28th September 2009 | Brussels, Belgium
The second meeting of the Integrated European Platform for Roma Inclusion, organised by the Swedish Presidency of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission, will take place on the 28th of September 2009, at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU in Brussels. The Platform was launched in April 2009 in Prague, with the aim of providing an arena for exchanging knowledge, experience and good practice, making commitments for initiatives and possibly monitoring progress achieved for the inclusion of Roma in Europe.
The second meeting of the Platform will be dedicated to the education of the Roma in Europe. Invited participants will include Roma civil society representatives, governmental officials from EU Member States, EU civil servants, representatives from the main international organisations and NGOs as well as academics and experts in this field.
It will be preceded by a meeting of the Informal Contact