ERIO meets with International Group of Journalists

ERIO news and activities * ERIO meets with International Group of Journalists

On 13 November ERIOs Executive Director Ivan Ivanov  met with international group of journalists in Brussels. The Belgian Inter-federal Center for Equal Opportunities hosted the meeting with group media representatives from Germany, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Finland and Macedonia. The topic for discussion was the Roma image in the international media, stereotypes and hate speech. Mr. Ivanov stated that racist stereotypes often serve to justify ongoing discriminatory practices. In the last decade the anti-Roma speech is openly expressed in the media and what is worrying is that public institutions and law enforcement bodies are passive. Roma are not able to fight Anti-Gypsyism if friendly media does not support them.  

*ERIO at the Side Event on Active Inclusion : An Integrated Approach to Roma Inclusion  

 ERIOs representative was one of the key note speakers at the Side Event on Roma Inclusion. The event was organized by Eurodiaconia on November 20 as part of the “4th Annual Convention of the Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion”. This year the focus of the Convention was on social innovation and how new creative ideas can contribute to address social needs and to improve people's lives.

The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, addressed the opening ceremony, together with the new Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills & Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen.

Bringing together more than 700 participants, the conference highlighted the role of social innovation to create private-public partnerships, promote social entrepreneurship and make a better use of available resources to give support according to each individual needs.

The Side Event focused on Roma poverty and inclusion with the specific objective to identify challenges and solution in the process of Roma social inclusion.

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