Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum Integration of migrants and the rights of internally displaced persons Prague, Spiritka facility - Atletická street, no.11 13-14 November 2013 Agenda - Please note that simultaneous interpretation English and Russian will be provided. - First day (13 November) 08:30 08:45 Registration of Participants Welcome and Opening Chair: 08:45-09:15 Ms. Lucie Čiháková EU Policies Department Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic Mr. Fuad Huseynov Deputy Head of the State Committee on Work with Refugees and IDPs Azerbaijan Mr. Rob Rozenburg Deputy Head 'International Affairs' DG Home Affairs Session I Building up integration policy Facilitator: 9:15 09:30 Integration of third-country nationals at Ms. Simona Ardovino DG HOME B1 expert on Integration EU level 09:30-09:45 Paradigmal change of the concept integration in 21st century 09:45-10:30 Tour de Table: overview of national integration policies Mr. Michal Vašečka Assistant professor Masaryk University (CZ) and Comenius University (SK) Slovakia See Matrix Compilation Based on the questionnaire participating states can give a short overview of the up-to- date situation of integration policies at national level 1
10:30 10:45 Coffee break 10:45-11:45 Integration policies: focus on labour market Ms. Kateřina Štěpánková Head of Unit of foreign employment Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs The Czech Republic Ms. Anna Komarova Head of Labour Market Monitoring and Forecasting Division Ukraine Ms. Oksana Reiter Head of Division on Justice, Freedom & Security Ukraine 11:45 12:45 Integration policies: focus on language and adaptation courses or active citizenship Ms. Tatiana Ciumas Head of Integration Unit Bureau for Migration and Asylum Moldova Ms. Malti Taneja Policy Officer Cabinet of the Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration 12:45-13:45 Lunch break Session II Integration in practice at regional and local level, access to information and counselling Facilitator: Azerbaijan 13:45 14:30 Presentation of Interactive integration Ms. Simona Ardovino DG HOME B1 expert on Integration map Services provided by integration centers Mr. Eric De Jonge General Manager Reception Agency for integration, Brussels Belgium 2
Ms. Nato Gagnidze Director Innovation and Reform Centre, Tbilisi Georgia 14:30 14:45 Portuguese One-Stop-Shop approach for immigrant integration Ms. Catarina Reis Oliveira Head of Unit of Research and International Relations; ACIDI High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue Portugal 14:45 15:00 15:00-15:15 Coffee break Session III Integration of refugees Facilitator: Petr Novák (Czech Republic) 15:15 15:30 Perspective of EU MS Ms. Katarina Arvidson Swedish Ministry of Employment: Sweden 15:30 15:45 Overview in the EaP Perspective of EaP State Ms. Ruzanna Petrosyan Chief Specialist State Migration Service Ministry of Territorial Administration Armenia 15:45 16:15 Summary of the day 3
14 November Session IV Internally displaced persons: Protection and Assistance - introduction Facilitator: Czech Republic (tbc) 09:00 09:20 Scale and impact of the IDP situations in Europe Dr. Frank Smith NRC, IDMC, Head of Department for Middle East, Europe, Caucasus, Asia 09:20-09:45 Normative framework on internal displacement management Mr. Monique Naufal Senior Policy Officer, UNHCR 09:45-10:10 10:10 10:40 Coffee break Session V Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Facilitator: 10:40-11:05 Integration of vulnerable populations in EaP countries Ms. Agnieszka Weinar Carim East 11:05 11:30 Enhancing rights of IDP s in Azerbaijan Mr. Fuad Huseynov Deputy Head of the State Committee on Work with Refugees and IDPs Azerbaijan 11:30 11:55 Enhancing rights of IDP s in Georgia Ms. Marina Pochkhua Deputy Head of IDP Issues Department, Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia (MRA) 11:55-12:35 12:35-13:35 Lunch Session VI Sustainable solutions and cooperation Facilitator: Azerbaijan 13:35-14:00 Cooperation with and among national and international stakeholders Mr. Dag Sigurdsoen UNHCR Representative in Azerbaijan 14:00-14:15 Cooperation with local communities Mr. Serhan Aktoprak IOM Baku - Baku officer in charge 4
14:15 14:30 Perspectives of return, resettlement and reintegration or addressing needs of particularly vulnerable groups (women, children, elderly) 14:30 15:00 15:00-15:15 Coffee break Ms. Verica Recevic Program Manager, Danish Refugee Council General Panel Business and closure Chair: 15:15-16:00 and adoption of 2014 work programme of the Panel on the basis of the answers of a written questionnaire ahead of the meeting EC/SMB/IOM 16:00-16:15 Update on Prague process related activities Mr. Radim Zak Coordinator Prague process 16:15-16:45 Summary and closure Mr. Rob Rozenburg 5