Czech Republic: Inter-ministerial group on Roma has new members

15 March 2013

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At its cabinet session on Wednesday, the Czech Government took up the nomination of David Tišer and Emil Voráč as new members of the Czech Government Inter-ministerial Commission for Roma Community Affairs. Tišer is director of the ARA ART, o.s. association and has long worked as an activist promoting Roma integration, fighting against the discrimination of Roma and advocating for the media to report on the life of the Romani minority in the Czech Republic. Voráč is the chair and director of the o. s. Khamoro – Romské integrační centrum (Roma Integration Center) organization, which offers socially excluded Roma a drop-in facility for children and youth, field social work programs, professional social counseling and temporary shelter.

The Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner, who is the First Vice-Chair of the Inter-ministerial Commission, prepared the materials for the cabinet session. The chair of the Inter-ministerial Commission is the Czech Prime Minister and its Second Vice Chair is Lenka Balogová. The other members of the Inter-ministerial Commission are:

MUDr. Ferdinand Polák, First Deputy Health Minister
Ing. Dan Jiránek, chair, Union of Towns and Municipalities (Svaz měst a obcí)
JUDr. Michal Hašek, chair, Association of Regions (Asociace krajů)
Ing. Jan Gregor, Deputy Finance Minister
Ing. Jiří Schneider, First Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
Mgr. Alena Hanáková, Culture Minister
Ing. Kamil Jankovský, Regional Development Minister
Jan Kubice, Interior Minister
Prof.
PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M., Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
Bc. Martin Šimáček, director, Agency for Social Inclusion
Mgr. David Beňák, civil society member
PhDr. Renata Köttnerová, civil society member
Bc. Jiří Daniel, civil society member
Ján Balog, civil society member
Božena Fílová, civil society member
Bc. Jiřina Bradová, civil society member
Patrik Banga, civil society member
Bc. Jiří Daniel, civil society member
Bc. Věra Horváthová, civil society member
Bc. Lýdia Poláčková, civil society member
Mgr. Lenka Kurová, civil society member
Bc. Roman Slivka, civil society member
Mgr. Jozef Baláž,civil society member