Programme

1st meeting of the Permanent group on Immigration and Integration:

"Empowering vulnerable migrants: how do we ensure their sustainable access to the labour market?"

Thursday, 8 May from 09.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. hybrid conference via interactio in room VMA23

Draft agenda 

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing possibility for the Interactio tool

09.30 a.m. - 09.35 a.m. | Welcome and introduction

• Cristian Pîrvulescu, President of the Permanent Group on Immigration and Integration (IMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

09.35 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. | Panel I - Setting the scene: who are vulnerable migrants and what is being done to help them? Views from civil society

Moderator: Cristian Pîrvulescu, President of the IMI Group

• Frohar Poya, Legal & Advocacy Lead, European Network of Migrant Women
• Aleksandra Novovic-Mendez, Europe Regional Lead, Migration Youth and Children Platform
• Marine Uldry, Human Rights Policy Coordinator, European Disability Forum
• Imanol Legarda, Project Officer, PICUM

Q&A

10.45 a.m. - 11.50 a.m. | Panel II - Policy and practice: perspectives from the EU and from Member States

Moderator: José Antonio Moreno Díaz, Member of the IMI Group

• Ursula Hönich, Integration Team, Legal Pathways and Integration, DG HOME, European Commission 
• Silvia Rager,  Deputy Director, International Relations, Bundesagentur für Arbeit
• Irene Zulueta Usubiaga, Immigration Technician at the Directorate for Reception and Integration of Immigrants of the Basque Government, Spain - Trapezistak program 
• Sarah Reynolds, Project Coordinator, Project Coordinator, AkiDwa Network of Migrant Women, Ireland 

Q&A

11.50 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. | Coffee break

12.00 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Panel III - Views from the ground: from social partners, cities and international organisations

Moderator: Paul Soete, Member of the IMI Group

• Robert Plummer, Social Affairs Senior Adviser, BusinessEurope
• Azmi Jarjawi, Project manager of Labour-Int for Fondazione Maierotti, and Head of Immigration, CGIL Apulia
• Katharina Bamberg,  Head of Migration, EUROCITIES
• Paola Alvarez, Global Thematic Specialist – Labour Mobility & Social Inclusion, IOM Global Office in Brussels

Q&A

12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks

• Cristian Pîrvulescu, President of the Permanent Group on Immigration and Integration (IMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Interpretation requested from Spanish, English, Bulgarian and Italian into Spanish, English, Bulgarian and Italian