The document summarizes a workshop on anti-discrimination mechanisms in EU countries that was held on June 1, 2009 in Ankara, Turkey. The aim of the workshop was to provide information on legislation and best practices around combating disability discrimination. Representatives from several EU member states presented their countries' policy tools, legal structures, and practices regarding anti-discrimination. The agenda included presentations from Austria, Finland, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy, Spain, and Portugal on their anti-discrimination frameworks and experiences.

1. Workshop on anti-
discrimination mechanisms
in the EU countries
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Venue:
Hotel TBC
Ankara,
01 June 2009
For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download
presentations of this event, please go to:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.

2. Aim of the meeting:
The aim is to provide information on legislation and best practice as regards
antidiscrimination mechanisms to combat disability discrimination in the
EU countries. Representatives of the EU Member States will present policy
tools and legal structures and practices set in their countries in this area.
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3. Friday Monday 01 June 2009
Chairman: Mr. Abdullah Güven
09:00 Welcome and introduction
Mr. Abdullah Güven, General Director of the Administration for
Disabled People, TURKEY
09:15
Anti-discrimination legal framework and practise: The
influence of the European Union legislation on Austria
Mr. Robert Bechina, Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and
Consumer Protection, AUSTRIA
10:00 Policy tools and legal structure against discrimination in
Finland
Ms. Viveca Arrhenius, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health,
FINLAND
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Anti-discrimination policy in Slovakia - Challenges of its
implementation
Ms. Alena Angelovicova, The Slovak Republic Government Office,
Department of Human Rights and Minorities, SLOVAKIA
11:45
Presentation of Turkish legislation on anti-discrimination
Mr. Abdullah Güven, the General Director of the Administration for
Disabled People
12:10
Questions and answers
12:30
Lunch offered by TAIEX
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4. 13:30 European networking in the fight for inclusion against
discrimination. Example of best practices (ENSA European
Network of Social Authorities- Elisan European Local
Action and Social Inclusion Network)
Ms. Elena Curtopassi, Veneto Region, ITALY
14:15
Anti-discrimination as a cross cutting issue - education and
culture aspects – Spanish experience
Mr. Miguel Mares, Region Valenciana, Employment And Social Affaires,
SPAIN
15:00 Coffee break
15:15 Information tool standards and accessibility issues:
application at national level in Portugal
Ms. Ana Andreia Marques, Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity
National Institute for the Rehabilitation, PORTUGAL
16:00
UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities
Ms. Alexandra Pimenta, Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity
National Institute for the Rehabilitation, PORTUGAL
16:40
Stimulating new social policies on disability in Turkey
Mr.Abdullah Güven, the General Director of the Administration for
Disabled People
17:00
Questions and answers
18:0030
Conclusions, The end of the meeting
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5. This meeting is being organised by the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149, B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07, Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web site http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/
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