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BALKAN REFUGEE TRAIL A Pathway for European Solidarity Challenges on the Western Balkan Migration Route Past, present and future: What kind of challenges people face on the Western Balkan migration route? 27-28 of March, 2017 Video tesmony Jasmin Redjepi, (MK) Legis Sara Benceković, (HR) Are You Syrious? Vasilis Tsartsanis, (GR) Acvist "Small room project." Kelsey Montzka, (RS) North Star Franjo Stainer, (AU) Interkulturelles Zentrum Video tesmony Srdjan Amet, (MK) SOS Children Village , (MK) Maja Varoshlija Open Gate - La Strada Macedonia (MK) Crisis Management Center Dragi Zmijanac, (MK) Megjashi Suad Misini, Expert (MK) 10.00-10.15 10.15-11.30 13.15-14.30 Moderator: Jasmina Golubovska, (MK) Legis Moderator: Panel 3: Challenges of regional cooperation and solidarity for NGOs, formal and non-formal groups/networks Panel 4: Challenges of integration and adaptation in the Western Balkan countries What was the inial response of the civil society in the beginning of the so-called refugee and migrant crisis? How did the regional cooperaon begin and how it developed in the last 2 years? What were the challenges on field and what was the response from local and internaonal NGOs or non-formal groups? Where there any obstacles in the regional cooperaon? Is there cooperaon and solidarity among civil society actors, if yes/no please elaborate? What were the posive and negave effects for service providers? What was the instuonal response for acceptance of refugee and migrants in the transit border centers/ camps? Were any cultural aspects taken into consideraon given the refugees and migrant countries of origin? What were the main problems faced by instuons and civil society actors within closed, semi-open or open camps/centers for transit or asylum seekers? Are there obstacles for integraon and adaptaon of asylum seekers in the Western Balkan countries, if yes, what are those obstacles? What kind of policies one needs to introduce in the system to improve the integraon and adaptaon processes in future? 12:00-13:00 Light lunch 15:00 -16:00 Cocktail Departures of guests and participants outside of Macedonia Tuesday: 28th March, 2017 11.30-12.00 Audience: Q&A 14.30-15.00 Audience: Q&A 13.00-13.15 Speakers: Speakers:
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BALKAN REFUGEE
TRAIL
A Pathway for European Solidarity
Challenges on the Western Balkan Migration RoutePast, present and future: What kind of challenges people face on the Western Balkan migration route? 27-28 of March, 2017
Video tes�mony
Jasmin Redjepi, (MK)Legis
Sara Benceković, (HR)Are You Syrious?
Vasilis Tsartsanis, (GR)Ac�vist "Small room project."
Kelsey Montzka, (RS)North Star
Franjo Stainer, (AU)Interkulturelles Zentrum
Video tes�mony
Srdjan Amet, (MK)SOS Children Village
, (MK)Maja Varoshlija Open Gate - La Strada Macedonia
(MK)Crisis Management Center
Dragi Zmijanac, (MK)Megjashi
Suad Misini, Expert (MK)10.00-10.15
10.15-11.30
13.15-14.30
Moderator:
Jasmina Golubovska, (MK)Legis Moderator:
Panel 3: Challenges of regional cooperation and solidarity for NGOs,
formal and non-formal groups/networks
Panel 4: Challenges of integration and adaptation
in the Western Balkan countries
What was the ini�al response of the civil society in the beginning of the so-called refugee and migrant crisis? How did the regional coopera�on begin and how it developed in the last 2 years? What were the challenges on field and what was the response from local and interna�onal NGOs or non-formal groups? Where there any obstacles in the regional coopera�on? Is there coopera�on and solidarity among civil society actors, if yes/no please elaborate? What were the posi�ve and nega�ve effects for service providers?
What was the ins�tu�onal response for acceptance of refugee and migrants in the transit border centers/ camps? Were any cultural aspects taken into considera�on given the refugees and migrant countries of origin? What were the main problems faced by ins�tu�ons and civil society actors within closed, semi-open or open camps/centers for transit or asylum seekers? Are there obstacles for integra�on and adapta�on of asylum seekers in the Western Balkan countries, if yes, what are those obstacles? What kind of policies one needs to introduce in the system to improve the integra�on and adapta�on processes in future?
12:00-13:00 Light lunch
15:00 -16:00 Cocktail
Departures of guests and participants outside of Macedonia
Tuesday: 28th March, 2017
11.30-12.00 Audience: Q&A
14.30-15.00 Audience: Q&A
13.00-13.15
Speakers:
Speakers:
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Past, present and future: What kind of challenges people face on the Western Balkan migration route?
A G E N D A
Skopje, 27-28 March, 2017Regional conference
Elite Plaza Hotel, 38 Kosturski Heroi, 1000 Skopje
Monday: 27th March, 2017
Arrival and registra�on
Conference welcome note
Besnik Hami�, (MK)Legis
Agim Nuhiu, (MK)Minister of Internal Affairs
Franjo Stainer, (AU)Interkulturelles Zentrum
Video tes�mony
Mar�na Smilevska, (MK)Macedonian Young Lawyers Associa�on
Snezana Teodosievska Jordanoska, (MK)Ombudsman office
Andjelka Pantovic, (RS)APC-CZA
Konstan�nos Tsitselikis, (GR)Professor of HR Law
Video tes�mony
Uranija Pirovska, (MK)Macedonian Helsinki Commi�ee
Mersiha Smailovic, (MK)Legis
Blaze Kojcevski, (MK)UNHCR
Emilie Pesselier, (FR)Professor of HR Law
09.30-10.00
10.00-10.30
10.45-12.00
10.30-10.45
13.30-13.45
13.45-15.00
Voislav Stojanovski, (MK)Macedonian Helsinki Commi�ee Moderator:
Besa Arifi, (MK)Professor Moderator:
Panel 1: Legal challenges for refugees and migrants
transiting on the Western Balkan Route
Panel 2: Human rights challenges: Access to rights and protection
of refugees and migrants on the Western Balkan Route
What are the main legal obstacles for migrants and refugees transi�ng the Western Balkan route? What kind of documenta�on and registra�on procedures exist and how they influenced/burdened the processes of transit, access to asylum or subsidiary protec�on? What kinds of readmission and deporta�on procedures exist and are they applicable?
What kind of threats people face on the Western Balkan route using regular and irregular means of transit or arrival to Europe? Do Western Balkan countries have mechanisms through which they can provide protec�on for the migrant popula�on (if yes/no please elaborate)? Is there a way to protect the people from organized crime groups and in the same �me provide them with to protec�on in procedures against smugglers? What kind of prac�ces is no�ced on field and what is the ins�tu�onal response to those prac�ces?
12:30-13:30 Light lunch
15:30 -17:30 Cocktail
12.00-12.30 Audience: Q&A
15.00-15.30 Audience: Q&A
Speakers:
Speakers:
