European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Hybrid Conference
Live multilingual participation via video conference, using the platform Interactio
Interpreting will be available from DE/EL/EN/ES/FR/IT to DE/EL/EN/ES/FR/IT.
Members present in Brussels may also participate in person: meeting room JDE 62, Jacques Delors Building, European Economic and Social Committee, 99 rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels
2.00- 2.30 p.m. Registration
2.30 - 2.45 p.m. Inaugural Session
- Welcome by the moderator, Mr Pavel Trantina Vice President of the Diversity Europe Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group of the EESC
2.45 – 3.45 p.m. Session I: Practical experiences of helping refugees upon their arrival, travelling across Europe and integrating into the EU Member States
- Ms Vasiliki Andreadelli, founder and President of Iliaktida AMKE, Greece
- Ms Francesca Coleti, Arci Rome, Italy
- Ms Marie Heřmanová, Czech Refugee Help
- Mr Tobias Lohse, founder of Refugees Welcome Sweden
- Q & As
3.45 - 4.15 p.m. Coffee break
4.15 – 5.15 p.m. Reactions from the European Institutions and Bodies
- Mr Michael Shotter, Director of Directorate C “Migration, Protection and Visa”, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
- Mr Eric Marquardt, Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament (Greens/European Free Alliance, Germany)
- Ms Rossella Nicoletti, Member of the Bureau of the European Migration Forum and representative of EUROCITIES
- Q & As
5.15 – 5.30 p.m. Concluding remarks
- Mr Séamus Boland, President elect of the Diversity Europe Group of the EESC