introduction: FRA mandate, scope of activities and FRP Open Day - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Welcome and introduction: FRA mandate, scope of activities and FRP Open Day 2014

Friso Roscam Abbing Waltraud Heller

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The FRA: who we are (not)

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• Geographical scope: EU28

(Candidate countries and countries in the SAA scheme can be invited to participate)

• EU competence (implementation of EU law)
• 9 thematic areas defined by a 5-year Multi-annual

Framework (MAF) and annual work programmes

• Possibility for requests from European Parliament,

European Council or European Commission

Scope of work

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• to provide advice and expertise on fundamental rights issues to

the European Union institutions and the Member States, when they implement EU law

• Information & data collection: research & comparative analysis
• to promote dialogue with civil society, in order to raise public

awareness of fundamental rights and actively disseminate information about its work

• Ref. Council Regulation (EC) 168/2007 of 15 /02/2007

FRA’s role and tasks

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The FRA is not…

• A ‘monitoring’ body nor a dispute settlement body like

the UN treaty bodies or European Court of Human Rights: – No power to decide on individual complaints – No power to address/assess individual Member States BUT Thematic Situation Reports (Greece, 2011)

• Does not systematically screen proposals for legislation

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EU Treaties Founding Regulation 168/2007 15 Feb 2007 Multi-annual Framework Council dec. 252/2013/EU: (2013-2017)

• 1. Access to justice
• 2. Victims of crime, including compensation
• 3. Information society, respect for private life, data protection
• 4. Roma integration
• 5. Judicial cooperation, except in criminal matters
• 6. Rights of the child
• 7. Discrimination based on grounds listed in Art.21 CFREU
• 8. Immigration, integration, visa, border, asylum
• 9. Racism, xenophobia and related intolerance

7 EU Institutions (EP, COM, Council), Advisory Bodies (CoR, EESC), selected EU Agencies Specialised Bodies – NHRIs, Equality Bodies, Ombuds Member States – National, Regional & Local Government IGOs – Council of Europe, UN, OSCE Civil Society (FRP, academia, social partners etc.)

FRA

FRA Stakeholders

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Introduction to the FRP Open Day

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WHAT is the FRP? and WHY? (Regulation, art. 10)

The Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) is a network for cooperation and information exchange between the Agency and civil society. The FRP is not a body of FRA.

Fundamental Rights Platform

(Civil Society

Organisations)

FRA EU Member States EU Institutions

Evidence based advice

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Which are the tasks of the FRP?

(according to Regulation, art. 10)

• make suggestions for the Agency’s Annual

Work Programme

• provide feedback on the Agency’s Annual

Report

• provide information to Director and SC
• be involved in FRA’s projects and activities

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Participation criteria

• be committed to respecting fundamental rights

and to working for their advancement, protection and promotion

• be based in one of the EU Member States
• have specific expertise, proven experience and

engagement in areas of the FRA’s work

• be committed to engage in a fruitful dialogue
• respect the Code of Conduct

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Who is currently in the FRP?

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Communication and exchange

• Within FRA projects (incl. stakeholder

meetings)

• Weekly InFRA and monthly Newsletter, email

alerts

• Via Advisory Panel
• Annual Meeting – FRP meeting
• Other FRA conferences
• eFRP
• Facebook, twitter
• frp@fra.europa.eu

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• CSO input to FRA: Thematic approach and mapping
• FRA input to CSOs: data and information
• Platform: civil society - civil society exchange and

dialogue

• Channel civil society – policy-makers
• Leading the way on meaningful cooperation and

consultation

FRP – future scope