Inclusion Europe is honoured to announce the event will be opened by the European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib, and by the European Parliament vice-president Younous Omarjee.
The event is organised as part of the European Parliament's Disability Rights Week.
Inclusion indicators 2024 report will be launched during the event.
The event takes place on 4 December 2024, from 15:00 to 17:00, in Brussels.
You can watch it online on the Parliament's website.
Agenda
15:00 - Opening
- Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management
- Younous Omarjee, Vice-President of the European Parliament
15:20 - Panel: Monitoring the rights of people with intellectual disabilities Moderator: Milan Šveřepa, Director of Inclusion Europe
- Antonella Sberna, Vice President of the European Parliament
- Soufiane El Amrani, Self-advocate, Accessibility expert of Inclusion Europe
- Katrin Langensiepen, Chair of the Disability Intergroup, European Parliament
- Christophe Lefèvre, Chair of the Permanent Working Group on Disability, European Economic and Social Committee
16:00 Panel: Country specific Inclusion indicators and European findings Moderator: Catherine Naughton, Director of the European Disability Forum
- Nicolae Stefanuta, Vice President of the European Parliament
- Marie Louise Johannessen, Director of LEV, Denmark
- Thomas Dabeux, Policy Manager of Inclusion ASBL, Belgium
- Sanja Jovicic, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Lucie Davoine, Head of Unit "Disability and Inclusion", Social Rights and Inclusion, DG EMPL, European Commission
- Ellen Robson, Director-General for Personnel, European Parliament
16:40 Conclusions
- László Bercse, Vice-President of inclusion Europe, chair of European Platform of Self-Advocates
- Miriam Lexmann, Quaestor of the European Parliament
How to participate
The event takes place on 4 December 2024, from 15:00 to 17:00.
Location
European Parliament 60 Rue Wiertz 1047, Brussels Room: ANTALL 6Q2
Registration is necessary to enter the Parliament. Registrations are closed now.
If you are registered:
- Please arrive an hour before the start to allow enough time for security checks.
- Remember to bring the ID you registered on the day of the event. Without it, you will not be able to enter the European Parliament.
You can also watch online on the Parliament's website.
Languages
The event will be in English. Interpretation will be available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, and German.
Inclusion indicators
Inclusion Europe will launch the new edition of the Inclusion indicators that reveals what Europe looks like for 20 million people with intellectual disabilities and their family members.
- The report covers 31 countries.
- Plus, views from over 400 people with intellectual disabilities who provided their individual responses.
- Summarised in 7 indicators of rights and inclusion.
This event is co-funded by the European Union.