Anne Gaspard has been the Executive Director of Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies since the establishment of the Equinet Secretariat in 2008.
Speakers
Dražen Bošnjaković - Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Minister of Justice
Dražen Bošnjaković is the Croatian Minister of Justice. During his political carrier, he has twice been elected to the Croatian Parliament. He was a Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution, Rules of Procedure and Political System and Legislative Committee. As the Minister of Justice, he served for the first time from 2010 to 2011.
Evin Incir - MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Evin Incir is a Swedish politician of Kurdish descent for the Social Democrat Party. She was voted into the European Parliament in 2019. She has since been serving on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, in the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Committee om Development.
Helena Dalli - European Commission, Commissioner for Equality
Helena Dalli is the first EU Commissioner for Equality since December 2019. Her role is to deliver on the Union of Equality chapter within the Political Guidelines of President von der Leyen, by strengthening Europe’s commitment to equality and inclusion in all of its senses.
Jacques Toubon - Defender of Rights, France
Jacques Toubon has been the Defender of Rights in France since July 17, 2014.
In 1995, he was appointed Minister of Justice in France and subsequently elected European deputy from 2004 to 2009. He was also a member of the High Council for Integration and the High Authority for the dissemination of works and the protection of rights on the Internet (HADOPI).
Karen Taylor - European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Chair
Karen Taylor is the Chair of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) and policy and advocacy director at Each One Teach One based in Germany. In addition, Karen Taylor is a member of the coordination group for the implementation of the "UN-Decade for people of African descent" in Germany.
Michael O’Flaherty - EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Director
Michael O’Flaherty is Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Previously, he was Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway and served as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Nikolina Brnjac - Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia, State Secretary
Since 2016, Nikolina Brnjac had been working at the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, first as a Special Advisor to the Minister and later as a State Secretary. In 2019 she was appointed as the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary.
Silvan Agius - Cabinet of Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli, European Commission, Expert
Silvan Agius is the Cabinet Expert in Commissioner Dalli’s Cabinet since December 2019. Her role is coordinate the equality policy framework within the team and its key messages, as well as to lead on LGBTI+ equality, racial and ethnic origin equality and anti-discrimination legislation.
Tena Šimonović Einwalter – Equinet Chair & Office of the Ombudswoman, Croatia, Deputy Ombudswoman
Tena Šimonović Einwalter has been Chair of the Executive Board of Equinet since 2017. She was elected by the Croatian Parliament as a Deputy Ombudswoman in 2013 and has overseen the institution’s non-discrimination and equality work ever since. She is also a member of the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).