting full participation
Umberto Paolucci - President Microsoft (Italy)
Jenny Stevens - ONG (United Kingdom)
Questions and answers:
Pierluigi Ridolfi - (Italy) Domenico Lenarduzzi (Italy) Lydia La Rivière-Zijdel
(Netherlands) Jean-Luc Simon (France)
16.50 - Coffee break
17.15- Conclusions
- Pietro Barbieri, Representative of EDF
- Jérôme Vignon, Director, European Commission
- Etienne Davignon, President de CSR Europe
- Mario Mantovani (European Parliament)
- Herbert Haupt, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Austria)
- Grazia Sestini, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs - (Italy)
20.30 - Gala Dinner - Borgo Spirito Santo, Sala Lancisi
Including an event to mark the participation of companies in the support
programme for the European Year
Moderator: Elisabetta Gardini
• SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2003
The challenges for European society up to 2010 and the consequences for
disabled people
Moderator 1 Franco Bomprezzi (Italy)
Moderator 2 Marie Yvonne Lyazid (France)
09.00 - 10.30 - Rapporteurs summary from the thematic
sessions
Rapporteur Session 1 Gerald Quinn (Ireland)
Rapporteur Session 2 Encarnación Blanco (Spain)
Rapporteur Session 3 Michel Mercier (Belgium)
10.30 - 12.30 - Official closing of the European Year of People
with Disabilities: Which approaches for the follow-up to the European
Year of People with Disabilities?
- Roberto Maroni, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs (Italy)
- Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum
- Dimitrios Reppas, Minister for Labour and Social Security (Greece)
- Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for European Community Policies (Italy)
- Anna Diamantopoulou, European Commissioner for Employment and Social
Affairs
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