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In cooperation with FEPS member foundations and
And with the financial support of the European Parliament
CALL TO EUROPE IV: ‘BUILDING SOLIDARITY IN ASYLUM POLICY’
WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2014 CONCERT NOBLE, BRUSSELS
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Asylum is a fundamental human right but in the context of the vastly growing asylum flows to Europe, has been a subject to restrictive legislation. There is a need to construct a new progressive narrative rooted in solidarity, humanity and social justice regarding transversal policies of asylum, neighbourhood and the MENA region. Call to Europe IV: ‘Building solidarity in Asylum Policy’ aims to provide the space for a pan-‐European debate on migration, asylum and refugee policies in order to highlight the paths for actual reform and substantial improvement.
Session 1 – Building a Common Progressive European Approach on Asylum
The objective of the first session of this conference is to examine the political framework of the European Asylum Policy with a goal of putting forward a common, convergent and convincing progressive narrative. There’s a need to move beyond viewing immigration as a tool and framing it predominantly in relation to crises. How to shift focus towards shaping harmonized policies of migration, asylum and refugees? How to build a longer-‐term political programme, which would hold an impact upon these policies? How to better connect European policy frameworks with those of the Member States?
Session 2 – EU neighbourhood policies on conflict and asylum seekers in the MENA region
This session focuses on the particular policies of neighbourhood, the MENA region, international trade and development cooperation. In order to advocate a new progressive approach, there’s a need to identify the relevant influential political momentums for initiating and re-‐launching further debates on the issue. What is needed to re-‐establish an international network of cooperation for a new progressive approach? How to shift beyond Eurocentric discourses? Which focuses for the external policies, as connected with inflow and access, would translate into shared policies on conflict and asylum?
In cooperation with FEPS member foundations and
with the financial support of the European Parliament
Format of Call to Europe Call to Europe will have two sessions with six speakers in each. Speakers are divided into three expert tables: 1) academics; 2) MEPs and policy makers; 3) Experts from civil society organisations, trade unions or NGO’s (hereafter civil society). Each session will take two hours and will be divided into three consecutive rounds of 20 minutes each followed by a Q&A session of 60 minutes. In each round one expert table will answer a question (5 minutes per speaker) and the other two expert tables will respond to the issues raised by the previous contributors (2.5 minutes per speaker). Thus, we kindly ask for a 10 minutes contribution from each speaker. Questions will be distributed in advance and can be found in the programme below. The format of a round is outlined in table 1.
Table 1 Call to Europe Rounds per session
ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3
Academics Answer the question (5 minutes per expert)
Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
MEPs & Policy Makers Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
Answer the question (5 minutes per expert)
Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
Civil Society Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
Respond (2.5 minutes per expert)
Answer the Question (5 minute per expert)
In cooperation with FEPS member foundations and
with the financial support of the European Parliament
08:30 Welcome coffee 09:30 Opening speech Massimo D’ALEMA, President of FEPS and former Prime Minister of Italy 09:45 -‐ 10h15 Keynote Speech
Algelino ALFANO, Minister for Home Affairs, Italy Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, appointed Commissioner for Migration & Home Affairs tbc
10:15 – 10:30 “How European Cities Craft Immigrant Integration. Something to Learn” Giovanna ZINCONE and Irene PONZO – BOOK LAUNCH
10:30 – 12:30 Session 1 Building a Common Progressive European Approach on Asylum Seekers
Academics Lisa SCHUSTER, Reader in Sociology, City University London Steffen Angenendt, Researcher and Senior Associate, German Institute fir International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany
MEPs & Policy Makers Khalid CHAOUKI, Member of the Italian Parliament Javier MORENO SANCHEZ, Secretary General, S&D Group Kashetu KYENGE, Member of the European Parliament Civil Society Torsten MORITZ, Executive Secretary for EU Policy and Projects Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) Anna KNOLL, Policy Officer in the Strengthening European External Action Programme at European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Luca VISENTINI, Confederal Secretary, European Union Trade Confederation
Chair: Ernst STETTER, Secretary General of FEPS Rapporteur (FEPS YAN) Closing remarks: Aissata TALL SALL, Mayor of Podor, Senegal tbc
In cooperation with FEPS member foundations and
with the financial support of the European Parliament
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 13:45 UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE FOR EUROPE OR MENA REGION (subject to change) 13:45 – 14:15 Keynote Speech Eugenio AMBROSI, nominated Regional Director for the European Economic Area,
the EU and NATO of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 14:15 – 14:30 Coffee break 14:30 – 16:30 Session 2 Conflict and asylum seekers in the MENA: a wake-‐up call for EU
neighbourhood policies
Academics Usha NATARAJAN, Professor, International Refugee Law and Migration in International Law at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS), The American University in Cairo (AUC) Cindy HORST, Research Professor in Migration and Refugee Studies at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) MEPs & Policy Makers Giusi NICOLINI, Mayor of Lampedusa tbc Zohra LHIOUI, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, Marocco Marju LAURISTIN, Member of European Parliament Civil Society Aspasia PAPADOPOULOU, Senior Advocacy Officer, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Conny REUTER, Secretary General, SOLIDAR Francisca SAUQUILLO, President of Movement of Peace (MPDL), Spain tbc Chair: Bruno LIEBHABERG, President of the Scientific Committee, FEPS Rapporteur (FEPS YAN)
16:30 – 17:00 Summary of the day Sergei STANISHEV, President of PES