2 May 2019

08.45 a.m. - 09.30 a.m.  - Registration

09.30 a.m. - 09.45 a.m. - Welcome and opening session

  • Séamus Boland, President of the Study Group on "Implementation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration based on EU values", European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

09.45 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. - Presentation of the EESC own-initiative opinion on Implementation of the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration based on EU values

  • José Antonio Moreno Díaz, Rapporteur of the opinion

10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - Panel 1 and debate Implementation of the Global Compact at a European level

  • Ola Henrikson, Regional Director for International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) EEA, the European Union and NATO office
  • Irene Wintermayr, Policy officer, Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries, International Labour Organisation (ILO)
  • Maria Giovanna Manieri, Political Advisor on Migration and Asylum, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament

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

11.15 a.m. – 12.45 p.m. - Panel 2 and debate The contribution of organised civil society to achieving the Compact's objectives

  • Chidi King, Director of Equality Department, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
  • Stephane Jaquemet, Head of Policy, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
  • Michele LeVoy, Director, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
  • Anaïs Faure-Atger, Head of Unit - Migration, Red Cross EU Office

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

  • José Antonio Moreno Diaz, Rapporteur of the opinion on "Implementation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration based on EU values", EESC

Join the discussion online:  @EurMigrForum  #GlobalCompactMigration  #migrationEU

Participants can speak in and listen to French, English, Spanish and Italian.

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Implementation of the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration based on EU values