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Roma Community, Health and Drugs

PROGRAM

FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER
9:15 Participant Registration and distribution of documentation
9:30 Opening session

Fundación Secretariado General Gitano

Edina Gábor, Ministry of Youth, Family, Social and Equal Opportunities

10:00

Hungary

"Roma Community and risk of drug use", Andor Urnos, Director of the Government Office of Equal Opportunities. Directorate of Roma Integration

"Training and supporting Roma mediators", Tivor Havasi, Minority Affairs, 9th District Budapest

"Social work in the "Dzsumbuj" (9th district of Budapest)", Virag Kováts, Blue Point Drug Counselling and Outpatient Centre

"Special questions of care of alcohol and drug users in Pecs", Zsolt Maté, Day Care Centre for Addicts - Pécs

11:30 Coffee-Break
12:00

Czech Republic

"Romany Drug Users from the perspective of low threshold worker".Jan Sip, SANANIM

"Ethnicity as an handicaping factor ?", Ondrej Nadvornik, People in need Foundation

"Czech Roma People and Drugs in Numbers", Mgr. Pavla Lejckova, National Focal Point

"Introducing of Hvezda society activities", Tomas Nedved, SANANIM

13:30 Lunch
15:00 Slovakia

"Example of Good Practice in Drug Dependencies approaching Roma Community from Bratislava", MUDr. Lubomír Okruhlica, CSc., Centre for Treatment of Drug Dependencies

"Supervision - help in crisis or a continuous process?" Ph. Dr. Hana Smitkova, PhD., Comenius University Dept. Fo Psychology

"Connection to Roma people through music", Tono Gúth, Vackanobub, culture and social space

16:30 Bulgaria

"Medical and Social care for homeless Roma Youth", Nikola Nokolv, Day care center 16+

"Primary care for Roma", Elena Birindgieva, MSF

"Involvement of Roma "gatekeepers" for outreach activities", Kristina Zhelyazkova, Initiative for Health Foundation

18:00 (end)
Debate

 

SATURDAY 30th OCTOBER
9:00 Romania

"Drug Abuses in Roma communities: facts and responsibilities", Hanna Dobronouteanu, Adviser on Roma issues in the Ministry of Health and Family

"Drug abuses and the Roma: causes, good practices, recommendations", Margareta Matache, Romani Criss

10:30 Spain

"Facing drugs within the Rom Community: gathering of information for the development of indicators" , Beatriz Alvarez, Fundación Secretariado General Gitano

"Dealing with information on drugs", Javier Arza, consultant

"Avillela Acobá: Intervention and Mediation Programme on drug dependencies within the Roma community", Elena Andrés, Fundación Secretariado General Gitano

12:00 Coffee-Break
12:30 Final conclusions and debate
14:00 Lunch

 

 

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