The Decade Presidency is held annually by a participating Decade country according to the rotating schedule listed on the About page of this website. According to the Terms of Reference of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, the government holding the Presidency of the Decade has the following responsibilities, among others:

 

• Develop a work plan that describes the priority areas for its Presidency year and
  present it for discussion by the International Steering Committee (ISC)
• Guide the work of the Secretariat of the Decade in implementing the work plan and other work relating to the Decade
• Coordinate the exchange of information and the implementation of jointly agreed Decade activities at the international level
• Convene, organize, conduct and chair ISC meetings and workshops on Decade issues
• Act as the main representative of the Decade before European and international institutions
• Communicate Decade goals, activities and results to the media

 

The Czech Republic currently holds the Decade Presidency, which it took over from Slovakia on July 1, 2010. Macedonia will assume the Presidency on July 1, 2011.

 

Czech Decade Presidency 2010-2011

Mr. Michael Kocab
Commissioner for Human Rights
National Coordinator of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
E-mail: senkyrikova.andrea@vlada.cz (assistant)
Tel: + 420 224 002 032

Ms. Gabriela Hrabanova
Director
Governmental Council for Roma Community Affairs
E-mail: Hrabanova.gabriela@vlada.cz  
Tel: + 420 296 153 125 
 

Priorities Areas of the Czech Presidency 
English (DOC - 106K) | Czech (DOC - 128K)

International Steering Committee Meetings during the Czech Presidency

 

• 19th ISC Meeting, September 30 - October 1, 2010 (to be confirmed)
  
  
• 20th ISC Meeting, June 22-24, 2011 (to be confiirmed)

 

Workshops and Conferences under the Czech Presidency (all events to be confirmed)

 

• Conference: "Public Policy Evaluation on Roma Inclusion - The Use of Disaggregated Data for Better Policies," October 10, 2010 

 

• Conference: "Desegregating Education in CEE: Good Practices and the Way Forward," November 10-11, 2010 

 

• Conference: "Roma Access to Housing: Regional Planning and Local Government," February 2011

 

• Conference "Roma Women's Empowerment and Women's View on Integration," April 2011

Field visit in Hungary on December 4, 2007, during the housing workshop organized under the Hungarian Presidency.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel discussion during the 12th ISC Meeting in Budapest, February 25-26, 2008.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

The 10th ISC Meeting in Sofia on June 12-13, 2007, marked the end of the Bulgarian Decade Presidency.