Programme

3rd meeting of the Permanent group on Immigration and Integration:

"Including newcomers: from European to the local context"

Hybrid conference via Interactio, EESC - JDE62 - Thursday, 19 October 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

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 Study Group on Immigration and Integration (IMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

09.35 a.m. - 10.25 a.m. | Panel I: The policy and the data: what is the current general landscape on integration?

Moderator: Cristian Pîrvulescu, Group II, EESC

• Başak Yavçan, Head of Research, Migrant Integration Policy Index, Migration Policy Group
• Giuliana Benedetto, Policy Officer, Legal pathways and Integration, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
• Klára Fóti, Research Support Officer, Working life Unit, Eurofound

Q&A

10.25 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. | Panel II: On the ground, what's happening in member states?

Moderator: Paul Soete, Group I, EESC

• Linda Ozolz, Vice Mayor, City of Riga, Latvia
• Diana Botescu, Head of Unit for migration and refugee policies, City of Berlin, Germany
• Kristel Danel, Policy officer on asylum and refugees, City of Ghent, Belgium
• Andrea Pettrachin, Whole-COMM project, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy

Q&A

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

12.00 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Panel III: Critical view from social partners and civil society

Moderator: Kristina Krupavičienė, Group II, EESC

• Marta Machado, Deputy Director General, HOTREC
• Frohar Poya, Research and Outreach, European Network of Migrant Women
• Öndercan Muti, Project Coordinator, Population Europe, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Q&A

12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing of conference

Participants can speak and listen to ES/EN/IT/RO