Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025, 9:30–16:00 CET, and Friday, 17 October 2025, 9:30–13:00 CET
Venue: Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria)
Working languages: English and German, with simultaneous interpretation
Registration: registration form
The conference is hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, with an opening address by Minister Korinna Schumann.
It is held within the coordination of Priority Area 9 «People and Skills» of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and addresses key questions of labour market policy for the empowerment and integration of vulnerable groups such as the Roma community, with particular regard to the challenges Roma communities face in the Danube region. The conference also marks several anniversaries:
— 20 years: the European Parliament resolution on the situation of Roma in the EU, and the Thara projects of Volkshilfe Austria
— 15 years: the EU Strategic Framework for Roma equality, inclusion and participation, and the inclusion of vulnerable groups within the Danube Region Strategy
— 10 years: the Roma labour market empowerment programmes and projects in Austria, co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF)
The draft agenda is available here.
Please register as early as possible, by 19 September 2025.
Attendance is possible only after confirmation. Confirmed participants will receive further information by e-mail.