Simultaneous interpretation requested from French, English, Italian, Spanish and Polish into French, English, Italian
02.00 p.m. | Registration and welcome coffee
02.30 p.m. | Opening session
- Cinzia Del Rio, Rapporteur of the information report on the State of implementation of legal migration legislation
- Laura Corrado, Head of Unit for Legal Migration and Integration, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
02.50 p.m. | Panel and debate
Overview of the civil society views on the implementation of EU legal migration legislation in Member States – knowledge, added value, gaps and limitations
Moderator: Krzysztof Balon, President of the EESC Study group on the State of implementation of legal migration legislation
Panellists:
- Philippe Cuisson, Head of EESC Policy Assessement Unit - presenting the results of the questionnaire in eight Member States
- Annica Ryngbeck, Policy Adviser, Social Platform; member of the Bureau of the European Migration Forum – presenting the results of the workshop on gaps and challenges in the EU migration framework, held during the 3rd European Migration Forum (2 March 2017)
- Geertrui Lanneau, Senior Specialist on Labour Migration and Human Development, International organisation on Migration (IOM)
- Alain Dru, Member of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH, France)
Debate
04.00 p.m. | Panel 2 and debate Civil society perspective and recommendations
Moderator: José Antonio Moreno Díaz, Member of the EESC Study group on the State of implementation of legal migration legislation
Panellists:
- Marco Cilento, Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation
- Robert Plummer, Adviser, BusinessEurope
- Leïla Bodeux, Policy and Advocacy officer on asylum and migration, Caritas Europa (family reunification aspects)
- Sergio Carrera, Head of Justice and Home Affairs Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies
Debate
05.40-06.00 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- Cinzia del Rio, Rapporteur of the information report on the State of implementation of legal migration legislation
- Giuseppe Casucci, Rapporteur's expert