Programme

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m.  - Registration

09.30 a.m. - 09.45 a.m. - Opening remarks

  • Carlos Manuel Trindade, President of the EESC Permanent Study Group on Immigration and Integration

09.45 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - Panel 1: social inclusion

  • Klara Foti, Eurofound
  • Lukas Humer, Eurodiaconia
  • Esther Bohé, Caritas Europa

Open floor discussion

11.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. - Coffee break

11.15 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. - Policy Guide on entrepreneurship for migrants and refugees: Fulvia Farinelli – UNCTAD (Presentation via video connection)

11.45 a.m. - 12.45 p.m. - Panel 2: skills-based economic inclusion

  • Marlinde van Gilst, Dutch Refugee Council
  • Sophia Honggokoesoemo, Minderhedenforum
  • Sinem Yilmaz, European Network of Migrant Women

Open floor discussion

12.45 p.m. – 13.00 p.m. - Closing remarks

Interpretation requested from Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch into English, French and Portuguese

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