Invitation: Open Meeting of the Disability Intergroup: “Impact of COVID-19
outbreak to persons with disabilities”hello Anca
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Objet : Invitation: Open Meeting of the Disability Intergroup: “Impact of
COVID-19 outbreak to persons with disabilities”
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Open meeting of the European Parliament's
Disability Intergroup: “Impact of COVID-19 outbreak to persons with
disabilities”
Date: 30 April 2020 15:30 - 17:30 CEST
We are glad to invite you to an online meeting
of the European Parliament's Disability Intergroup about the “impact of
COVID-19 outbreak to persons with disabilities”. The meeting will count with
the participation of EU Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli.
The online meeting will be held in English with
live subtitling and international sign interpretation.
Draft agenda
a.. Welcoming words by MEP Ádám Kósa and MEP
Brando Benifei, Disability Intergroup
a.. Welcoming words by EDF President, Yannis
Vardakastanis
a.. The impact of COVID-19 to persons with
disabilities (moderated by Catherine Naughton, EDF Director):
a.. Ana Peláez Narváez, EDF Vice-President –
human rights violations and situation of women and girls with disabilities
b.. Luisa Bosiso Fazzi, EDF Board Member –
issues with services for persons with disabilities (lack of support to
institutions, community-based services and education and employment services).
c.. Thorkild Olesen, EDF Board Member – role of
disability organisations and their advocacy to governments.
d.. Albert Prévos, EDF Executive Committee
member – impact of lockdown (tbc)
e.. Dóvile Joutdkaité, EDF Board Member– the
economic implications
a.. EU response – Commissioner for Equality
Helena Dalli
b.. The role of the European Parliament – MEP
Dragos Pislaru
c.. Interventions by MEPs:
a.. MEP Anne Sophie Pelletier,
b.. MEP Radka Maxová,
c.. MEP Mónica González,
d.. MEP Stelios Kympouropoulos,
e.. MEP Katrin Langensiepen,
f.. MEP Rosa Estaras
g.. MEP Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
a.. Questions and discussion
a.. Follow up actions - MEP José Gusmao
a.. Closing remarks by EDF President, Yannis
Vardakastanis and MEP Tilly Metz
Register to the meeting
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The European Disability Forum (EDF), as the
umbrella organisation representing the interests of 80
million persons with disabilities in Europe,
cooperates closely with the Disability Intergroup and provides its Secretariat.
For more information about the Disability Intergroup of the European
Parliament, consult the following page:
http://www.edf-feph.org/disability-intergroup-european-parliament. ;
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