1. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Update on activities Eurostat – March Dr. Joanna Goodey Head of Freedoms & Justice Department

2. FRA’s Mandate – data collection
To provide assistance and expertise on fundamental rights issues to the EU Institutions and the Member States, when they implement European Union law
To collect, record, analyse and disseminate relevant, objective, reliable and comparable information and data on fundamental rights issues in the EU

3. FRA’s areas of work 2013-2017 Access to justice Victims of crime
Information society, privacy & data protection
Roma integration
Judicial cooperation
Rights of the child
Discrimination based on different grounds; including: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation . . .
Immigration & integration, visa & border control, asylum
Racism, xenophobia and related intolerance

4. FRA Surveys – some examples
Violence Against Women Survey (EU28) to be replicated in 10 non-EU Member States, with funding from the EU
EU-MIDIS II Survey (EU28) (on ethnic minorities & immigrants) fieldwork nearly completed – includes questions on criminal victimisation, reporting to police
Fundamental Rights Survey (EU28) (on general population) to be in the field in 2017 – includes questions on criminal victimisation, reporting to the police

5. FRA Working Parties – some examples
Working Party on Hate Crime Data Collection to improve reporting and recording of hate crime
All MSs covered, with representation from police, prosecution etc.
Commission and OSCE/ODIHR involved
Victims’ Directive FRA (together with Commission) set up a working group with selected MSs to look at transposition of the Victims’ Directive in the run up to the Nov 2015 deadline (operated under the Chatham House Rule).
Data collection component

6. fra.europa.eu