The Romanian National Council for Combating Discrimination is celebrating this year 10 years of activity. With this ocassion, the institution is organizing a anniversary conference with the support of the Rule of Law Program South East Europe. Main guest of the event will be Ms. Christine Lüders, Director of the German Federal Anti-discrimination Agency.

Agenda:

09:30 – 10:00 – Welcome coffee

10:00 – 11.00 - Official Openning and Introduction

• ASZTALOS Csaba Ferenc, President, National Council for Combating Discrimination
• Thorsten GEISSLER, Director, Rule of Law Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
• Christine LÜDERS, Director, German Federal Anti-discrimination Agency
• His Excellency Mr. Andreas von METTENHEIM, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Romania

11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee break

11:15 – 13.00 – Evolution of implementing the nondiscrimination principle in Romania and Germany Moderator: MARKO Attila – State Secretary, Interethnic Relations Department, Romanian Government

• Alexander SOPP, Referent, German Federal Anti-discrimination Agency
• Georgiana IORGULESCU, Center for Legal Resources, Romania
• Iulia Antoanella MOTOC – Judge, Constitutional Court of Romania

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch break

14:30 – 16:00 – Nondiscrimination in practice – evolution, learned lessons, perspectives Moderator: ASZTALOS Csaba Ferenc – President, National Council for Combating Discrimination

• ASZTALOS Csaba Ferenc - President, National Council for Combating Discrimination
• Mircea Valentin TOMA, President, ActiveWatch – Press Monitoring Agency
• Lavinia STOICA, Human rights, cults and national minorities’ problems Commission, Romanian Chamber of Deputies
• Răzvan-Horaţiu RADU – Understate Secretary, European Affairs Ministry

16:00 – 16:15 – Coffee-break

16:15 – 17:00 – Conclusions

• ASZTALOS Csaba Ferenc, President, National Council for Combating Discrimination